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.

Letter from Isabelle in Haiti

Audio slideshow: Emergency surgery in Haiti

 Paul McMaster has just returned from Haiti, where he was a surgeon as part of MSF's emergency team. Here, he describes the experience and the difficult decisions that had to be made by medical staff in the aftermath of the earthquake. Paul works for MSF as a surgical adviser as well as being part of it's emergency team. 


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PODCAST: Haiti Frontline Report Special
From Port-au-Prince, this report focuses on MSF's emergency response to the Haiti earthquake; Haitian staff, international staff and patients, share their experiences.

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Letter from Asia in Sudan

Sudan: Dahabaya in Shangil Tobaya
Shangili Tobaya Talgi Dahabaya, is a rhyme from the opening song of an old Sudanese television series that takes place in Shangil Tobaya. The words Shangil Tobaya translate from Sudanese colloquial Arabic as...

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