Access to healthcare in Europe in times of crisis and rising xenophobia An overview of the situation of people excluded from healthcare systems Our latest report presents some of the results of comparative data collected in 2012 in 14 cities across seven European countries. This report covers a sample of 8,412 patients, 19,302 consultations (including 10,968 medical consultations) and 11,921 diagnoses reported by our volunteer health professionals. In order to capture the context in (...)

Living conditions in Syria are worsening dramatically and the number of victims is increasing by the day. So far, more than 70,000 people have been killed, more than a million are refugees and more than 2 million have been internally displaced. Summary executions, civilian populations held hostage and bombed, healthcare providers arrested, tortured and executed : there is no refuge, nowhere to run. Yet today, only the bombs have access to the people of Syria, which is why Doctors of the (...)