Doctors Without Borders

One Night Only with Doctors Without Borders

Brigg Reilley | Posted 12.04.2009 | Impact


Brigg Reilley

In "Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders," filmmakers open a window on an inaccessible world, revealing the medical and personal challenges of Doctors Without Borders volunteers.

Compelling Video Shows Rare Images Inside Somali Hospital

Doctors Without Borders | Posted 10.19.2009 | World


Javier Roldan, a 35-year-old nurse from Spain, has just returned from Somalia where he has captured the situation of the population in one rural hospi...

Congo: Time to Send in the Clowns?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


Georgianne Nienaber

Congolese president Joseph Kabila paved the way for a troupe of Spanish Clowns, while thugs and militia rule the Kivus and truth-seeking journalist are threatened.

How You Earn Your Living Can Become The Way You Give Back

Julia Moulden | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living


Julia Moulden

New Radicals are appearing in each field, every sector, and around the world.

A Writer, A Doctor, And A New Radical

Julia Moulden | Posted 06.09.2009 | Living


Julia Moulden

4:00pm, Thursday. I am on my back on my couch, encouraging the muscles that run between my frozen shoulder and my vertebrae to relax. Everything is in...

Kidnapped Darfur Aid Workers Freed, Says Italy

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


KHARTOUM, Sudan — The Italian foreign ministry said Friday that three foreign aid workers being held hostage in Darfur had been released but rep...

Kidnapped Darfur Aid Workers Make Contact With Group, Gov't

New York Times | Sharon Otterman | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


Three foreign aid workers who were kidnapped two days ago in the conflict-ridden Sudanese province of Darfur contacted their organization Friday morni...

Darfur: Doctors Without Borders Workers Abducted

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 04.12.2009 | World


KHARTOUM, Sudan — Armed men burst into an aid agency compound in Darfur and kidnapped three Westerners, heightening fears that foreigners will b...

Rape A Growing Program Around Globe: Doctors Without Borders

AP | CELEAN JACOBSON | Posted 04.05.2009 | World


JOHANNESBURG — More needs to be done to deal with an epidemic of rape in the world's conflict zones and to help victimized women, Doctors Withou...

Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic Getting Worse

CNN | Nkepile Mabuse | Posted 03.20.2009 | World


The outbreak -- one of the world's largest, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) -- is only getting worse, and could be a stepping-stone t...

Pierre Péan Book Accuses French Foreign Minister Of Taking Cash From African Dictators

The Independent | John Lichfield in Paris | Posted 03.08.2009 | World


The French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner yesterday dismissed claims that he had mingled humanitarian activities with paid work for African dictato...

In Gaza, A Doctor's Voice Tells of Shaking Houses, Breaking Windows

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


Diane Tucker

Four days after Israeli air attacks against the Gaza Strip began, hospitals are already overwhelmed by the influx of wounded patients.

Worst 10 Humanitarian Crises Of 2008

Doctors Without Borders | Posted 01.22.2009 | World


Massive forced civilian displacements, violence, and unmet medical needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Pakistan, alon...

AIDS Health Workers and Anti-Trafficking Activists -- Is There a Conflict?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.02.2009 | World


Marcia G. Yerman

In March of 2008, I interviewed a senior State Department Official who discussed efforts to highlight awareness of the link between sex trafficking and HIV/AIDS.