7-14 | The intensity of bombings in the Israeli military operation "Protective Edge" makes it extremely dangerous for the population and MSF teams in Gaza to move around. As of today, hospitals in Gaza are managing to cope with the influx of wounded arriving.
7-10 | MSF's hospital in Leer, South Sudan, was destroyed by unknown attackers four months ago. MSF project coordinator Sarah Maynard describes the devastation she witnessed on her return and the team's efforts to get medical services up and running again. "I'd been working in Leer hospital since September. The place was always busy, with hundreds of patients, caretakers and visitors every day. Some 270,000 people depended on us for medical care. We had the only surgical facility in southern Unity state.
7-9 | Since December 2013, Central African Republic (CAR) has been torn apart by a conflict with increasingly religious overtones. The escalating violence and displacement have made an already catastrophic health situation even worse. Central Africans are facing food insecurity and spiralling malaria, while the economy and public health system are grinding to a halt.
7-2 | Violence in hospitals and the destruction of medical facilities are denying medical services to many of South Sudan's most vulnerable people, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a report, South Sudan Conflict: Violence Against Healthcare. Since armed conflict erupted in South Sudan in December, at least 58 people have been killed on hospital grounds, and hospitals were ransacked or burnt on at least six occasions, MSF said.
6-18 | All parties to the conflict in Iraq must spare civilians and health structures Following severe damage of its clinic in Tikrit as a result of the shellingof the city on 13 June, preventing the provision of medical care to approximately 40,000 people displaced by the recent surge in conflict in Iraq, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on all warring factions to immediately respect medical staff and facilities, and to spare the lives of civilians. “Direct or indire