(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.
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.
On January 12th 2010, Haiti was struck by a violent earthquake that left some 200,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and 2.3 million homeless.
As typhoon Hagupit rages along the coasts of the Philippines, Doctors of the World’s emergency teams are keeping a very close eye on developments.
Training for health professionals and awareness-raising among the public to halt the spread of the epidemic.
Since August 12, Doctors of the World – Médecins du monde (MdM) has run activities aiming to help Palestinians rebuild the health system in Gaza strip, and most importantly, rebuild themselves. The 50-day-long war in Gaza left a land of desolation. Much needs to be done to put Gazans, the Gaza strip and its health care system back onto their feet.
With Israel increasing military operations, urgent humanitarian aid is unable to be deployed in Gaza. Several consignments of medical products – delivered by Doctors of the World (MdM) and reserved for health centers with zero stock – have been blocked.
Continued Israeli military operations are damaging the Palestinian healthcare system and restricting access to humanitarian aid. As the sanitary situation gets more critical with every passing day, Doctors of the World – Médecins du Monde (MdM) is strengthening its medical assistance to the civil population.
On Sunday 27th April, an airstrike on the Syrian village of Qah in the Idlib region hit a school. Three people died (including two children) and eleven others were injured. Injured people have been treated in the closest hospitals. Some of these facilities are supported by MdM.
