MSF http://www.msf.org.hk MSF zh-TW Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:15:12 +0800 5 http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32855 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 "MSF Day 2008" will be held tomorrow. With the slogan of "Let's Donate a Day's Income and Volunteer for MSF", we invite the public to join "MSF Day 2008" and donate a day's income to support the worldwide medical relief work of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). With the kind support from the public and the private companies, MSF Hong Kong has raised more than HK$ 2.5 million. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32793 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today called on G8 leaders who will gather next week in Japan to take bold decisions to adequately finance food aid and nutrition programmes directed at young children. With the crisis of malnutrition contributing to between three and five million child deaths annually, the summit must commit to providing funds to implement new and effective strategies to address malnutrition. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32765 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expressed alarm at the deportation of approximately 500 Zimbabweans, including women and children, from a detention centre in Musina, at the border with Zimbabwe. South African authorities in Musina told MSF that they had increased patrols along the border during the run-off period. Zimbabwean arrested during these patrols told MSF teams that they had crossed the border over the past few days, fleeing instability and political violence in their country. MSF calls for an immediate end to deportations of Zimbabweans, as well as for proper reception facilities where Zimbabweans can receive protection and assistance. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32611 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 msfvideoMount Elgon is a volcano in the western part of Kenya, on the border with Uganda. This area has been the scene of violent clashes since mid-2006. Tens of thousands have been displaced, and people remain in great need and in suffering. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32712 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Since December 2006, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in the slum of Martissant, in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, to assist a population that is heavily affected by the violence between different armed groups. The medical team has an emergency room where they stabilize the patients and refer those in need of surgery to other hospitals in the city. Mobile clinics also provide medical aid in different locations of the slum. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32586 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 The people of Somalia are currently facing a massive humanitarian crisis with unmet critical medical needs. In May alone, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in the Mogadishu suburbs of Hawa Abdi and Afgooye treated more than 2,500 children suffering from acute malnutrition with admissions to MSF nutritional programs doubling in April and doubling again in May. Malnutrition rates have exceeded emergency thresholds for a year. The number of new cases is drastically increasing while external assistance is dwindling in quality and quantity due to high insecurity and increased targeting of humanitarian workers. Somalis attempting to flee the violence have few options for escape, as the main border crossings are closed. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32564 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 An estimated 800 ethnic Lao Hmong refugees were forcibly returned to Laos by the Thai government on Sunday, June 22, and the Thai authorities have stated publicly that they intend to proceed in the coming days with further repatriations to Laos from among the remaining 6,700 refugees in the Huai Nam Khao camp in Thailand's Petchabun province. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling once again on the governments of Thailand and Laos to immediately stop all forced repatriations of the Hmong refugees. Both governments should facilitate the access of independent monitors to all forced returnees in Laos and those believed to be held in detention centers in Thailand in order that adequate medical and humanitarian assistance is provided to them. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32487 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 msfphotoThousands of people risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden to escape from conflict, violence, drought and poverty. Due to the escalation of the conflict in Somalia and the drought affecting the Horn of Africa, the numbers of new arrivals are increasing: in 2007, according to the UN, 30,000 people embarked on the dangerous trip; during the first five months of 2008 more than 20,000 arrived in Yemen. Many of them never made it: in 2007, more than 1,400 dead and missing were reported; so far, in 2008, 400 did not reach the shores of Yemen alive. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32533 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 In response to rainstorms and floods that have ravaged nine provinces across southern China, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began providing relief items to the affected population in collaboration with the Chinese authorities.Since the start of the flood season earlier this month, 63 people have been reported dead and more than 1.66 million people have been evacuated from their homes. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32351 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Thousands of Somali and Ethiopian risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden to escape from conflict and extreme poverty. The trip is fraught with danger, as people are exposed to violence from the smugglers and receive little assistance upon their arrival in Yemen. In its report "No Choice" MSF documents the conditions of the perilous journey and calls for increased assistance for the thousands of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants fleeing their home countries. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32276 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an immediate increase in assistance for the people of Mount Elgon in western Kenya, and an end to the indiscriminate violence they have been enduring for almost two years. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32216 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 msfphotoMalnutrition has reached alarming levels in several regions in the south of Ethiopia, notably Oromiya and Somali. At present over 3000 children are being treated by MSF in these two regions alone. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32306 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 One month ago, violence against foreign nationals in South Africa erupted in parts of Gauteng, Western Cape, and Kwa-Zulu Natal Province leading to the displacement of more than 80,000 people across the country, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Initially, tens of thousands of people fled to police stations, community halls, churches, and mosques to seek shelter and safety, and for three weeks lived in poor conditions and relied primarily on a patchwork of assistance from private individuals and organisations. In Johannesburg, South African authorities erected temporary camps in different areas of the city, but the camps were not properly prepared to host the displaced, and provided little guarantee of security and protection. Since 1 June, MSF teams have been working to fill gaps in assistance in seven camps, six in Johannesburg and one in Pretoria. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32097 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 One month after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province on May 12, MSF teams are continuing to give psychological support to the quake-affected population. Two teams of psychologists experienced in post-disaster trauma management have been providing advice and training to medical staff and have started a mental health programme in sites for displaced people. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32128 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Thanks to the immediate mobilization of its national staff in Myanmar, MSF has been able to respond quickly and efficiently to the needs of victims of cyclone Nargis. However, given the scale of the disaster and the specific skills required for such a response, MSF has hired and trained tens of additional doctors, nurses, logisticians and water and sanitation officers. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32151 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 MSF is opening a new Centre for Obstetrical Emergencies in Kabezi today, in the vast province of Bujumbura Rural (with around 780,000 inhabitants), encircling the country's capital. This specialised centre constitutes an essential component of MSF's project, taking on referred cases and providing medical care for women presenting complications during pregnancy or delivery and who cannot be treated in health centres. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32016 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 A vaccination campaign against meningitis ends in the state of Katsina, while another campaign against measles, begins in the state of Yobe, northeast Nigeria. MSF's meningitis emergency response in the state of Katsina, northern Nigeria, ended in early June. MSF and teams vaccinated approximately 100,000 children and 422 patients were treated in health centers supported by MSF. Meanwhile, another team in the northeast state of Yobe, treated 280 patients suffering from meningitis. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32248 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 msfvideoMany survivors of the Sichuan earthquake have not only lost their houses and belongings, but also friends and/or relatives. Many are still in shock after the terrible experience of the quake and clearly need psychological support. A team of four psychologists and one social worker are currently working in two locations : Long Men Shan, Pengzhou city and Hanwang, Mianzhu city, where people displaced by the quake are living in temporary settlements. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/32071 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jalalo is worried. His wife has brought their one year old twins to the MSF stabilisation centre in Shashemene, in the Oromiya region of southern Ethiopia, to be treated for malnutrition, but his ten other children are at home with no food. "I used to work on the farms, guarding the food," he explains, "but there's been no rain this year so there's very little work. Some days we eat, but mostly we go to sleep with no food." http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/26504 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rosalie Ann R. Reyes, who is a Filipino psychologist, worked as a mental health officer in this project from August 2007 to January 2008. She offered counselling to the survivors as many had lost more than one close relative or friends and traumatized by the terrible experience in the journey. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/30988 Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 +0800 msfvideoOn the second of May, Cyclone Nargis swept over large parts of Myanmar. The storm caused immediate destruction on a large scale. It also created a wall of water, that washed away people and property. In the Irriwaddy delta, many tens of thousands died. Many more were left homeless. http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/20203 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 Each year, thousands of doctors, nurses, logisticians and other professionals representing some 60 nationalities, volunteer to work with MSF in more than 70 countries around the world. Your support by mileage donation can help send our volunteers to the front line to provide medical assistance for the vulnerable populations.