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: Violence in Kyrgyzstan
In this week's Frontline Podcast, Phillipe Latour reports from Kyrgyzstan where MSF teams are responding to the needs of people affected by violent clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities.

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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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