Doctors of the World

While Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his cohorts were celebrating because Greece floated a bond, a 35-year-old woman fell – without floating – to her death when she jumped off a building in the western Athens neighborhood in Peristeri. That...

Greece's health ministry is merging clinics and creating a new primary national healthcare network in an effort to make the system more efficient amid reduced government spending brought about by austerity measures. Three million Greeks do not have health insurance...

The City of Athens, in collaboration with four Greek NGOs, will launch a campaign in order to help the homeless of Athens and enable their social integration. The initiative, described by Athens' mayor Giorgos Kaminis as "a social experiment," is being funded with...

The humanitarian aid organization, Doctors of the world, reported on Friday a racist attack against an Iranian immigrant. The attack took place two months ago near Metaxourgio square, central Athens, Greece. The victim reported that while he was speaking on his...

According to an article from the Austrian newspaper “Die Presse,” Erwin Schrümpf organized a transport of medical supplies to Greece for the first time, after news broke out that there is a shortage of supplies at the Greek Hospital...

This Monday, a medical aid group said that more than 3 million Greeks -- that is 27.2 percent of the total population -- cannot afford to pay their social security contributions and are therefore left with no health coverage. The...

As the Greek government has set aside a bill to increase penalties for racist attacks, the number of assaults against immigrants is continuing unabated, people who said they were victims told Agence-France-Presse, including Omar Diallo, who said a beating...

Georgios Topoulos, born in Poland to a Greek father and Polish mother and now living in Switzerland, feels his Greek side being tugged at the heart strings as he watches Greece dissolve in an economic crisis that has left...

A different sort of concert offering a rather interesting ticket will take place in Athens, organized by the Greek Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation(ERT), in collaboration with the city's Municipality, the Greek Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals(KETHEA) and the Doctors of...

The “North Germany helps Greece” campaign was initiated in Frankfurt by Nikos Chatzipanagiotidi. Working with Doctors of the World, the Greek restaurant owner is making his own effort to help Greece as much as possible, by sending his support packages:...