MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 31 October 2015]
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Press release
South Sudan: Rising Violence in Southern Unity State Creates Unprecedented Crisis
October 30, 2015
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/NEW YORK—Rising violence against civilians in southern Unity State, South Sudan, is creating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, depriving the population of shelter, food, and medical care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today, calling for increased protection of civilians and safe access for humanitarian organizations.

Press release
Yemen: Denial of Hospital Bombing by Saudi-Led Coalition Contradicts All Facts
October 29, 2015
PARIS/NEW YORK—Despite denials by the Saudi-led coalition, it is beyond doubt that it struck and destroyed a hospital supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Haydan, Yemen, on October 26, MSF said today, adding that the hospital had previously been damaged by coalition attacks.

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South Africa Should Override Patent on Key HIV Medicine After Widespread Stock Out Problem
October 28, 2015
JOHANNESBURG—After six months of persistent supply problems with the key HIV medicine lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r), the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urged the South African government to put the public’s health first and override pharmaceutical company AbbVie’s patent with a “compulsory licence,” in order to allow generic versions of LPV/r to be used in the country.

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Yemen: MSF Hospital Destroyed by Airstrikes
October 27, 2015
SANAA/PARIS/NEW YORK—Airstrikes carried out late last night by the Saudi-led coalition in northern Yemen destroyed a hospital supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), MSF announced today.

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Ukraine: MSF Strongly Refutes False Allegations by Donetsk Authorities
October 26, 2015
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly refutes false allegations made in the media by the Humanitarian Committee of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) regarding MSF’s medical humanitarian activities in Donetsk.

Press release
Yemen: Medical Aid Blocked from Entering Besieged Area in Taiz
October 25, 2015
TAIZ, YEMEN/AMSTERDAM—Despite weeks of intense negotiations with Ansarallah (Houthi) officials, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cannot deliver stocks of essential medical supplies to two hospitals in a besieged enclave of the city of Taiz, in southern Yemen, MSF said today, calling for vital supplies to be let in.
MSF’s trucks have been stopped again today at Houthi checkpoints and denied access to the area.

Field news
Pakistan Earthquake: After Initial Response, MSF Assessing Further Needs
October 27, 2015
An earthquake recorded between 7.6 and 8.1 on the Richter scale rocked parts of northeastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan on the afternoon of October 26. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical projects in northwestern Pakistan were faced with an initial influx of seriously wounded in the first hours.

Field news
Slovenia: People in Transit in Urgent Need of Assistance
October 26, 2015
Thousands of people are entering Slovenia each day from different points along the Croatian border. While some are staying in overcrowded transit centers, others are forced to spend nights outdoors, sleeping in fields. In response, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are working alongside the Slovenian Ministry of Health in the transit center of Brezice, in addition to increasing their provision of humanitarian aid elsewhere in the area.