Syria: MSF provides emergency care to families fleeing to Iraq

October 2, 2013

Every day, thousands of people continue to flee the violence in Syria. Since the conflict began, over two million Syrians have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in northern Iraq to...

“Practically Impossible to Get Emergency Obstetric Care in Syria"

September 24, 2013

Margie is a midwife who recently spent seven weeks working in a Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in northern Syria. The hospital includes an operating theater where staff members treat war wounds and large burn injuries, an...

MSF surgeon killed in Syria

September 5, 2013

Barcelona, 5 September 2013 – A Syrian surgeon working for the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Muhammad Abyad, has been killed in northern Syria. His body was found on 3 September in Aleppo province. He...

Syria: Thousands Suffering Neurotoxic Symptoms Treated in Hospitals Supported by MSF

August 24, 2013

Brussels/New York, August 24, 2013 -- Three hospitals in Syria's Damascus governorate that are supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported to MSF that they received approximately 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms...

Chronic Health Problems on the Rise in Syria as Health System Crumbles

July 25, 2013

Syrian doctor Jamal describes working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a converted school that now serves as an outpatient clinic. As the conflict in Syria wears on and people are forced to live in increasingly difficult conditions....

Diabetes, shrapnel wounds and newborn twins – An MSF hospital in Syria

July 25, 2013

As the number of people in need of urgent medical care in Syria continues to rise, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is running six hospitals, four health centers, and several mobile clinic programs inside the country. While these medical...

MSF Open Letter: Words Must be Turned into Humanitarian Action for Syrians

June 5, 2013

Please see the following open letter from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as the United Nations convenes in Geneva on June 7 to launch a regional response plan for Syrian refugees and a humanitarian assistance plan for Syria. NEW...

Jordan: International Aid Urgently Needed For Syrian Refugees

May 30, 2013

NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2013—Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan are living under increasingly precarious conditions and Jordanian authorities are unable to provide them with adequate water and health care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins...

Syria: “I Feel Better, But I Can’t Walk”

May 24, 2013

Name : Designation : Salwah Mekrsh was shot by a sniper in Aleppo. In this photo, taken in April 2013, she is about to start a mental health consultation with MSF staff in Kilis. © Turkey 2013 © Anna Surinyach...

Providing Psychological Care in Syria: “Flashbacks, Nightmares, and Baby Clothes”

May 2, 2013

Psychologist Audrey Magis recently returned home after spending two months working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Syria, where she set up and ran a mental health program in one of MSF’s projects in the north of the...

Syria: Sick and wounded trapped in Deir Azzour

December 12, 2012

Paris, 12 December 2012 — Tens of thousands of people, many of them wounded, are trapped in the city of Deir Azzour, eastern Syria, due to intense fighting and aerial bombardments. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for the sick and...