9-8 | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has officially opened its newly upgraded reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman, Jordan. The hospital serves war wounded patients from across the region who have no access to specialized surgical care in their home countries.
8-26 | Two aid workers from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been killed in South Sudan. Last week, Gawar Top Puoy, a logistician who had worked for MSF since 2009, was killed during an attack on the village of Wulu. James Gatluak Gatpieny, a community health worker who had worked for MSF since 2011, was killed during a separate attack on the village of Payak last week. Both villages are located in the area surrounding Leer, in conflict affected Unity state.
8-26 | A hospital in Aleppo Governorate run by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders treated four patients exhibiting symptoms of exposure to chemical agents on the evening of Friday the 21st. The patients are a family of four – the two parents, a 3-year-old girl and a 5-day-old newborn baby girl. They arrived to the MSF hospital one hour after the exposure, presenting eye redness, skin erythema, conjunctivitis and respiratory difficulties, followed by the apparition of blisters and a worsening of the respiratory conditions around three hours later.
8-25 | It’s a late on a clear Wednesday morning and a boat coasts across the water toward the small village of Kuemdoc, on the shore of the Phom El Zaraf river. An MSF flag flutters from the side. A crowd of people are gathered on the riverbank, waiting under a tree, sheltering from the hot, South Sudanese sun. Others hastily make their way toward the shore as they spot the boat coming in. People here know this boat.
8-14 | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the recent air strikes on and next to nine hospitals across Idlib province, in North West Syria, including three hospitals supported by MSF. These attacks took place over a period of four days, between 7 and 10 August 2015, and indicate an increasing pattern of healthcare structures and civilians being affected as a result of the ongoing war. Among those killed in the strikes were three hospital staff members, one patient and seven civilians.