Médecins Sans Frontières

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The LÉ Eithne in the Mediterranean. Photograph: Irish Defence Forces
Number of refugees Irish Naval Service rescues in Mediterranean plummets

The number of refugees Irish Naval Service vessels rescued in humanitarian operations fell from 7,029 in 2016 to 1,888 last year, after a change in po(...)

Health workers surround an Ebola patient who escaped from quarantine from Monrovia’s Elwa hospital, in the centre of Paynesville. The patient was walking through a local market in search of food. Photograph: Reuters TV/Reuters
UN and medical group appeal for aid to contain Ebola
  • Africa
  • September 3, 2014, 08:07

The United Nations and the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) each issued urgent appeals yesterday for international(...)