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MSF calls for urgent action as governments and donors are failing children with TB

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Too many children with TB are neither tested nor treated, with many countries failing at the first hurdle: updating policy guidelines in line with WHO recommendations. A new report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), shows that children with tuberculosis (TB) continue to be left behind in the global effort to end the […]

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South Sudan:  The overlooked mental health crisis, navigating unforgettable loss and the struggle to heal

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In South Sudan, mental health issues are overshadowed by poverty, violence, and displacement. Neglected by the health system and confronted by deep-rooted stigma, many people face their mental health struggles in silence, enduring a daily battle that goes unseen and unheard. When she was just 12 years old, Mary Nyanhial Kiel had to escape her […]

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Lebanon: MSF urges for protection of civilians and medical staff amid Israeli bombardment

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As Israeli attacks intensify in Lebanon, healthcare facilities in areas most affected by airstrikes are being forced to close. This is leading to devastating consequences for civilians and their access to healthcare. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are working tirelessly to ensure the continuation of care in our existing facilities, while also scaling […]

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Sudan: Supply blockade forces MSF to stop care for 5,000 malnourished children in North Darfur

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to stop outpatient treatment for 5,000 children with acute malnutrition in Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur, Sudan, because the warring parties have blocked deliveries of food, medicines and other essential supplies for months. “There is an urgent need for a massive supply of nutritional products […]

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Gaza: Israeli forces pushing people from north Gaza to the south will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe

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Israeli evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, issued on Oct. 7, are pushing tens of thousands of people to immediately flee south as the area is targeted by airstrikes and a ground offensive. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the Israeli forces to halt evacuation orders, which are causing the forced displacement […]

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Lebanon: Israel’s bombardment causes unprecedented mass displacement of people, urgent humanitarian needs

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Lebanon is experiencing the most significant escalation of conflict since the 2006 Lebanon War, with close to 1,300 people killed over a span of 16 days, between Sept. 16 and Oct. 1, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. The intense Israeli bombardments have forced more than one million people to flee their homes, according […]

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DRC: MSF publishes alarming figures on sexual violence admissions 

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In a retrospective report published-on Monday, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced that together with the Ministry of Health it had treated an unprecedented number of survivors and survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023, and that this upward trend continued in the first months of 2024. The medical […]

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Geo Barents: Italian authorities punish MSF rescue ship with two detention orders

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On Sep. 23, 2024, the Italian authorities imposed yet another punitive measure on the Geo Barents, the search and rescue vessel operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for performing its legal and humanitarian duty to save lives at sea. This time, the vessel received two separate detention orders, immediately after the Geo Barents […]

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48 hours at the U.S.-Mexico border

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project coordinator Belen Ramirez recounts two days of work alongside volunteers from Arizona-based Samaritans, providing aid to people crossing the border into the unforgiving Sonora desert. It’s early morning in Arizona, just before daybreak, and I am driving on an unpaved road along the border wall between the United […]

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South Sudan: MSF suspends medical activities in Yei, Central Equatoria State, following attack on staff

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all its outreach activities in Yei, in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan, until further notice, following a critical security incident involving MSF staff and staff from a partner organization on Friday, Sep. 20, 2024. MSF strongly condemns this attack against health workers in an area where people […]

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