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Our Conditions For Returning Home?

Forced to flee their village in Sinjar, Ismael and Zere sought refuge in Chamesku camp.

World Mental Health Day An invisible crisis prevails in Syria and Iraq

An invisible crisis is happening in the countries affected by the Syrian and Iraqi crises. Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde) releases a booklet to mark World Mental Health Day.

Doctor Mukwege wins Nobel Peace Prize

Mukwege was honoured for his brave fight against sexual violence against women in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Doctors of the World Launch Global Clinic

On the 4th October 2018, the Global Clinic was launched as part of the Living with Buildings exhibition at the Wellcome Collection. The mobile health clinic was designed for Doctors of the World by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and BuroHappold Engineering with ChapmanBDSP.

Protect human rights before it is too late

On the occasion of a high-ranking meeting in Berlin, the presidents of Doctors of the World’s (DOTW) 15 chapters release a powerful joint statement against populism, isolationism and human rights abuses.

The Hidden Refugee Crisis in Bosnia and Croatia

Migrants crossing to Croatia from Bosnia are being pushed back and harassed by the Croatian police. With over 13,000 migrants arriving in Bosnia last year (a 15-fold increase from the previous year) a new refugee crisis along the Balkan route is developing.

Doctors of the World and partner NGOs decry failure of Oslo Accords

The report boldly criticizes the Oslo Process, noting that it was initially a “beacon of hope to end conflict between Israel and the Palestinians”.

European Patent Office maintain patent on hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir

Doctors of the World together with Médecins Sans Frontières and other organisations from 17 countries challenged a patent on the hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir at the European Patent Office (EPO).

Civil Society Groups Call for End to Gilead’s Hepatitis C Drug Monopoly in Europe

Gilead’s pricing of sofosbuvir blocks millions of people from getting treatment.

Forgetting The Atrocities We Experienced Is Impossible

Shames and Shirin have been living in Chamesku camp, Northern Iraq, for four years. They are part of the Yezidi (or Yazidi) community who were forced to flee the atrocities perpetrated by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant/ al-Sham) in 2014.

Inside View from a Safe Surgery: “Our concern is more with the patients we aren’t seeing”

In May, the Clapham Park Group Practice in London became the first practice to declare itself a Safe Surgery.