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Myanmar: MSF suspends its medical activities in northern Rakhine state

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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, […]

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Sudan: Fighting in El Fasher remains incessant despite UNSC resolution, warns MSF

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Eleven days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting in El Fasher, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) one of the few international humanitarian organisations still present in the city warns that hospitals continue to be attacked, and that no outside help can reach the city due to the intensity […]

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Gaza: “Everything is missing, even the idea of a future”

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As the unrelenting horror continues in Gaza, Palestine, our teams in Rafah and the Middle Area are seeing a spectrum of mental health issues among children and adults. Since the beginning of the year, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided over 8,800 psychosocial support sessions for people in Gaza. Davide Musardo, MSF psychologist, […]

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Sudan: “We don’t know where we can go”

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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 […]

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Sudan: War is exacerbating humanitarian needs in neighbouring South Sudan, warns MSF

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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 […]

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Ukraine: “After seeing the psychologist, I felt like a new person”

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Natalia Kyshnir, 56, survived the siege of Mariupol but was forced to make the terrible choice of staying to look after her mother or leaving for safety with her son. She escaped to Vinnytsia but was left traumatised by her experiences. After receiving psychological support from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams, she says […]

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Ukraine: “Not being able to talk about trauma is itself a symptom of PTSD”

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Anastasia Nedieva has been working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 2015 as a social worker in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, running mobile clinics in villages without doctors or pharmacies. In 2019, Anastasia moved to the city of Mariupol with her daughter and husband, but they were forced to flee their home after […]

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Chad: Women’s voices from Aboutengue and Metche camps

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Since the war started in Sudan in 2023, more than 550,00 Sudanese have fled to eastern Chad. People have fled violent ethnic attacks, brutal violence and killings. Most of the people who fled to Chad were women and children, as men have been killed, detained or disappeared in Sudan. Left as the sole provider for […]

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Contrasting Realities: Reflecting on Sudan this Mother’s Day

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A few weeks into my new role as Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada, I woke up this past Mother’s Day to contrasting realities. As I spent the morning with loved ones, my thoughts were also with two mothers who mourned in #Sudan. Their children were killed as ‘collateral damage’ in […]

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