9-16 | Following a bomb blast on 15 September at a funeral in the Jandol area of Lower Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, dozens of severely injured people have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams and existing medical staff in the Timergara District Hospital emergency room.Seven people died before arriving to the hospital. Medical teams carried out emergency surgery and stabilized many patients. Eight people with head injuries and open fractures have been referred to Peshawar for further treatment.
9-12 | With the monsoon season in full swing, the independent medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been receiving an increasing number of patients with acute watery diarrhoea in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KPK) as well as in Kurram Agency in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) since July. MSF is reinforcing its teams to respond to the increasing medical needs.
7-14 | MSF condemns use of medical aid for military objectives; reported ruse risks damaging trust critical for health workers and humanitarian aidThe United States government’s alleged misuse of a vaccination campaign in Pakistan for counter-terrorism purposes constitutes a dangerous abuse of medical care, which threatens the trust essential for health agencies and humanitarian aid workers to provide lifesaving medical services, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.
5-31 | On Thursday, May 26, 2011, a suicide attack left 36 people dead and approximately 60 wounded near a police station in the city of Hangu in northwest Pakistan, just a few blocks from the hospital where MSF teams staff the emergency and surgery departments. Working with the hospital's teams, MSF treated 58 victims.
2-14 | Up to 160 international and 1500 national MSF staff worked in the country. More than 100000 people received free medical consulations; 8800 children received nutritional treatmentMSF provided more than 2.1 million litres of drinkable water per day. Total of 73700 relief items, 22600 tents, 2000 transitional shelter distributedSince 1988, MSF has been providing medical assistance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh provinces as well as in Federally Administred Tribal Areas (FATA)