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Crossing the world for a better life: Extracontinental migration in the Americas

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“Since God was with me, I managed to escape,” says Mbala* from La Soledad, an informal migrant camp in the heart of Mexico City. Sitting with his back to one of the capital’s oldest churches, he recounts how only through occasional miracles has his family survived the journey from their home country in Central Africa to […]

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Sudan: Stories of violence, forced displacement from South Kordofan

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“The morning of the attack I was at home and my mother was sick. We ran to escape with my children. I carried my mother on a donkey cart as she could not walk. When we were near the mountains, we stopped to bury her. My two brothers were shot and killed during the escape,” […]

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Haiti: MSF withdraws from two medical facilities in Port-au-Prince as widespread violence intensifies

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Following the targeted attack on March 15 against a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) convoy travelling between its Turgeau emergency centre and its Carrefour trauma hospital and in view of the deteriorating security situation in downtown Port-au-Prince, MSF has taken the difficult decision to withdraw from these two structures for a minimum period of […]

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Haiti: “When it rains, it’s impossible to reach the hospital”

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The challenges for pregnant women in remote areas  At the first light of dawn, Douillette, a village nestled in the commune of Chardonnières, in southwestern Haiti, begins to wake up. Market stalls are slowly set up and children rush to their schools in this part of the country’s South department.  Manita, 39, seven months pregnant, […]

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Ukraine: MSF teams support, provide ambulance referrals after attack on Kryvyi Rih

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On April 4, Russian forces struck the city of Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region. According to regional authorities, 18 people were killed, including nine children.  “People were burned alive in their cars near their homes. On the playground, we saw the lifeless bodies of many children – it was heartbreaking,” says Yevhen Blinnikov, a paramedic […]

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Myanmar: MSF warns of severe healthcare disruptions amid ongoing emergency

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We’re getting ready for what seems will be a long and intense emergency. The healthcare system has been severely impacted at multiple levels, with secondary care being particularly affected. Hospitals, including operating rooms, are non-functional—not only for emergency surgeries but also for essential procedures like cesarean sections. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are […]

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Gaza: MSF mourns the killing of eleventh colleague

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appalled and saddened by the killing of our colleague Hussam Al Loulou by an airstrike on the morning of April 1 in southwest of Deir al Balah, central Gaza. His wife and 28-year-old daughter were also killed in this horrendous attack. Our colleague Hussam was killed along with […]

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Palestine: Critical medical supplies running out in Gaza one month into Israeli siege

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A month-long siege imposed by Israeli authorities in Gaza, Palestine, means some critical medications are now short in supply and are running out, leaving Palestinians at risk of losing vital healthcare, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). As Israeli forces continue to bomb the Gaza Strip, depriving people of basic needs, including food, water […]

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South Sudan, Ethiopia: Cholera spreads across border, people flee ongoing violence

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A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding on both sides of the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, as escalating violence, displacement and a widespread cholera outbreak are pushing communities to the brink, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns.  Clashes between government forces and armed groups, which initially began in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, could spread to other […]

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MSF to Canada’s political leaders: “Stand up for humanity”

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March 24, 2025 On April 28, Canadians will vote in a federal election that is taking place in a period of major global upheaval. The Members of Parliament that Canadians will elect will decide how Canada responds to a world experiencing alarming levels of conflict and crisis, and where hundreds of millions of people’s lives, safety […]

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