Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent humanitarian medical aid organisation. We are committed to providing medical aid where it is most needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or gender and also to raising awareness of the plight of the people we help.

Childhood malnutrition

Starved for Attention

MSF, in collaboration with VII Photo Agency, presents Starved for Attention, eight films by award-winning photojournalists highlighting the global problem of childhood malnutrition. Starved is part of an MSF campaign to improve the nutritional quality of food aid sent overseas by donor governments. An estimated 195 million children worldwide suffer from the effects of malnutrition.

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News

PODCAST: "It could be my daughter"
Dr Atim Hamza started with MSF as national staff in Uganda, his home country. Here, he explains how he came to work with us and, despite the sacrifices he has to make, why he continues.

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Blog: Jess Cosby in Zimbabwe

One foot in front of the other
Read Jess' latest blog post from Zimbabwe, where she is working on her first MSF mission as a nurse. "I’m thinking about the colour of a stillborn baby’s perfect feet and the shadow in the empty crook of her mother’s arms..."

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