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MdM voices its positions and recommendations through press releases that you can find in this section. We also can sign joint statements (other press releases). You can also read the testimonies from the field or from MdM staff.
Regional Booklet : “Syria/Iraq Crises 2017”
Check out MdM regional booklet “Syria/Iraq Crises 2017” that illustrates the activities led by the different missions in 2017 (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey) : “Syria/Iraq Crises 2017”
Palestine 70+ INGOs condemn Israel’s unlawful killing of civilians in Gaza
AIDA, a network consisting of more than 70 INGOs operating in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), condemns the unlawful killing of civilians in Gaza on 6 April 2018 in the context of demonstrations within Gaza’s territory near the perimeter fence with Israel. According to preliminary figures from the Ministry of Health, 10 people were killed, […]
Syria Symbolic action for Syria – March 2018
On March 19th 2018, MdM France and the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM) joined forces to show their support to health professionals in Syria. A photo operation was organized in Place de la République in Paris.
Palestine Palestine: Coalition of 70+ INGO calls for an end to the occupation
A new report from The Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA), a coalition of more than 70 INGOs working in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), documents the grim reality of life under occupation. The report, 50 Years of Occupation: Dispossession, Deprivation and De-development, illustrates the systemic, decades-long squeeze of Palestinian economic prospects and human rights.
Syria Syrian Crisis: Seven years of impunity
This year 15 March marks seven years of war in Syria: the parties to the conflict, together with their allies, are killing with complete impunity, while the international community flounders impotently. So much has already been said about the scale of the conflict: 350,000 deaths, a country bled dry and over half the Syrian population in exile or internally displaced.
Syria Medical and Humanitarian organizations use three billboards to call on UN to stop violence in Syria
A coalition of medical and humanitarian organizations, some working inside besieged Eastern Ghouta, have urged the United Nations Security Council to vote for an immediate cessation of hostilities to allow urgent humanitarian assistance to all areas in need in Syria.
Lebanon Voices from the field: Noelle Jouan
Noelle is the mental health manager of the Lebanon Mission, and has been with MdM for almost five years. She started off as a psychologist in the field, working with Syrian Refugees in the Bekaa.
Syria NORTH-WESTERN SYRIA: Médecins du Monde condemns the bombing and targeting of healthcare facilities
Since the end of 2017, Médecins du Monde – Doctors of the World (MdM) has faced a deteriorating situation in Idlib and Hama Governorates in north-western Syria.
Syria NGOs call for a de-escalation of violence and an increase in access in Eastern Ghouta
A group of leading NGOs expresses grave concern about the plight of civilians in Eastern Ghouta, where violence has escalated in recent weeks…
Lebanon Mental Health & Psycho-social Support (MHPSS) Research: Focus on the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis
In Lebanon, the Department of Psychology at the American University of Beirut in collaboration with Medecins du Monde-France, are organizing a one day forum.
Syria Relentless airstrikes continue to deprive civilians of access to medical care
Amid the intense diplomatic activity over the Syrian crisis, Médecins du Monde (MdM) points out that the war is far from over and the humanitarian situation remains extremely critical…
Lebanon Nada
She dreamed to learn piano, she loved the way the music notes could speak to a person’s soul… She believed in another version of reality, a reality far from the sound of war… far from the reality she had to crash in suddenly.