January 2010
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Brigg Reilley is an epidemiologist with Médecins...
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“The patients kept demanding your attention, touching you,” recalls Brouard....”
– Haitian surgeon Dr. Philippe Brouard
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“You focus on the patients all day – you cure people – but when you go home, you...”
– Haitian surgeon Dr. Philippe Brouard
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“I would like to say to you that everyone in MSF, all over the world, shares your...”
– MSF’s international president, Dr. Christophe Fournier, came to Port-au-Prince to offer the organization’s deepest condolences to Haitian colleagues who have continued working despite tragedies on both personal and national levels.
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“The one shining light in all this physical and emotional suffering is the birth...”
– Isabelle Jeanson, a communications officer with Doctors Without Borders reporting from the ground in Haiti. Read her full report.
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“I thought I was going to die when the earth shook. I was at Pacot, the Doctors...”
– Dr. Cabeza, medical coordinator of Doctors Without Borders in Haiti. Read the full account.
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Doctors Without Borders Cargo Plane With Full...
Port-au-Prince/Paris /New York, 17 January 2009—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges that its cargo planes carrying essential medical and surgical material be allowed to land in Port-au-Prince in order to treat thousands of wounded waiting for vital surgical operations. Priority must be given immediately to planes carrying lifesaving equipment and medical personnel.
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“Triage, stabilization of the wounded, and referrals for surgical needs are the...”
– Dr. Mego Terzian, MSF emergency staff in Haiti. Learn more.
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History of Doctors Without Borders in Haiti →
Though its own facilities were severely damaged by the massive earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field staff is establishing temporary clinics in order to treat injured men, women, and children. MSF was able to respond immediately because international and national staff had already been running several projects in country.
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“Most people are going to be sleeping outside for fear of being inside the...”
– Dr. Greg Elder, operations manager for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Haiti on the conditions after the earthquake. Read the full interview.
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“The situation is chaotic. I visited five medical centers, including a major...”
– Stefano Zannini, Doctors Without Borders
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“It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe of this size hit a people who...”
– Today, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation announced it would contribute $1 million to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) emergency medical operations responding to the devastation caused by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12. Learn more about MSF’s...
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MSF Responding to Devastating Earthquake in Haiti →
MSF teams on the ground have witnessed significant damage to its medical facilities, injuries to patients and staff, and an influx of wounded towards these hospitals in the capital.
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“Some worry about more than a rebel movement—they were brutally attacked by their...”
– Laurent Sury, MSF deputy manager for emergencies, assessing the situation of approximately 100,000 people fleeing extreme violence in western DRC. Learn more.
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Hear the song created by an MSF nurse in Central...
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“Eighty percent of my patients are children.”
– A year after the war in the Gaza Strip, civilians continue to be deeply affected. Elina Pelekanou, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) psychologist in Gaza, speaks about what she has seen. Read the interview here.
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