http://www.msf.org.uk/news.aspxAll the latest news from around the world from the MSF UK web site.Copyright 2010 MSF. All rights reserved.As conflict in the the Kivu province intensifies, MSF calls on all armed groups to respect the safety of civilians and allow them access to healthcarehttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/hauts_plateaux_release_20100316.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/hauts_plateaux_release_20100316.newsTue, 16 Mar 2010 13:25:56 GMTInternational medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), strongly objects to a recent statement made by NATO.  http://www.uk.msf.org:80/NATO_Afghanistan_20100311.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/NATO_Afghanistan_20100311.newsThu, 11 Mar 2010 15:19:49 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has now started supporting the regional Boost hospital in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province in Afghanistan. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Lashkargah_20100309.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Lashkargah_20100309.newsTue, 09 Mar 2010 12:28:59 GMTTen days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile, the Médecins San Frontières teams that have travelled through the affected areas are focusing their interventions on the most urgent needs.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/chile_latest_20100309.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/chile_latest_20100309.newsTue, 09 Mar 2010 10:44:02 GMTLondon, 9 March 2010 – AIDS leaders gathering in London today face the daunting challenge of implementing new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for earlier treatment with better AIDS drug cocktails at a time when donors are backing away from the promise of “universal access”, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).http://www.uk.msf.org:80/aids_london_20100309.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/aids_london_20100309.newsTue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:34 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been supporting the district hospital of Ahmed Shah Baba in Eastern Kabul since October 2009. The population of Kabul has...http://www.uk.msf.org:80/eastern_kabul_20100305.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/eastern_kabul_20100305.newsTue, 09 Mar 2010 04:38:00 GMT“The moment I saved the first child’s life in Wardher will always stay with me”... recounts Mali Ebrahami, an MSF midwife recently returned to Europe from working...http://www.uk.msf.org:80/mali__ebrahami_20100305.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/mali__ebrahami_20100305.newsSun, 07 Mar 2010 04:12:00 GMTJoint interview with Colette Gadenne, who has been managing MSF activities in Haiti and Christopher Stokes, General Director of MSF in Brussels.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/twomonth_haiti_20100305.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/twomonth_haiti_20100305.newsFri, 05 Mar 2010 11:25:26 GMTTens of thousands of refugee families on the banks of the Ubangi River in the Republic of Congo and Central African Republic (CAR) are facing extreme shortages of food, shelter and healthcare. The refugees fled violence which erupted in Equateur province in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo at the end of 2009. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/ubangi_refugees_20100310.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/ubangi_refugees_20100310.newsFri, 05 Mar 2010 10:04:00 GMTA violent crackdown on unrecognized Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh has driven thousands from their homes, into a makeshift camp in Kutupalong, where MSF has been providing medical care.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/rohingya_slideshow_20100304.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/rohingya_slideshow_20100304.newsThu, 04 Mar 2010 14:48:06 GMTA chronological overview of MSF's activity in Haiti from when the earthquake struck.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_timeline_20100201.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_timeline_20100201.newsThu, 04 Mar 2010 10:50:00 GMTSome health providers that responded to the initial emergency phase of the crisis are beginning to leave the country and discharge patients, even though thousands of injured people require long term medical care. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_postop_expansion_20100303.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_postop_expansion_20100303.newsWed, 03 Mar 2010 16:08:08 GMTDue to an initial efficient response by Chilean authorities, MSF is concentrating its efforts in the areas that are most difficult to access. Several teams  are assessing needs in Maule and Bio Bio regions.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/assessing_needs_chile_20100303.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/assessing_needs_chile_20100303.newsWed, 03 Mar 2010 09:58:57 GMTBritish nurse Joan Hargan and doctor Christopher Tranmer discuss the work which Médecins Sans Frontières are doing in Maltese detention centres for undocumented migrants and asylum seekers.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Malta_video_20100302.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Malta_video_20100302.newsTue, 02 Mar 2010 16:26:53 GMTMembers of the team arriving from Argentina are already in Santiago and will be traveling to the Maule region to assess needs in the coastal towns of that area. Other MSF professionals will arrive today. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/chile_earthquake_update_20100228.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/chile_earthquake_update_20100228.newsSun, 28 Feb 2010 23:27:37 GMTMSF staff from Argentina and other parts of Latin America should start arriving this evening in Santiago de Chile to assess the needs of the population. Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) is sending an exploratory team to assess the needs of the victims after an earthquake of 8.8 magnitude in the Richter Scale struck Chile early Saturday morning, causing serious damages in several areas of the country.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/chile_earthquake_20100228.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/chile_earthquake_20100228.newsSat, 27 Feb 2010 21:19:00 GMTPhotos from the MSF hospital in Leogane, a city south of Port-au-Prince, which was also hit by the earthquake. MSF are providing surgery, physiotherapy and mental health care in addition to their ongoing work.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Leogane_photos_20100225.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Leogane_photos_20100225.newsThu, 25 Feb 2010 13:01:06 GMTMany patients operated on initially under emergency conditions following the conflict in 2009 have developed infections, particularly of the bone. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/sri_lanka_reconstructive_surgery_20100222.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/sri_lanka_reconstructive_surgery_20100222.newsMon, 22 Feb 2010 08:21:49 GMTAn Indian court ruling has halted the international pharmaceutical company Bayer’s latest attempt to introduce new measures to weaken competition in drug manufacture in India.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Bayer_access_Case_20100219.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Bayer_access_Case_20100219.newsFri, 19 Feb 2010 14:45:54 GMTPatients at the field hospital at Delmas 33 will receive surgical treatment for their visible wounds, as well as psychological support to overcome their trauma http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_photo_update_20100219.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_photo_update_20100219.newsFri, 19 Feb 2010 14:20:12 GMTI am Geraldine Augustin and I am finishing my medical studies. On the 12th January I was heading to University for a class. Suddenly the earth started to shake and the next second all the houses were under the earth, there were dead and injured people everywhere.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_geralsines_story_20100218.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_geralsines_story_20100218.newsThu, 18 Feb 2010 11:10:08 GMTMSF calls for an immediate end to the violence, along with urgent measures by the Government of Bangladesh and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to increase protection to Rohingya seeking asylum in the country. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/rohingya_bangladesh_20100218.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/rohingya_bangladesh_20100218.newsThu, 18 Feb 2010 09:04:06 GMTOver the last couple of weeks, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) conducted a distribution of basic relief items to more than 35,000 people currently displaced inside Kurram Agency, in the Federally Administrated Tribal Area. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/kurram_update_20100217.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/kurram_update_20100217.newsWed, 17 Feb 2010 14:01:40 GMTNeeds are changing in Haiti. As the number of people needing emergency surgery and treatment of wounds diminish, the provision of post-operative care, general healthcare and food, water and materials, becomes more of a necessity. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/slideshow_haiti_tents_20100216.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/slideshow_haiti_tents_20100216.newsTue, 16 Feb 2010 11:28:01 GMT“I came back from school, did my homework and at just before 5.00 o’clock I sat in front of the TV to watch the day’s episode of Frijolito when the walls fell on us killing my mother and my three sisters,” remembers tearful Jean-Rosemay, who is barely 14. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_rebuilding_lives_20100216.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_rebuilding_lives_20100216.newsTue, 16 Feb 2010 09:45:17 GMTLandina, a 3-month-old baby girl from Haiti, has arrived in London today for urgent medical treatment at Great Ormond Street Childrens’ Hospital. A patient in MSF’s Trinité hospital in Haiti before the earthquake, she sustained further injuries when the hospital building collapsed during the quake. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/landina_haiti_20100212.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/landina_haiti_20100212.newsFri, 12 Feb 2010 16:50:48 GMTDr Marie-Pierre Allié, president of Médecins Sans Frontières-France, who recently returned from a field visit to Haiti, analyses the situation there one month after the disaster.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/MPAllie_interview_20100212.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/MPAllie_interview_20100212.newsFri, 12 Feb 2010 15:04:15 GMTMSF has been providing medical care for a year in Dagahaley camp and, while there have been some improvements during that time, the overcrowding is still very worrying.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_in_Somalia_20100212.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_in_Somalia_20100212.newsFri, 12 Feb 2010 11:05:38 GMTSomali refugees living in the Dagahaley refugee camp, part of the world's largest refugee complex in Dadaab on the Kenyan border tell the stories of their lives before and after exile in poems and songs.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Day_in_Dadaab_20100212.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Day_in_Dadaab_20100212.newsFri, 12 Feb 2010 10:11:21 GMTOne month after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, the numbers are still difficult to digest: more than 200,000 deaths, 300,000 injured and hundreds of thousands of people made homeless.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_one_month_on_20100212.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_one_month_on_20100212.newsFri, 12 Feb 2010 09:50:01 GMTThis video reviews MSF's response to the earthquake in Haiti from minutes after it hit on the 13th January 2010 to present day activities. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_working_through_disaster_20100211.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_working_through_disaster_20100211.newsThu, 11 Feb 2010 12:13:05 GMTIn a welcome move for access to medicines, the Delhi High Court has rejected the appeal filed by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer Corporation against an earlier court order which had rejected the implementation of a drug regulatory system which essentially linked registration of medicines to their patent status. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/india_bosst_access_medicines_20100209.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/india_bosst_access_medicines_20100209.newsTue, 09 Feb 2010 17:12:04 GMTFrom Port-au-Prince, this report focuses on MSF's emergency response to the Haiti earthquake; Haitian staff, international staff and patients, share their experiences.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/podcast_haiti_20100208.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/podcast_haiti_20100208.newsMon, 08 Feb 2010 11:32:22 GMTMuch of the discussion surrounding President Barack Obama's proposed fee on financial institutions to help cut the US deficit overlooks how similar revenue-generating ideas could close the glaring gaps in the global fight against several health emergencies.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Huffington1_20100205.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Huffington1_20100205.newsFri, 05 Feb 2010 12:31:32 GMTAn emerging trend in MSF's work in Haiti is a return to what could be described as normal illnessess and conditions among people coming to the hospitals. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_Ongoing_work_20100205.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_Ongoing_work_20100205.newsFri, 05 Feb 2010 11:09:34 GMTPaul McMaster recently 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 have to be made by medical staff in the aftermath of the earthquake.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/slideshow_emergency_surgery_haiti_20100204.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/slideshow_emergency_surgery_haiti_20100204.newsThu, 04 Feb 2010 16:45:57 GMTMSF calls on all belligerents, including the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the African Union Peacekeeping force (AMISOM) and opposition groups...http://www.uk.msf.org:80/somalia_indiscriminate_shelling_20100203.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/somalia_indiscriminate_shelling_20100203.newsWed, 03 Feb 2010 11:52:05 GMTMSF's emergency wards in Haiti are still treating large numbers of patients but the nature of their injuries is gradually changing. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100202.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100202.newsTue, 02 Feb 2010 10:37:51 GMTFollowing a rise in the number of sick people in the northern province of Kayanza, health authorities called on MSF to conduct an assessment. The diagnosis was clear: the incidence of malaria is alarmingly high and MSF is now reinforcing their response in the area.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/alarming_rise_in_malaria_BURUNDI_20100129.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/alarming_rise_in_malaria_BURUNDI_20100129.newsFri, 29 Jan 2010 16:09:56 GMTDr. Christophe Fournier, the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières went to Port-au-Prince to offer his moral support to Haitian staff and emergency teams. Just over two weeks after the earthquake, he gave his impressions to MSF's Avril Benoit.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Fournier_interview_20100129.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Fournier_interview_20100129.newsFri, 29 Jan 2010 15:19:20 GMTBrigg Reilley is an epidemiologist with MSF. He tells us about the evolving healthcare needs in Haiti and MSF’s current and future priorities. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_interview_bigger_picture_of_health_needs_20100129.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_interview_bigger_picture_of_health_needs_20100129.newsFri, 29 Jan 2010 10:49:21 GMTDay 16 in Haiti and MSF teams are still treating people with injuries from the quake. The range of work that MSF is now carrying out has been increasing as the needs and priorities shift, but the core medical services still dominate.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_day_16_20100129.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_day_16_20100129.newsFri, 29 Jan 2010 10:26:10 GMTThe MSF inflatable hospitals are providing patients in Haiti with a safe, clean and confortable place to receive treatment from MSF teams. The hospital includes two fully-equipped operating theatres in which surgery has already started http://www.uk.msf.org:80/video_inflatable_hospital_haiti_20100128.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/video_inflatable_hospital_haiti_20100128.newsThu, 28 Jan 2010 14:52:40 GMTThe core medical activities in Haiti are still concentrated on treating people who were injured in the quake, with surgery continuing and post operative care expanding.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100127.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100127.newsWed, 27 Jan 2010 11:12:03 GMTFear is dominating people’s lives in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia. MSF is one of the few aid organisations still working in the republic and witnessing the severe impact violence is having on the people.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/ingushetia_solidarity_20100126.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/ingushetia_solidarity_20100126.newsTue, 26 Jan 2010 16:40:00 GMTDespite being victims of the earthquake themselves, MSF's Haitian staff have continued to do everything they can to provide medical assistance in the aftermath of the quake.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_video_20100126.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_video_20100126.newsTue, 26 Jan 2010 14:17:52 GMTThe dual pressures of continuing needs for emergency surgery and the growing need for post-operative care are all-consuming work for many Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Haiti.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/public_update_20100126.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/public_update_20100126.newsTue, 26 Jan 2010 14:04:16 GMTInternational medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply shocked by the forced evacuation of about 7,000 displaced people from Munda (Lower Dir, North West Frontier Province).http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_shocked_pakistan_20100127.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_shocked_pakistan_20100127.newsTue, 26 Jan 2010 08:44:00 GMThttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/photo_finck_20100125.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/photo_finck_20100125.newsMon, 25 Jan 2010 17:09:02 GMTAs the larger MSF hospitals in Port au Prince and their surrounding tent wards continue to treat injured people and carry out operations, the mobile teams that have recently started moving out into the capital and in some places west of Port au Prince are finding significant numbers of people needing medical care.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100125.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100125.newsMon, 25 Jan 2010 13:11:10 GMTMSF’s Haitian staff have saved many lives in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake - their committment and hard work a credit to them, especially under the circumstances. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_haiti_staff_20100125.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_haiti_staff_20100125.newsMon, 25 Jan 2010 10:03:23 GMTThe emergency medical work that MSF teams are delivering in Haiti is beginning to shift some of its emphasis towards the next levels of need amongst the people there. In some parts of Port au Prince, the teams are starting to see more people coming to their hospitals who have infections or complications following basic or amateur attempts at treatment in the early days of the aftermath.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_postop_20100124.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_postop_20100124.newsSun, 24 Jan 2010 10:39:00 GMTPost-operative care is now beginning to get underway.  Exercise for burn victims and psychologists assessing and dealing with patient's psychological needs.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/photo_gallery_20100122.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/photo_gallery_20100122.newsFri, 22 Jan 2010 15:01:46 GMTImages of MSF's work throughout Haiti.  Since the earthquake more than 900 patients having passed through MSF's surgical facilities.  http://www.uk.msf.org:80/photo_update_20100122.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/photo_update_20100122.newsFri, 22 Jan 2010 11:22:18 GMTWhile surgery and treatment of injuries remains a priority for MSF teams, planning for post-operative care is now under way. Mobile clinics have also started in Port au Prince, Grand Goave and Dufort. Surgical programmes have also started in Leogane and MSF teams have started to supply 7,000 with drinking water.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_mobile_clinics_20100122.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_mobile_clinics_20100122.newsFri, 22 Jan 2010 10:09:26 GMTOver three days, MSF and the Pakistani Department of Health vaccinated 2,100 children in different areas around the Munda displaced persons camp.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/idp_vaccinating_pakistan_20100121.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/idp_vaccinating_pakistan_20100121.newsThu, 21 Jan 2010 14:18:52 GMTMark Doyle reports from an MSF operating theatre in  Port-au-Prince on the difficulties of doing surgery. Includes interview with MSF surgeon Geordie Cox.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/world_at_one_haiti_20100121.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/world_at_one_haiti_20100121.newsThu, 21 Jan 2010 11:35:59 GMTThe MSF teams have been treating the long queues of patients waiting for treatment and surgery, even as Port au Prince was shaken again by a very substantial 6.1 aftershock yesterday. Some patients were so alarmed by the tremors that they once again had to be taken out of the building and treated in tents.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_inflatable_hospital_started_20100121.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_inflatable_hospital_started_20100121.newsThu, 21 Jan 2010 10:05:15 GMTPaul McMaster is an MSF surgeon in Haiti, working at the Carrefour hospital. This recording was taken on Tuesday, 19th January over the phone when Paul had finished his shift.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/surgeon_update_haiti_20100120.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/surgeon_update_haiti_20100120.newsWed, 20 Jan 2010 13:21:55 GMTAlthough aid is beginning to be delivered, bottlenecks remain and people are starting to die of sepsis from infections that go untreated.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100120.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100120.newsWed, 20 Jan 2010 10:26:35 GMTA Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cargo plane carrying 12 tons of medical equipment, including drugs, surgical supplies and two dialysis machines, was turned away three times from Port-au-Prince airport since Sunday night despite repeated assurances of its ability to land there. "Priority must be given to medical supplies entering the country,” says Rosa Crestani, MSF medical coordinator.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/plane_diverted_again_haiti_20100119.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/plane_diverted_again_haiti_20100119.newsTue, 19 Jan 2010 20:34:06 GMTOn January 12th a major earthquake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, struck Haiti. Despite two MSF hospitals collapsed and 52 staff reportedly missing, MSF teams are providing immediate medical assistance to the injured.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/webclip_pacot_hospital_HAITI_20100119.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/webclip_pacot_hospital_HAITI_20100119.newsTue, 19 Jan 2010 12:48:11 GMThttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_190110_20100119.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_190110_20100119.newsTue, 19 Jan 2010 12:27:42 GMTPhotos by Julie Remy from MSF projects in Haiti, including the arrival of MSF's inflatable hospital.  Surgery is continuing at a number of sites.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_photo_20100119.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_photo_20100119.newsTue, 19 Jan 2010 10:44:36 GMTChannel 4 Haiti report from 18th January 2010. Covers arrival of aid, MSF's medical programmes, insecurity and for how much longer there is hope of finding people alive beneath the rubble.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/channel_4_report_haiti_20100119.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/channel_4_report_haiti_20100119.newsTue, 19 Jan 2010 09:50:02 GMTMSF teams at work in Haiti, treating those injured by the earthquake. MSF has several sites for surgery and all are running, as much as possible, 24 hours a day.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_pic_gallery180110_20100118.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_pic_gallery180110_20100118.newsMon, 18 Jan 2010 13:31:51 GMTSix days after the earthquake, international support is slowly appearing in Port-au-Prince and Haiti. Most of the needs are far from being covered. The most severe cases can hardly be taken car of due to lack of structures offering good surgical conditions. Although some markets have reopened, food and water remain an issue. Aftershocks and people leaving buildings in a rush are still daily scenes. The population is getting frustrated, and tension is on the rise. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100118.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100118.newsMon, 18 Jan 2010 10:03:17 GMTOn the fifth day on their response to the disaster in Haiti, the MSF teams remain focused on trying to cope with the huge demand for life-saving surgery from those who suffered terrible injuries in the quake. They are doing that by stretching their existing resources, running operating theatres to the limit by working around the clock, while at the same time trying to create more capacity by finding new premises and transporting in mobile structures.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/operating_round_the_clock_haiti_20100117.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/operating_round_the_clock_haiti_20100117.newsSun, 17 Jan 2010 20:21:47 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières cargo plane with full hospital and staff blocked from landing in Port-au-Prince. 1000s of wounded waiting for vital surgical operations.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/demands_deployment_haiti_20100117.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/demands_deployment_haiti_20100117.newsSun, 17 Jan 2010 13:09:24 GMTThe surgical units, which MSF set up in Port-au-Prince, continue to work around the clock to treat the vast numbers of patients with injuries from the earthquake. Prioritising the most serious cases, the teams have been performing ceasarian sections and amputations. Experienced MSF medical staff say they have never seen so many serious injuries.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100117.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100117.newsSun, 17 Jan 2010 12:43:56 GMTAround 2,000 patients have been treated so far at MSF locations. Teams are still seeing patients pour in.  People have started fleeing the city. Public parks and open space are crowded with those who have stayed, but have either lost their houses or are afraid to go back to buildings. Thousands have gathered in one of the main squares, the Champs de Mars, in front of the collapsed presidential palace.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100116.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100116.newsSat, 16 Jan 2010 10:02:43 GMTLaurent Dedieu is a logistics supervisor for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) projects in Haiti. Since the earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince on January 12, he has been in frequent contact with the teams on the ground and helping to organise the logistics of MSF’s response. Here he describes the logistical challenges the teams are dealing with right now.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_logistics_challenge_20100116.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_logistics_challenge_20100116.newsSat, 16 Jan 2010 09:16:16 GMTFor over four years, MSF has been equipped with inflatable hospitals in which it is possible to rapidly install surgical facilities, intensive care units and hospital beds. Dr. Mego Terzian, MSF deputy emergency coordinator explains.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/inflatable_hospitals_fast_effective_surgical_response_20100115.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/inflatable_hospitals_fast_effective_surgical_response_20100115.newsFri, 15 Jan 2010 15:57:03 GMTThe MSF teams in Port-au-Prince are focussing their attention now on expanding their surgical capacity and two operating theatres are now working to help 300 patients who have been transfered to the MSF facility at Choscal hospital in the Cite Soleil district. The rest of the medical staff are still responding to the hundreds of people at their clinics who need immediate first aid and more basic care for their wounds. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_surgery_started_20100115.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_surgery_started_20100115.newsFri, 15 Jan 2010 15:54:31 GMTTens of thousands were feared dead in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, with many buried or trapped in demolished schools, hospitals and shanties.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/photo_gallery_haiti_24_hour_update_20100115.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/photo_gallery_haiti_24_hour_update_20100115.newsFri, 15 Jan 2010 10:40:50 GMTReports from the field say that at least 1,500 patients have been treated so far at MSF locations. However, patients are still pouring in and surgery needs are huge. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_15dec_20100115.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_15dec_20100115.newsFri, 15 Jan 2010 09:42:12 GMTOn tuesday 12th January, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the country of Haiti. This interview with Dr. Greg Elder gives us an update on the situation.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/dr_greg_elder_interview_20100114.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/dr_greg_elder_interview_20100114.newsThu, 14 Jan 2010 16:58:07 GMTFollowing the devastating earthquake in Haiti on the 12th of January, MSF medical teams in Port-au-Prince have been treating large numbers of people.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_photo_gallery_update_20100114.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_photo_gallery_update_20100114.newsThu, 14 Jan 2010 14:46:54 GMTThe MSF medical teams in Port-au-Prince have been treating very large numbers of people who come to them with fractures, head injuries and other major trauma from the quake. Well over a thousand patients been through the four tented facilities that MSF has set up near the damaged buildings that it used to work in.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_14_20100114.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_14_20100114.newsThu, 14 Jan 2010 14:36:29 GMTPaul McPhun, MSF operations manager, gives a briefing here on the situation for MSF and our patients in Haiti.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/video_haiti_update_20100114.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/video_haiti_update_20100114.newsThu, 14 Jan 2010 09:30:29 GMTMSF aid worker Danielle Trépanier was rescued on Wednesday afternoon (13th January) after almost 24 hours under the rubble of a collapsed staff-house.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_aid_worker_rescued_20100114.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_aid_worker_rescued_20100114.newsThu, 14 Jan 2010 09:04:44 GMTPaul McPhun, MSF operations manager, gives a briefing here on the situation for MSF and our patients in Haiti.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_earthquake_briefing_20100113.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_earthquake_briefing_20100113.newsWed, 13 Jan 2010 18:04:37 GMTFollowing the earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday, the three MSF hospitals and clinics in Port-au-Prince have suffered significant damage, patients and staff have been injured and hundreds of wounded have been arriving at the MSF offices and hospitals overnighthttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100113.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_update_20100113.newsWed, 13 Jan 2010 13:50:04 GMTOn January 12, a magnitude 7.0 quake struck about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. MSF has staff on the ground and is sending additional staff and supplies to Haiti urgently. The images below have been supplied by Reuters news agency. Please note, some are very distressing.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_photo_gallery_20100113.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_photo_gallery_20100113.newsWed, 13 Jan 2010 11:30:23 GMTOn January 12, a magnitude 7.0 quake struck about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams on the ground have witnessed significant damage to its medical facilities, injuries to patients and staff and an influx of wounded towards these hospitals in the capital.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_earthquake_20100113.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_earthquake_20100113.newsWed, 13 Jan 2010 07:36:36 GMTThe recent violence in Calabria, Southern Italy, has placed the plight of the region’s seasonal migrant workers in the international spotlight. MSF denounces the ongoing neglect and exploitation of this vulnerable group.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/violence_exposes_neglect_italy_20100112.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/violence_exposes_neglect_italy_20100112.newsTue, 12 Jan 2010 13:18:03 GMTLaurent Sury, deputy manager for emergencies, recently assessed the situation in the field for these refugees and explains MSF's activities.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/refugees_fleeing_congo_20100111.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/refugees_fleeing_congo_20100111.newsMon, 11 Jan 2010 11:42:59 GMTHeavy rains in the province of Bujumbura Rural, Burundi, caused Rusizi River to burst its banks and flood the MSF Centre for Obstetrical Emergencies in Kabezi (‘CURGO’), where 42 women and 10 newborns were hospitalised.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/burundi_floods_20100108.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/burundi_floods_20100108.newsFri, 08 Jan 2010 16:24:02 GMTPhotographer Jan Grarup visited South Galcayo Hospital in Somalia to witness MSF's work at first handhttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/galcayo_somalia_gallery_20100108.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/galcayo_somalia_gallery_20100108.newsFri, 08 Jan 2010 14:40:16 GMTIn response to severe drought conditions, MSF started supplying water on 23rd December, in order to cover the needs of people in villages surrounding  Dhusa Mareb and Guri-el in the Galagadud Region of Central Somalia. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_in_somalia_20100106.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_in_somalia_20100106.newsWed, 06 Jan 2010 16:26:46 GMTThai authorities have begun expelling the remaining 4,000 Hmong refugees in the Huai Nam Khao camp back to Laos. MSF has denounced the forced repatriation policy. MSF was forced to end its activities in the camp in May 2009http://www.uk.msf.org:80/thai_government_forces_repatriation_of_hmong_refugees_THAILAND_20100114.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/thai_government_forces_repatriation_of_hmong_refugees_THAILAND_20100114.newsMon, 28 Dec 2009 01:02:00 GMTDuring the war, three expatriates (a project manager, a nurse and a doctor) and 60 Palestinian health workers struggled to aid the population, in the face of fighting and the dangers involved in travelling through the area. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Gaza_Update_20091223.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Gaza_Update_20091223.newsSat, 26 Dec 2009 02:28:00 GMTLooking back on the December 2008 Israeli military offensive in Gaza and its devastating consequences.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Gaza_looking_back_20091223.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Gaza_looking_back_20091223.newsSat, 26 Dec 2009 02:25:00 GMTThe Israeli military operation, 'Cast Lead', was launched in the Gaza Strip on 27th December, 2008. Eight months later, Franck Joncret, MSF head of mission in the Palestinian Occupied Territories, provides an update on the current situation and MSF's response.  http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Gaza_Interview_20091223.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Gaza_Interview_20091223.newsWed, 23 Dec 2009 14:29:42 GMTDespite urgent health needs MSF stops activities as the last international NGO. The international medical humanitarian organisation, MSF, has closed its medical activities in Turkmenistan after ten years of working in the Central Asian country. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/turkmenistan_programme_closure_20091223.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/turkmenistan_programme_closure_20091223.newsWed, 23 Dec 2009 10:23:58 GMTCivilians attacked and cut off from aid in conflict zones, plus the ongoing neglect of diseases, were among the worst emergencies in 2009, MSF reported this year in its annual list of the "Top Ten" humanitarian crises.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/top_ten_PR_20091218.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/top_ten_PR_20091218.newsMon, 21 Dec 2009 03:23:00 GMTMSF began producing the "Top Ten" list in 1998, when a devastating famine in Sudan went largely unreported. Based on MSF’s  work, the list aims to generate awareness of the severity of these crises. This year's list includes Sri Lanka, Congo, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, malnutrition, HIV/AIDS and neglected diseases. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/top_ten_20091218.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/top_ten_20091218.newsMon, 21 Dec 2009 01:48:00 GMTMSF urges European governments to respect life, dignity and healthcare of migrants and asylum seekers http://www.uk.msf.org:80/bearing_brunt_migration_policies_20091217.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/bearing_brunt_migration_policies_20091217.newsThu, 17 Dec 2009 10:58:55 GMTIn a decisive step to improve access to medicines in the developing world, the Executive Board of UNITAID, the international health financing agency, has given the green light for a patent pool for AIDS medicines to open for business.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/patent_pool_adopted_20091215.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/patent_pool_adopted_20091215.newsTue, 15 Dec 2009 10:42:22 GMTGreat news: thanks in no small part to the participation of thousands of individuals in the Make It Happen Campaign, UNITAID has announced the creation of the Patent Pool for AIDS medicines.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/mih_wrap_up_20091217.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/mih_wrap_up_20091217.newsTue, 15 Dec 2009 04:08:00 GMT