Aug 03 Watch 7:45 Sudanese military bombings don’t spare civilians, aid workers By PBS News Hour A war has been raging for the past three years in a rebel-controlled region of southern Sudan, and civilians and aid workers have been caught in the middle of bombings by the government. The NewsHour's P.J. Tobia reports in conjunction… Continue watching
Oct 30 How to help Ebola relief efforts By Larisa Epatko This year’s Ebola outbreak is the worst of its kind with more than 13,000 confirmed or suspected infections and nearly 5,000 deaths. Here's how you can help. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch More hands-on help needed on front lines of Ebola outbreak – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Dr. Joanne Liu, president of Doctors Without Borders, says that in addition to getting military aid to help set up more Ebola isolation centers, the infected West African nations really need more support from volunteers who can staff new facilities. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch How did the West Africa Ebola epidemic get out of control so fast? By PBS News Hour The spread of the most recent strain of the Ebola virus across parts of West Africa has highlighted not just the lethality of the disease but also the strains on the existing medical infrastructures there. For further insight, Stephen Morse,… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Doctors Without Borders: Ebola efforts need more people in the field By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch 5:20 Faced with challenging Ebola outbreak, medical workers use education to combat fear By PBS News Hour The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 670 people and spread to four countries. Among those now infected are two American aid workers and the lead Ebola doctor in Sierra Leone. Gwen Ifill interviews Dr. Estrella Lasry… Continue watching
Mar 23 Ebola virus detected in Guinea fever outbreak By Kayla Ruble The Ebola virus was detected in samples of a viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 50 people in the West African nation of Guinea marking the first human outbreak of Ebola in the country, according to government officials… Continue reading
Jan 13 Thousands Feared Dead as World Rushes to Respond to Haiti Disaster By Larisa Epatko The damage and casualties caused by a major earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday continued to unfold a day later, and thousands were feared dead or trapped in the rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's president said. Continue reading
Jun 03 Aid Agency Suspends Operations in Afghanistan Following a deadly ambush by remnants of the ousted Taliban regime that killed five workers, the relief agency Doctors Without Borders halted operations in Afghanistan on Thursday. Continue reading