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Doctors Without Borders
Syrian Gov’t Not Given GPS Data of Hospital Hit by Strike
Doctors Without Borders says it took the wrenching decision not to formally inform Syria’s government or its Russian allies about the location of some medical facilities like one hit by a deadly airstrike this week
Deadly Airstrikes Hit Hospitals, School in Northern Syria
An airstrike in the northern Syrian province of Idlib destroyed a makeshift clinic supported by an international aid group on Monday, killing and wounding several people
Life Seems Hopeless to Many Afghans
The U.S. and the international community have been engaged in Afghanistan for 15 years and poured in billions of dollars to stabilize the country. It’s not looking good.
Survivors of Afghan Hospital Attack Tell of Terror
It was like the end of the world, Anayatullah Nazari said. “It was like they were determined to kill us all and that nobody would survive. It was like doomsday, nothing I could ever imagine.”
Probe Finds No Armed Men in Afghan Clinic Bombed by US
Wounded Taliban fighters were being treated in a Doctors Without Borders hospital in northern Afghanistan that was bombed by U.S. forces last month
Afghan Defense Minister Says Taliban Hid in Bombed Hospital
Afghanistan’s acting defense minister said on Monday that the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the north of the country that was bombed by U.S. forces was being used by insurgents who were fighting government forces
After Obama Apology, Medical Charity Presses Probe Request
A day after President Barack Obama apologized for a tragic U.S. airstrike that killed at least 22 people at a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in northern Afghanistan, the medical charity said Thursday it is continuing to press its demand for an independent investigation of the incident
Obama Apologizes to Aid Group for US Attack on Afghan Clinic
President Barack Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday for the American air attack that killed at least 22 people at a medical clinic in Afghanistan, and said the United States would examine military procedures to look for better ways to prevent such incidents.
Here’s How Doctors in Nepal Are Dealing With the Shortage of Hospital Space
The earthquake in Nepal has left thousands dead, and tens of thousands injured, flooding local hospitals with patients and leaving them overwhelmed.
Response to Ebola Needs Flexibility, Experts Say
Many beds are empty at newly opened Ebola treatment units in Liberia’s urban centers because the outbreak is now flaring in more rural parts of the country. In Sierra Leone’s capital, there aren’t enough treatment units as the epidemic spreads there.
NYC Doctor With Ebola Upgraded to Stable Condition
A New York doctor who became infected with Ebola while treating patients in Guinea has been upgraded from serious but stable condition to stable condition, hospital officials said Saturday, marking progress in a case that intensified the debate over how to treat health workers returning from West Africa.
Maine in Standoff With Nurse Over Ebola Safeguards
Insisting she is perfectly healthy, nurse Kaci Hickox again defied the state’s Ebola quarantine Thursday by taking a bike ride with her boyfriend, and Maine health authorities struggled to reach a compromise that would limit her contact with others.
Ebola Is Spreading Faster Than Efforts to Contain It
As the Ebola epidemic is claiming an increasing number of victims, there is widespread concern that efforts to contain it are inadequate. New and more effective measures are needed to combat one of the most dangerous epidemics of modern times. “Six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it,” stated Doctors Without Borders International President Dr. Joanne Liu.
