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On Saturday, 3rd of October 2015, the hospital of the Organization Doctors without Borders (MSF) in Kunduz region, Afghanistan was Read More

Doctors of the Word – Médecins Du Monde annual report on health inequalities in Europe, with particular emphasis on the most vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women and children.
The report was based on a sample of 23.341 Doctors of the World patients in 11 countries, including Greece.

Bowls filled with water to detect tremors and get out of the house in time

Madrid, 13th of May 2015. Yesterday another earthquake with an intensity of 7.3 hit Nepal, which was already dealing with the consequences of the 25th of April big earthquake. Doctors of the World team is safe and working in coordination with the Nepali authorities to provide healthcare to the affected population.

(Paris, 06/05/2015) Doctors of the World is fully mobilized to assist victims

Ten days after the earthquake, as the rubble is being cleared in Kathmandu and Nepal continues to count the dead and the casualties, Doctors of the World humanitarian aid is on its way to the worst affected regions. The organisation is setting up clinics in Sindhupalchok district to assist isolated populations in places where the healthcare system is in a state of total collapse. Almost 90% of the country’s health centres—many in this district to the east of Kathmandu—have been destroyed, depriving people of access to medical care.

Athens, 6 May, 2015 – Today, the Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) presented its 2014 annual report, analyzing the quantitative and qualitative findings of racist violence and hate crime recordings by the organizations participating in the Network. The report also includes the RVRN’s positions regarding victims’ access to the police and the justice system. Furthermore, it includes specific recommendations to the State in order to combat hate crimes, as well as to tackle racially motivated police violence.

Médecins du Monde / Doctors of the World sends 15 tons of equipment.
Violent aftershocks have shaken Nepal and the capital Kathmandu again on Sunday.

(April 20th, 2015) Last migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean means too much tragedy. 700 migrants died last Saturday after 400 the previous Sunday. How many people will die before the European authorities take the necessary steps? The Mare Nostrum, cradle of civilizations, should not become a seaside cemetery.

The international community must urgently change its approach to Gaza and deliver on promises of reconstruction, 46 agencies said today in a new report on the lack of progress since last year’s conflict.

Review of the activities implemented in 2014 and the relevant statistics.

Four years after the start of the conflict, chaos is overwhelming Syria and the human toll is horrifying: morethan 200,000 dead, half of them civilians, more than 1.5 million wounded and suffering serious and permanent after-effects, 11 million refugeesand displaced people and more than 12 million Syrians – equivalent to half the total population – affected by the war.