The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces some of the world’s longest and most complex crises. From Palestine to Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, people have endured wars, occupation, economic collapse and forced displacement. Entire communities have lived under chronic pressure and uncertainty for decades. These conditions can have a profound impact on [...] Read More... from Middle East and North Africa: Behind the armour, men’s mental health The post Middle East and North ...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
Access to health care has become severely limited amid a broader crisis of violence and insecurity in Haiti. In response, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the reopening of the Isaïe Jeanty maternity hospital, one of the largest in the country, which had closed during a wave of violence in early 2024. In [...] Read More... from Haiti: MSF supports the reopening of a major maternity hospital in the capital The post Haiti: MSF supports the reopening of a ma...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to permanently close our emergency centre in Turgeau due to increasing insecurity in the centre of Port-au-Prince. This health facility had temporarily closed its doors and suspended its activities in March 2025 following a serious incident targeting MSF. “For several weeks now, the area surrounding the [...] Read More... from Haiti: MSF announces permanent closure of our Turgeau emergency centre in Port-au-Prince Th...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
Every year, millions of children around the world suffer from malnutrition — a crisis that is all too visible in their frail bodies and tired eyes. But what is often less visible, yet just as devastating, are the psychological wounds that malnutrition inflicts on both children and their caregivers. Over the years, the upward surge [...] Read More... from Nigeria: Addressing mental health and malnutrition together The post Nigeria: Addressing mental health and malnutrition together appeare...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and artists unite to call for urgent action to protect at-risk communities with the release of the song “Oya,” ahead of the crucial COP30 climate talks in Brazil. Oya is an artistic initiative blending music and contemporary African dance to draw attention to the health consequences of climate change [...] Read More... from Climate emergency: MSF and West African artists sound the alarm on the health impacts of the climate crisis ...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
In Khallet Athaba, families are enduring daily harassment, intimidation and violent attacks from Israeli settlers, often under the protection of the Israeli forces According to testimonies from the community, since February 2025, Israeli forces conducted four mass demolitions, reducing more than 85 per cent of homes and shelters to rubble. The destruction has left the [...] Read More... from Palestine: Ethnic cleansing in the West Bank The post Palestine: Ethnic cleansing in the West Bank a...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
The announcement of the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza brings a welcome moment of relief for exhausted, starved and grieving Palestinians and a great relief to the families of all hostages — but it comes after more than two years and over 67,000 lost lives. While we welcome the ceasefire, it does not [...] Read More... from Palestine: Ceasefire in Gaza, humanitarian aid must flow immediately The post Palestine: Ceasefire in Gaza, humanitarian aid must flow immediately appeared first...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
It is an alarming figure: at least seven people on average are raped every day in Salamabila, in the province of Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). These findings are based on to data collected since the start of our intervention in 2018. Since 2019, MSF has treated 16,436 survivors in [...] Read More... from Democratic Republic of Congo: Organizations must continue response on sexual violence emergency in Ma...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
I first visited Panama in 2022, at a time when the number of migrants crossing the Darién Gap was increasing significantly. I was working as a psychologist, providing mental healthcare to people who had emerged from the bordering jungle exhausted and deeply traumatized. In December 2024, I returned to Darién as the mental health activities [...] Read More... from Panama: “Most returning migrants had either been kidnapped or had witnessed violence” The post Panama: “Most returning migr...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
After almost four years in Panama, MSF has ended medical and humanitarian activities in the country, which have focused mainly on providing care to migrants in transit to North America. The closure is due to a significant decrease in migration flows resulting from changes in regional policies.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF confirms fifteenth staff member death in Gaza after Israeli strike hits clearly marked medical team.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF mourns the loss of Omar Hayek, a dedicated occupational therapist and the fourteenth staff member killed in Gaza, as Israeli forces continue targeting medical workers amid escalating violence.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
A decade after U.S. airstrikes destroyed the MSF trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 42 people, the global crisis of attacks on healthcare continues. MSF Director of Operations reflects on the tragedy and the alarming rise in assaults on medical facilities in war-torn regions.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF’s Kunduz trauma centre in Afghanistan was destroyed in a deadly 2015 airstrike and today it is as a vital facility treating thousands of people with essential trauma care.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
A study conducted by Epicentre and other research organisations confirms the importance of vaccination against Ebola during epidemics: vaccination reduces not only the risk of infection, but also the risk of death. An observational study conducted by Epicentre, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) medical research and epidemiology centre, the results of which are published [...]Read More... from MSF: Vaccination halves mortality among people infected with Ebola| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Together, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria account for millions of deaths around the world every year – most of them in countries already struggling to cope with under-resourced health systems. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works directly in all three of these ongoing epidemics: We are the largest nongovernmental provider of TB care in [...]Read More... from HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
In light of the global impact of the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a process to negotiate an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics (commonly known as the “pandemic accord”). Since February 2023, governments have been negotiating the text of the accord, and an outcome is expected [...]Read More... from Five Things We Need to See in the Pandemic Accord| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Ahead of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) protested alongside other global health activists outside the headquarters of US corporation Danaher, which owns diagnostics maker Cepheid, demanding they drop the price to US$5 for all their ‘GeneXpert’ medical tests that they sell in low- and middle-income countries, for diseases such as [...]Read More... from ‘Time for Five’ coalition launches global petition targeting medical test maker ...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the pharmaceutical corporation ViiV to immediately provide transparency on the current available volume and planned geographic distribution of the HIV prevention medicine long-acting cabotegravir (CAB-LA) in order to urgently expedite the drug’s access for people in high-HIV-burden low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where it could have the biggest [...]Read More... from Pharmaceutical corporation ViiV must improve it...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The following is a transcript of opening words by Jason Nickerson, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Humanitarian Representative to Canada to the Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on International Trade in May 2021. Hello, thank you for having us. We’re going to speak to two issues that are part of the Committee’s study, from the perspective of our [...]Read More... from MSF tells MPs that Canada must do more to address inequitable global access to vacc...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Signing confidentiality clauses on supply & pricing blocks transparency and accountability Today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) asked ViiV Healthcare to withdraw conditions in negotiations for a purchase agreement that are holding up procurement of the preventative HIV drug cabotegravir long-acting (CAB-LA) for key and vulnerable populations*, due to the pharmaceutical corporation’s last-minute insertion of terms [...]Read More... from MSF refuses to sign ViiV...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
In October 2020, we delivered a petition with more than 91,000 signatures to Canada’s Minister of Health, calling on the Canadian government to take immediate steps to ensure fair, affordable and equitable access to any medicines, vaccines or other health technologies developed with Canadian public funds, including in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. WATCH THE RECAP The [...]Read More... from Lives over profits petition: Foreign Committee takes on MSF’s recommendations towards more eq...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Join our call to the Canadian government to protect civilians and healthcare in war zones. Add you name to our petition now.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Over 20 leading aid groups, including MSF, urge global intervention as a UN commission concludes genocide is occurring in Gaza. With mass displacement, famine and tens of thousands dead, humanitarian leaders warn of an escalating catastrophe demanding urgent action.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Hospitals in Afghanistan are under growing pressure as pediatric admissions surge across the country. Critically ill children arrive after their conditions worsen, delayed by financial and access barriers. Emergency wards are overwhelmed and limited resources strained.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Inside the Kunduz trauma centre in Afghanistan, technicians craft medical tools from scratch – crutches, walkers, even custom stretchers – bringing care and upholding dignity for thousands while cutting costs and empowering recovery.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Guatemala has become a route full of insecurity and uncertainty for migrants who travel through the country. Migrants increasingly face different forms of violence and abuse, such as extortion or threats. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has strengthened its response over the past two years to address their physical and mental health needs. “We [...]Read More... from Guatemala: “We just want to move forward”| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been running an emergency response in Eastern Chad for a year to address the medical and humanitarian needs of refugees who fled Sudan after the outbreak of war. Since the conflict began in April 2023 till June this year, over 600,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Chad as [...]Read More... from “We Too Have Dreams and Talents”| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
This year, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and other humanitarian organizations has also responded to epidemics of climate-sensitive diseases, including multiple concurrent cholera outbreaks and the rise of dengue and malaria in several areas, including in conflict-affected settings. MSF and other aid organizations are already struggling to meet the rising health and humanitarian needs. [...]Read More... from MSF Policy Brief for The Lancet Countdown on Health and C...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
As people continue to flee the conflict in Sudan, more than 358,000 refugees have arrived at the border town Adré, in eastern Chad. Refugee camps are being built, but the shelter and basic facilities available in the camps are wholly inadequate to meet the needs of the incoming people. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) [...]Read More... from MSF calls for urgent international help for Sudanese refugees in Chad as major crisis looms| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Hepatitis E is spreading through refugee camps in eastern Chad where more than 550,000 Sudanese fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Sudan have taken shelter, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. The spread of hepatitis E is being exacerbated by poor sanitation and a desperate shortage of clean water in the camps, which are [...]Read More... from MSF calls for urgent action as hepatitis E spreads through Sudanese refugee camps in Chad| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF leads water and sanitation efforts in eastern Chad amid soaring temperatures, mass displacement and shrinking humanitarian support. The crisis affects over 860,000 Sudanese refugees and the communities.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Thousands of people amassed at Chad’s eastern border in Sila region and other border areas – seeking refuge from a raging conflict in neighbouring Sudan – are at risk of losing access to vital humanitarian and medical assistance with the impending arrival of the rainy season, warns Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This is [...]Read More... from Chad: Refugees may become ‘trapped’ and ‘forgotten’ with onset of the rainy season| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Neal Russell is a pediatric doctor and advisor based in London – who has been working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for 10 years. Following a recent visit to MSF’s project in Chad’s eastern region of Sila near the border with Sudan, Neal provides his account of the situation he witnessed there. He [...]Read More... from Brother and Sister in Chad’s Andressa, on the border with Sudan| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appalled and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died on Sept. 16 in Gaza from shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier. Hussein’s sister-in-law and nephew were also injured in the same incident. This is not a tragic [...]Read More... from Palestine: MSF mourns Hussein Alnajjar, thirteenth colleague killed in Gaza| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
On the afternoon of Monday, 15 September, Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water truck while it was distributing 10,000 liters of drinking water in the neighborhood of Sheikh Radwan, in the eastern part of Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to [...]Read More... from Palestine: MSF condemns Israeli attack on MSF water distribution site in Gaza City| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF condemns Israel’s siege and forced displacement in Gaza. Over one million civilians face starvation, bombardment and systematic destruction with global complicity.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
In 2024, the MSF team at Unguwa Uku hospital in Kano, Nigeria, admitted 46,304 children for malnutrition. The factors behind the crisis are complex, including climate change, armed conflict and the spiralling cost of living. Most children can be treated at home with special therapeutic food, whilst those with complications need more intensive care and are [...]Read More... from Nigeria: An MSF physiotherapist helps children overcome long-term consequences of malnutrition| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
On Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will stage a powerful public art action near Parliament in Ottawa to condemn Israel’s genocide in Gaza and calls on the Canadian government to take action. From 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., up to 100 MSF staff and supporters will form a sombre Human Chain Gallery along Wellington Street. Transforming [...]Read More... from MSF stages “Human Chain Gallery” on Parliament Hill to call for a stop to the...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Explore the latest news and inspiring stories from MSF Canada. Stay informed about our ongoing efforts to deliver medical care in crisis zones worldwide.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF joins other agencies to respond to a new Ebola outbreak in DRC which has already resulted in 16 deaths. Our teams have mobilized to access the remote region in Kasaï province, helping to set up an Ebola treatment centre, supplying essential medicines and training staff in infection prevention protocols.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF teams respond to measles and cholera epidemics in the DRC, as conflict and funding cuts strain healthcare resources.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Deadly attacks in Darfur leave nearly 100 people wounded, with MSF facilities overwhelmed by patients fleeing violence. MSF urges protection for civilians and safe access to humanitarian aid amid escalating crisis.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Gaza City faces a deepening humanitarian crisis. MSF warns of mass displacement, collapsing health infrastructure and deadly living conditions amid ongoing Israeli military operations. We call for an end to evacuation orders used for displacement and a lasting ceasefire.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Palestinians in the West Bank face mass displacement by Israeli forces and settlers, raising alarm over ethnic cleansing. MSF urges international action to halt these practices and end the illegal occupation.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
As Israeli forces expand military offensive in Gaza City, MSF staff describe destroyed neighborhoods and an overwhelmed, collapsing healthcare system.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Sudanese Iranian ER doctor & veteran MSF field worker Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim begins his term as new Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International President.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
How MSF is responding to the 6+ magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, and the urgent humanitarian response needed for survivors.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
A collaborative photo essay by photographers Sahat Zia Hero and Victor Caringal, exploring life in the Rohingya refugee camps. Featuring powerful images and personal reflections.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Before patients can receive the right treatment, they need the right diagnosis. Despite their vital importance, access to diagnostic tools has never attracted as much attention as access to medicines. As with medicines, the 21st Century has seen major advances in diagnostic technologies. Unfortunately, affordability and accessibility haven’t kept pace, meaning even diagnostics well-suited for [...]Read More... from Diagnosing the access problem: Canada can do more to ensure global access to...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
A young girl was shot in the ribs and a man in the hand while waiting for water at a clearly marked MSF truck in Khan Younis, Gaza. MSF denounces the pervasive disregard for human life as people risk death to access essential supplies.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF condemns Israel's consecutive strikes on Gaza's Nasser Hospital, killing 20 & injuring 50. Among the dead is journalist & MSF associate Mariam Abu Dagga. This attack on healthcare & witnesses must stop.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF clinics are seeing high patient numbers amid famine, displacement and destruction in Gaza city. MSF calls for an immediate and sustained ceasefire and for Israeli authorities to stop their military invasion.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Sudan is facing its worst cholera outbreak in years with over 99,700 suspected cases. MSF teams in Darfur are treating thousands of patients amid severe water shortages, overcrowded clinics and ongoing conflict.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) suspends all medical activities at Zalingei Hospital, Central Darfur, after an armed attack with a grenade killed one person & injured five. This suspension will interrupt people’s access to healthcare amid an ongoing deadly cholera outbreak.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
In Haiti, accessing maternal healthcare is a challenge, especially during the rainy season. With impassable roads and limited facilities, pregnant women must travel long distances to give birth safely. Learn about the difficulties they face and the work of MSF work to improve their healthcare access.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Donate now to help Doctors Without Borders provide medical care where people need it most. Your support allows our medical teams to help people in need around the world.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
A patient treated at an MSF-supported unit near recounts being injured during a crowded food distribution in Zikim.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all operational activities in Yei River and Morobo counties in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State for a minimum of six weeks. This decision follows the abduction of an MSF staff member, occurring just four days after the abduction of a health ministry staff member from an MSF [...]Read More... from South Sudan: MSF suspends activities in activities in two counties following abductions of healthcare staff| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
After a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, MSF’s emergency teams mobilized to assess and respond to critical needs. MSF emergency medical coordinator Jessa Pontevedra shares her firsthand account of the challenges, the resilience of communities and the efforts to provide critical medical care in affected areas.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Since the military takeover in 2021, Myanmar has faced relentless challenges. Clashes between the military, armed groups and ethnic minority groups have erupted nationwide, with far-reaching consequences. “Before the 2021 military takeover, there were five tuberculosis (TB) laboratories, now, only one remains operational.” MSF staff member, Aung San TB Hospital in Yangon This series brings [...]Read More... from [Series] Living in Myanmar: “The day we lost everything”| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The extreme escalation of conflict, indiscriminate violence, and severe restrictions on humanitarian access in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, have forced Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its medical humanitarian activities in the townships of Rathedaung, Buthidaung and Maungdaw. MSF ran 14 mobile clinics in northern Rakhine providing essential medical services to all communities, [...]Read More... from Myanmar: MSF suspends its medical activities in northe...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
“About 85 per cent of the city is in ruins after Cyclone Mocha wreaked havoc here. All hut-like houses are destroyed. People who live in houses like these are in dire need of emergency aid since they have no place to stay,” says Daw Nu, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) community health worker [...]Read More... from Cyclone Mocha: aid efforts severely hampered by new restrictions| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
“I would like to be in my country, I miss it,” says Luis as he draws with crayons on a blank sheet of paper. He is in the chapel of a shelter for migrants in Reynosa, very close to the U.S. border. At just nine years old, Luis can tell countless stories about what he [...]Read More... from Little Birds: migrant children tell their stories from a shelter in northern Mexico| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Renk transit centre, located around 60 kilometres from Joda, the official entry point, hosts 13,000 refugees and returnees fleeing the war. There, living conditions are dire, with insufficient food, water, shelter, sanitation, and healthcare. About 300 kilometres away, thousands of people are facing the same conditions in the Bulukat transit centre. Dak Denj Uchol, 70 [...]Read More... from Sudan: “We don’t know where we can go”| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The ongoing war in Sudan is drastically increasing people’s needs across the border in South Sudan, alerts international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. MSF calls for an immediate scale-up of lifesaving aid for refugees and returnees fleeing the war and for the communities hosting them. The war in Sudan, which began [...]Read More... from Sudan: War is exacerbating humanitarian needs in neighbouring South Sudan, warns MSF| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
As South Sudan receives a massive influx of tens of thousands of people fleeing the intensified war in Sudan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up its response to the humanitarian crisis in Renk and surrounding informal settlements along the border. Over the last weeks the number of recently displaced people has surpassed [...]Read More... from South Sudan receives thousands of displaced and injured people fleeing intensified war in Sudan| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF strongly condemns the abduction of a Ministry of Health staff member from an MSF ambulance in South Sudan’s Morobo County. This incident further highlights the growing violence against healthcare workers.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
A humanitarian crisis unfolds as violence and cholera devastate northeastern South Sudan, forcing thousands into western Ethiopia. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns of escalating displacement, a growing outbreak and severe funding cuts impacting emergency response efforts. Urgent humanitarian assistance is needed to prevent further catastrophe.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Armed violence halts MSF’s medical services in South Sudan. From attacks on outreach teams to hospital raids, people in need are left without care. MSF urges respect for humanitarian assistance to protect healthcare services.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
In the early morning in Kajo Keji, Central Equatoria, what used to be a very busy market slowly opens. A few people set up their stands, while small groups of children in uniforms are walking to school. From the main road, one can still see the scars of the civil war – destroyed buildings, abandoned [...]Read More... from Returning to South Sudan after the civil war: “How are we again going to survive?”| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF reveals a growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where Israeli-imposed food restrictions are causing widespread malnutrition. With severe shortages impacting clinics and attacks on aid seekers at food distribution sites, deliberate starvation is being used as a weapon against civilians.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF supports over 300 women yearly who are affected by obstetric fistulas in Jahun, Nigeria, with surgery, recovery and upholding their dignity.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
What better return on investment is there than supporting lifesaving services for people affected by humanitarian crises? For Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), this is a rhetorical question, as we prepare our pre-budget submission to the Government of Canada before they determine their priorities for the 2026 federal budget. Inside, we, highlight the importance [...]Read More... from Investing in Humanity: Why Canada must prioritize humanitarian assistance| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
In northern Gaza, premature babies are fighting for their lives. Medical teams in Gaza are lacking essential equipment, medical supplies, and infant formula. Joanne Perry, a physician, shares her experience treating premature babies at Al-Helou Hospital, supported by MSF.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The EU ignores calls to end Gaza’s siege, enabling Israel’s attacks on civilians amid ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
I am Majda Rizq, a Sudanese woman filled with compassion for my country. I grew up surrounded by my large family in Sudan, where I learned, worked, married and established my own family. Looking back, it feels as though the life I once knew and the memories I made over decades are a distant dream [...]Read More... from Sudan: Love Amid Cholera| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF doctor Reza Eshaghian shares his firsthand account on Sudan, exposing the urgent humanitarian crisis and calling for global action amid devastating conflict and displacement.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Mass atrocities are underway in Sudan’s North Darfur region, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns in the new report “Besieged, Attacked, Starved.” We are urging warring parties to halt indiscriminate and ethnically targeted violence and facilitate an immediate large-scale humanitarian response. MSF is extremely concerned about the threats of a full-blown assault on the [...]Read More... from Sudan: Ongoing mass atrocities against civilians in and around El Fash...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Following Gavi’s 2025 replenishment summit, MSF urges greater global action to improve vaccine access for children in humanitarian crises, as Gavi faces a funding shortfall.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Cholera grips Lomera, South Kivu, after a gold rush fuels overcrowding and poor sanitation. MSF’s emergency response brings vaccinations, treatment, and clean water to curb the outbreak.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
In August 2017, a coordinated campaign of violence by the Myanmar military against members of that country’s Rohingya ethnic minority drove hundreds of thousands of people to flee across Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh in search of safety. [...]Read More... from The Rohingya Displacement Crisis| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Medical care is just one of the many urgent needs faced by people in crisis, who also frequently lack access to food, shelter, clean water and protection from violence. The United Nations estimates that nearly 340 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023, an increase of almost 60 million over the previous [...]Read More... from Gaps in Global Aid| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continually calls on governments, pharmaceutical companies, researchers, and others to place lives before profits and commit to making essential medicines available and accessible to the patients around the world who need them most. As a humanitarian medical organization driven by the belief that everyone should have access to essential [...]Read More... from Access to Medicines| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF mourns the killing of former colleague Abdullah Hammad by Israeli forces in Gaza, our twelfth staff loss since October 2023 amid ongoing humanitarian crisis.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Over 40,000 people remain forcibly displaced in the northern West Bank, cut off from homes, care and services as Israeli forces continue a 5-month-long operation. MSF reports rising health, safety and mental health needs.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Israeli forces and settlers have increased the use of extreme physical violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the all-out war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In total, at least 870 Palestinians have been killed and over 7,100 injured between [...]Read More... from West Bank, Palestine: “Inflicting harm and denying care”| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Over 500 Palestinians have died seeking food under Israel-U.S. aid scheme in Gaza. MSF urges an end to the siege and restoration of UN-led humanitarian efforts.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF warns of Gaza’s worsening humanitarian crisis. Medical facilities are being damaged, humanitarian assistance remains severely restricted and thousands of people are forcibly displaced. Urgent action is needed to stop the deliberate destruction of healthcare and ensure vital assistance reaches those in need.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
After months of continuous restrictions placed on the female population of Afghanistan, limitations placed on their participation in everyday life, access to education, and most recently even the right to work for non-governmental organizations, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the Islamic Emirate’s erasure of women from social life in the country. “More [...]Read More... from MSF condemns the ban on women working for NGOs and their erasure from p...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The baby lies with his eyes closed, his fleecy blanket a riot of reds, pinks and greens. On his nose a sticking plaster holds the tubes in place that run into the tiny nostrils, feeding him a milk solution that should help him regain his strength. His mother watches him intently from a nearby chair, [...]Read More... from Afghanistan: Treating malnutrition| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Jawahira was referred to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) tuberculosis (TB) hospital in Kandahar earlier this year from a clinic in Daikundi, central Afghanistan. “I used to visit private clinics, but instead of giving me TB medication, they usually just prescribed me painkillers,” she says. The cost of searching out treatment also took [...]Read More... from Afghanistan: MSF hospital in Kandahar provides hope for people with TB| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The future of female patients and health workers in Afghanistan is being threatened by the recent decree issued by the Ministry of Economy prohibiting women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Though health workers, including MSF staff, are currently exempted from the ban, there is no formal assurance that they will be able to continue [...]Read More... from Afghanistan: “It is difficult to know that we are something less”| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
A dysfunctional health system, widespread poverty, and increased restrictions placed on women are at the heart of the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, according to a new report published by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Policymakers, donors and local authorities must urgently focus on strengthening primary medical care at district levels to improve [...]Read More... from Afghanistan: Deprived of healthcare by poverty, restrictions and a disfunctional system| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
As Israel deepens its military grip on the West Bank, Palestinians face intensified movement restrictions, disrupted healthcare and escalating forced displacement, MSF warns.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
In Gaza, essential access to medical care, clean water and humanitarian aid is being systematically obstructed. MSF warns of catastrophic consequences as hospitals run out of fuel and supplies amid escalating violence and total blockade.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Fear is not just an emotion. It becomes a mechanism of control and domination for migrants. MSF delivers over 2 200 mental health consultations in response to its toll, in cities along Mexico and Guatemala.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF and the Ministry of Health vaccinated over 100,000 children in DRC’s Masisi health zone despite ongoing conflict, logistical challenges and a growing measles epidemic.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Tens of thousands fleeing Sudan’s war seek refuge in Chad’s Tine and Oure Cassoni camps. Despite safety from violence, refugees face extreme overcrowding, malnutrition and critical shortages of food, water, shelter and medical care. Urgent international humanitarian response is needed.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is profoundly disappointed that Canada and other G7 countries failed to use their power at this month’s G7 Leaders’ Summit to defend international humanitarian law (IHL) and the lives of civilians caught in conflict. At a time when medical care and aid workers are being deliberately targeted, humanitarian [...]Read More... from Flashquote: MSF on Canada’s missed opportunity to stand up for humanity at the G7 Summit| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
