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Honorary Secretary of Tipperary Peace Convention, Martin Quinn, presented the Tipperary International Peace Award to Médecins Sans Frontiéres' Dr Javid Abdelmoneim

Médecins Sans Frontiéres receives Tipperary Peace Award

Médecins Sans Frontiéres has received the Tipperary International Peace Award in recognition of the organisation's humanitarian work and the response of its teams to crises of both war and natural disasters.

Ireland • 21 Sep 24

War has raged for more than a year in Sudan - this picture taken on 30 May shows damaged shops in Omdurman

Sudan one of world's 'worst crises' in decades - MSF

The ongoing civil war in Sudan has provoked one of the world's worst humanitarian crises in decades, the international chief of Médecins Sans Frontières has said.

World • 20 Jun 24

A Spaniard and two Ethiopians who worked with Médecins Sans Frontières were killed, the organisation said

Three charity workers 'brutally murdered' in Ethiopia

Three employees of medical charity MSF, a Spaniard and two Ethiopians, have been "brutally murdered" in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, the organisation said in a statement.

World • 25 Jun 21

The body said it was evacuating all international staff in the wake of air strikes and violence

MSF suspending activities in northeast Syria

Médecins Sans Frontières has said it has suspended most of its medical aid activities in northeast Syria.

World • 15 Oct 19

MSF has increased its bed capacity at is treatment centre

MSF warns Ebola outbreak in DR Congo 'will continue'

The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières has expressed concern over the rising number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

World • 03 Dec 18

An Iranian girl in the Australian detention centre on Nauru

Concern over mental health of refugees held on Nauru

The mental health of refugees detained by Australia on the Pacific island of Nauru has deteriorated so badly that some children are in a "semi-comatose state", unable to eat, drink or talk, Medecins Sans Frontires has said.

World • 11 Oct 18

Aid group calls for migrant evacuations from Tripoli

Aid group Médecins Sans Frontières has called for the evacuation of thousands of people trapped in migrant detention centres in Libya's capital Tripoli.

Libya • 07 Sep 18

MSF says it fired 19 employees as a result of its investigations

MSF acted on 24 harassment or abuse cases in 2017

Aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has said it acted on 24 cases of harassment or sexual abuse last year.

Médecins Sans Frontiéres • 14 Feb 18

A Yemeni child suffering from diphtheria in hospital in the capital Sanaa - one of the few health centres still operational

Aid officials warn of diphtheria outbreak in Yemen

Yemen, ravaged by war, hunger and disease, is seeing a spike in diphtheria cases that will inevitably erupt into a larger, deadly outbreak because so few people have been immunized, according to aid officials.

World • 14 Dec 17

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"Even though these are some of the more traumatic parts of life that I have experienced, they are some of the places I've felt the closest to humanity."

Voices • 20 Sep 17

Turkey has agreed to take back all migrants and refugees landing in the Greek islands, and to crack down on people smuggling over the Aegean Sea

MSF rejects all EU funding in protest

Medical aid charity Médecins Sans Frontiéres said it will reject all funding from the European Union and EU member states in protest at a deal by the bloc to stem the flow of migrants and refugees via Turkey.

News • 17 Jun 16

Yemeni men stand amid the rubble of a food storage warehouse following air strikes in the capital Sanaa

Yemen MSF says hospital hit by air raid

A medical facility operated by Médecins Sans Frontières in north Yemen was hit by air strikes as a Saudi-led coalition continued to pound rebel areas, the charity said today.

News • 27 Oct 15

Developing countries suffering long-term consequences of vaccine costs

MSF calls for child vaccine price cuts

Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières has called on pharmaceutical companies to cut the price of children's vaccines and to reform the way they are produced and sold.

World • 20 Jan 15

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