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South Sudan: The stomach aches that can't be cured with pills

The mental stress of being a refugee can disable a person – even the whole family – making an already difficult situation even harder to cope with.

A night shift in a refugee camp in South Sudan

MSF’s Dr Roberto Scaini offers an insight in to a typical night shift working at MSF’s field hospital in Batil refugee camp:

South Sudan: This emergency is huge, I have never seen anything like it

Helen Ottens-Patterson, from the UK, is a nurse and Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) medical coordinator in Maban county in Upper Nile State, South Sudan.

"I haven't seen our home region for over nine months"

As more than 2,000 Somalis cross the borders of their country into Kenya and Ethiopia every day in search of assistance, in Somalia itself unprecedented numbers of people are on the move in a de

This video clip  is from yesterday's (6th July 2011) BBC One lunchtime news.

Neglected Victims of the War in Libya - Abdul

Abdul, 23, left Ivory Coast in 2008. Before the war broke out, he spent months in Libyan prison. He is now in the Shousha refugee camp.

Abdul from Ivory Coast

Neglected Victims of the War in Libya - Mouhaydin

Mouhaydin, 27, from Somalia, was working as a labourer and a cleaner in Libya. He arrived in Shousha in March. His wife died after embarking on a boat to Europe.

Mouhaydin from Somalia

Neglected Victims of the War in Libya - Emmanuel and Jacob

Emmanuel, 15, and Jacob, three, from Nigeria, lost their mother after a boat capsized on its way to Italy.

Emmanuel and Jacob from Nigeria

Thank you to everyone who has supported our Somalia Appeal to date.  Even for the long-suffering Somali...

 

This week's Frontline video looks at the worsening situation in the refugee camps around the town of Dadaab, just over the border from Somalia in...

In Djibouti, screening by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in the first half of 2011 revealed a rise in the number of children suffering from...

Djibouti 2011 © Claude Mahoudeau

Ukraine is often used as a transit country by migrants and refugees trying to reach the European Union (EU).

Ukraine 2009 © Misha Friedman MSF

Yida camp in Unity State, where Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) has been working since late 2011, today covers nearly 1,200...

Country Year © Author/MSF

MSF is the main health provider in the camp.

Influx of Syrians into Domeez Camp. Iraq 2013 © Pierre-Yves Bernard/MSF

The conflict in Syria is extremely intense, with moving front-lines, enclaves of people cut off from assistance, 6.8 million people in urgent need...

Syria 2013 © Nicole Tung

Tens of thousands of displaced Sudanese, Chadian and Central African civilians have been pouring into south east Chad to escape clashes in...

Country Year © Author/MSF

Some 70,000 refugees from Mali are living in difficult conditions in the middle of the Mauritanian desert, with ethnic tensions in northern Mali...

Mauritania 2013 © Nyani Quarmyne

Some 70,000 refugees
from Mali are living in difficult conditions in the middle of the Mauritanian
desert, with ethnic tensions in northern Mali...

On April 4, 10,000 refugees began arriving in the Tissi area of Chad.  Approximately 25,000 refugees and returnees had already been living in...

Chad 2007 © Tim Dirven/Panos

The registered number of refugees gathering at the
Domeez camp, near the city of Dohuk in the
Kurdish region of Iraq,
is increasing daily.

Iraq 2013 © Pierre-Yves Bernard/MSF

Over the last three months, escalating violence in Syria has caused an unprecedented flow of refugees into neighbouring countries....

Jordan 2013 © MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been supporting medical facilities in two of the three regions in northern Mali since...

MSF medic tending to a patient in Mali

After two years of extremely violent conflict, the humanitarian situation in Syria is now catastrophic and the aid provided falls drastically...

Country Year © Author/MSF

Syrians who have fled violent conflict at home to seek safety in Lebanon do not receive anywhere near adequate levels of humanitarian assistance...

An elderly Syrian refugee sleeps in ramshackle building in Lebanon

Syrians who have fled violent conflict at home to seek safety in Lebanon do not receive anywhere near adequate levels of humanitarian assistance...

As bombings and combat continue in multiple locations in Mali, the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without...

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Along with continuing to run its existing programmes in Mali, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams are prioritizing...

Mauritania 2012 © Lynsey Addario

Following violent fighting in Konna and bombardments in Lere and then in Douentza throughout last Saturday nightand Gao, Médecins Sans Frontières/...

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One year after the start of the political crisis in Mali, insecurity resulting from the military coup, the Tuareg rebellion and the...

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As the crisis in Syria intensifies, people continue to flee to neighbouring countries.

MSF medic providing assistance to Syrian refugee. Iraq 2012 © MSF

This week, government leaders gather in Geneva on the occasion of the 63rd UNHCR Executive Committee, while in Dadaab - the world’s largest...

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In Yida camp, at least five children are dying every day Jump to video...

Country Year © Author/MSF

About 100,000 refugees fleeing the fighting in the Sudanese state of Blue Nile have taken refuge in Maban County in South Sudan. They are...

South Sudan 2012 © Corinne Baker

On the road leading to the border
crossing in Ramtha, a string of cars are parked along the hard-shoulder, waiting for
the refugees to pass....

Jordan 2012 © Brigitte Breuillac/MSF

Preliminary studies reveal mortality rates above the emergency threshold in a refugee camp in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, home to a quarter of...

A young girl outside her tent in a flooded refugee transit point

MSF's International Communication Coordinator, Erwin van't Land, spoke to BBC Africa about the refugee crisis on the border between North...

MSF medical facility in a refugee camp in South Sudan

Dadaab holds the shameful title of the largest refugee camp in the world.

It is only a matter of time before the next emergency hits Dadaab refugee camp, says a briefing paper released today by Médecins Sans Frontières/...

Dusty streets in Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls
on the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) to identify a suitable place of
refuge immediately for the 30,...

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MSF takes stock of the current humanitarian situation and operational challenges in Dadaab, Kenya, home to the world’s largest refugee camp with...

MSF takes stock of the current
humanitarian situation and operational challenges in Dadaab, Kenya, home
to the world’s largest refugee camp with...

Refugees queue outside MSF's hospital at Dadaab camp.  Kenya 2011 © Natasha Lewe

MSF is working in the Tillabéry region of Niger, where violence has forced 10,000 people to flee from neighbouring Mali.

Country Year © Author/MSF

Unless the capacity to deliver aid is rapidly increased, there will be significant problems in meeting the needs of Somalis fleeing to Ethiopia,...

Ethiopia 2011 © Lali Cambra/MSF

Hundreds of
vulnerable migrants and refugees in Tripoli are living in appalling conditions
without proper medical care or security, according to...

Libya 2011 © Serena Assir MSF

Alice Gude is a British nurse working with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without
Borders (MSF) in Liben, Ethiopia....

Alice Gude

MSF calls on the Government of Kenya and UNHCR to relocate refugees to the better Ifo 2 camp, as agreed 12 days ago.  

Kenya 2011 © Brendan Bannon

In light of the worsening nutritional crisis in Somalia, the international medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors...

Photo of a mother and baby at Marere hospital, Somalia

18th July 2011: With the latest update on the humanitarian crisis in East Africa, MSF's Operational Manager Joe Belliveau reports that inside...

A one-year old Somali girl is given emergency treatment at an MSF hospital in Ke

Waves of people continue to arrive every day at the sprawling Dadaab
refugee camp in eastern Kenya.  Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (...

A malnourished infant lies on a bed at MSF's hospital in Dadaab camp

MSF's Operational Manager for Somalia and Kenya, Joe Belliveau, was interviewed today (Monday 11th July 2011) on Morning Ireland.  He talks...

Joe Belliveau, MSF Operational Manager

The announcement by one of the main armed factions in Somalia, Al Shabaab, that foreign relief organisations would be welcomed in territories...

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MSF Photostory: The three refugee camps run by the office of the United Nations High Commissoner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Dadaab, Kenya,...

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As fighting continues to force civilians out of Libya, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors...

Shousha Camp Tunisia, a woman and girl walking

Stranded in the desert of Kenya’s northeastern province, surrounded by mile upon mile of sand and scrubby bushes, 30,000 people are living in...

Dadaab, Kenya: Newly-arrived refugees from Somalia are living in flimsy shelters

Stranded in the desert of Kenya’s north-eastern province, surrounded by mile upon mile of sand, 30,000 people are living in makeshift shelters...

As violence escalates in a refugee camp on the Tunisia-Libya border MSF is alarmed about the situation of refugees stranded in temporary camps and...

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MSF criticises inconsistent European policies claiming to protect
civilians by engaging in a war while closing its borders to them 

Italy © Mattia Insolera

Almost 2,000 migrants escaping the Libyan conflict land on the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend.

Italy 2011  © Mattia Insolera

The medical and humanitarian emergency in Ivory Coast persists as violence rages in several neighbourhoods in Abidjan, and security in the west of...

Country Year © Author/MSF

Increasingly intense armed confrontations over recent weeks in Ivory Coast, together with political gridlock, have had serious consequences on the...

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MSF expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in the west of Ivory Coast and the border region with Liberia. As the population flees...

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Following the recent escalation of violence related to the political crisis in Ivory Coast, MSF is reinforcing its medical assistance in several...

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The 'Ifo Two' refugee camp lies empty whilst tens of thousands of Somali refugees live in unacceptable conditions less than 10 kilometres away.

Country Year © Author/MSF

As Sudan heads towards
an independence referendum this Sunday, the southern region it is
battling to
contain its biggest kala azar outbreak in...

Southern Sudan 2010 ©  Cédric Gerbehaye / Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund / VU

Somali refugees, fleeing the fighting in their own country, continue to arrive in Dadaab, across the Kenyan border.

Country Year © Author/MSF

Deirdre Lynch is an Irish GP from Dundalk currently volunteering with Médecins Sans Frontières in Batil camp, South Sudan where 38,000...

Dr. Deirdre Lynch in Batil camp, South Sudan

When I take a minute to reflect, it’s quite overwhelming how much has changed since I last wrote.  Astounding how fast time moves, and how...

An MSF doctor examines a patient in Tripoli, Lebanon

Greetings all! My name is Aoife and I am a medical doctor working with MSF on a mission in Lebanon.

Overcrowded living conditions for Syrian refugees in Triopli, Lebanon

Greetings all! Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Aoife Doran. I
am twenty nine years old and I am a doctor from Ireland.

Pre-departure preparations © Dr. Aoife Doran

Life in Lebanon

Syrian refugees. Lebanon 2012 © Nagham Awada/MSF

Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Aoife Doran. I am twenty-nine years old and I am a doctor from Ireland. I live in Dublin, my home city, and I enjoy running, hiking and cycling.

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!  My name is Aoife Doran.  I am a doctor from Dublin on a mission with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors...

Dr. Aoife Doran, (right) and colleague in Lebanon

Letters from the field

Irish volunteers are currently 'on mission' in Democratic Republic Of Congo; Ethiopia; Haiti; India; Lebanon; Pakistan; Uganda; and South Sudan.  Working in high-profile emergencies and the si