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‘A war on people’ – MSF report reveals catastrophic toll of violence in Sudan

Posted on 23 July 2024 (27 November 2024)

The war in Sudan has led to a collapse in the protection of civilians with communities facing indiscriminate violence, killings, torture and sexual violence amid persistent attacks on health workers and medical facilities according to a report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. The report, ‘A war on people – The human […]

Better medical tools, but no better outcome: How we are losing the fight against Advanced HIV Disease

Posted on 23 July 2024 (23 July 2024)

The global HIV response is at the verge of collapse, caught between increasing barriers to best practice for standard care, and a narrative of sustainability forced upon care providers due to decreasing international support. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is witnessing critical gaps in HIV response, and those related to Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) […]

HIV: still an epidemic

Posted on 22 July 2024 (23 July 2024)

I work for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Mozambique and am the focal person for HIV and tuberculosis in the district Cabo Delgado. It has been one of these weeks. We admitted three children as inpatients at the same time. The youngest is just one year old and is severely malnourished. Of the […]

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Myanmar: MSF teams face major obstacles providing medical care to communities in Rakhine state

Posted on 16 July 2024 (17 July 2024)

This June 2024, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to indefinitely suspend its medical humanitarian activities in northern Rakhine following the extreme escalation of conflict and burning down of MSF’s office in Buthidaung Township. While in some townships in the central part of Rakhine MSF has been able to maintain a minimum level […]

Sudan: Healing in exile

Posted on 16 July 2024 (16 July 2024)

After the exodus and ethnic cleansing seen during the war in Darfur almost 20 years ago, the conflict in Sudan’s West Darfur state has led to more violence against Masalit communities in El Geneina, the capital city. Alongside Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams, photographer Corentin Fohlen provides a glimpse into the lives of […]

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Afghanistan: Treating malnutrition

Posted on 11 July 2024 (16 July 2024)

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, […]

Sudan: MSF suspends delivery of vital care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital after more than a year of violent incidents at the facility

Posted on 10 July 2024 (10 July 2024)

After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported Turkish Hospital in Khartoum – including threats made against the lives of MSF staff MSF has taken the decision to evacuate its team from the hospital. This decision has not been taken lightly. MSF had managed […]

No end in sight: The repeated trauma of displacement for people in Gaza

Posted on 9 July 2024 (9 July 2024)

Since the horrifying war on Gaza began, at least 38,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, have been killed and 87,0000 others have been injured. For those who have managed to survive the relentless onslaught of bomb blasts, shelling and gunfire, staying alive has meant moving continually from place to place with […]

Central African Republic: Awareness-raising and prevention to combat malnutrition in Bossangoa

Posted on 2 July 2024 (4 July 2024)

According to a United Nations report, 41 per cent of the population of the Central African Republic (CAR) is undernourished. Over the period from October 2022 to August 2023, it was estimated that almost 298,000 children aged 0-59 months and over 140,600 pregnant and breastfeeding women suffered from acute malnutrition, according to figures from the […]

Chad: Amid humanitarian void, MSF scales-up distribution of essential supplies to Refugees from Sudan

Posted on 27 June 2024 (27 June 2024)

As the rainy season begins in Chad, Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is significantly scaling up its activities in eastern Chad for refugees who fled the war in Sudan. Our teams have launched a mass distribution of essential life-saving items such as plastic sheeting, mosquito nets, and bars of soap to support hundreds […]

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