In an effort to prevent children, women and families from being forced to sleep rough in harsh winter conditions, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides emergency shelter at a private building in the northern French city of Calais. The medical humanitarian organization reminds the French authorities that providing emergency accommodation is their responsibility. The […]
Since the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel first came into effect on Nov. 27, Israeli forces have continued to engage in military operations in southern Lebanon. Hundreds of thousands of people have returned to their homes and villages in southern Lebanon. Many of them saw their homes destroyed by the Israeli bombardment and remain displaced. […]
Over one billion people are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), yet despite this vast figure, they continue to be overlooked. The majority live in the most remote areas of the world’s lowest income countries. The diseases can be distressing, disfiguring and stigmatizing. Many are excruciatingly painful, and they are often deadly. However, they […]
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An influx of wounded people is arriving at Kyeshero hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in the hospital are treating people through the armed clashes and insecurity that have hit the city in recent days. We have been affected by several incidents since the beginning of […]
After 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza and the implementation of a ceasefire on Jan. 19, 2025, displaced Palestinians are attempting to return home to the southern city of Rafah. According to the United Nations, near 70 per cent of all structures in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières […]
In recent weeks, the armed conflict between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by their allies, has flared up again in the province of North Kivu and spread to the neighbouring province of South Kivu. Emmanuel Lampaert, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) representative in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), provides an update on […]
The recent executive orders on migration from the U.S. administration leave hundreds of thousands of people along the Latin American migration corridor in even greater uncertainty, exposed to heightened risks on a route already marked by extreme violence, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today. Our teams in Mexico are already witnessing the harmful […]
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In a fragile context for hospitals and ambulances, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is committed to the resumption of medical activities at the Emergency and Referral Centre in Turgeau, a neighbourhood near downtown Port-au-Prince. At 8 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, the facility at 34 Avenue Charles Summer in Turgeau resumed its activities […]
“Since more than 400 days, we didn’t hear any kind of celebration, singing, dancing. Gaza, yesterday at night, started to celebrate, to sing, children in the streets, you can hear them singing songs.” My colleague, Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, a physician who works for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza, said these words after […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family members. Bilal and his relatives, including his wife, seven children, his sister and his elderly mother, were killed by an Israeli airstrike in December […]
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