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Sudan: Over 800 hospitalized and dozens dead from waterborne infection

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Dozens of people have died and over 800 are being treated for symptoms of acute watery diarrhea, dehydration, vomiting and sunken eyes at the Ministry of Health cholera treatment centre in Kosti Teaching Hospital, supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in Sudan’s White Nile State.  MSF has been supporting cholera-related responses in Kosti […]

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Eswatini: “We are loved” clinic celebrates one year

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Launched on Feb. 14, 2024, the Sitsandziwe clinic has been busy over the past year providing comprehensive sexual health services, with a strong focus on mental health, to marginalized communities. These include adolescents, young women, LGBTQ+, factory workers and university students. The clinic’s emphasis on confidentiality and “safe space” care has made it a preferred […]

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Injured seek treatment from MSF-supported hospitals

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Marcus Bachmann, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of programs for South Kivu province, explains the situation in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the conflict evolves.  What is the current situation in South Kivu?  While the hotspot of the conflict between M23/AFC, the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and their respective […]

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Uncertainty around PEPFAR program puts millions of people at risk

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The decision by the United States government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) alongside all other foreign aid for at least a 90-day period has had immediate effects on people living with HIV (PLHIV), says Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Although the U.S. has since clarified that […]

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Haiti: Women trapped between violence and poverty in Port-au-Prince

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Géralda, Alcélia, and Cherlyne, three Haitian women, share their struggle to survive in Brooklyn, an isolated part of Cité Soleil neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are the only ones providing free medical care in the area on a daily basis.  Cité Soleil : Life under constant threat of crossfire  Géralda describes […]

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Gaza: In the north, health system reduced to ashes

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While the ceasefire in Gaza was implemented on Jan. 19, after 15 months of all-out war on people trapped there, all components of society have been destroyed, making it almost uninhabitable. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are now able to reach northern Gaza — previously besieged by Israeli forces — to assess the […]

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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF calls for dignified, voluntary movement for people displaced

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Hundreds of thousands of displaced people sheltering in camps in and around the city of Goma, in Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, have been severely impacted by extreme violence over the past three weeks, and many are now leaving the camps, according to teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). As departures […]

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Sudan: Mass influxes of wounded patients to hospitals, “war on people” continues 

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in three different parts of Sudan – Khartoum, North Darfur and South Darfur states – treated mass influxes of wounded people as the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued, with little respect shown for civilian life.  On Feb. 4, in […]

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West Bank, Palestine: “Inflicting harm and denying care”

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Israeli forces and settlers have increased the use of extreme physical violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the all-out war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In total, at least 870 Palestinians have been killed and over 7,100 injured between […]

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Mexico: Lives in limbo  

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While Mexican state authorities prepare to receive possible mass deportations from the U.S. by building large facilities to house people who have been deported and enabling transportation to take them to other parts of Mexico, uncertainty invades hundreds of thousands of migrants throughout the country.  After suffering violence and other difficulties on a long and […]

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