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Gaza: Newborns and other patients at risk as Nasser hospital has run out of fuel

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Nasser hospital, Al Aqsa hospital and European Gaza hospital are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening the lives of hundreds of patients, including newborns, who depend on electricity to stay alive, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Meanwhile, MSF teams are transferring fuel to Nasser […]

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Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction 

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Repeated Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians over the last 14 months, the dismantling of the health care system and other essential infrastructure, the suffocating siege, and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance are destroying the conditions of life in Gaza, according to a new Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) report, “Gaza: Life in […]

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“Gaza today: cold, hunger and bombs” 

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Caroline Seguin, emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), visited the northern part of the Gaza Strip, where fighting has been raging for over 45 days, following the offensive launched by the Israeli forces in early October. She looks back at the apocalyptic situation in the north and south of Gaza, where 1.7 […]

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MSF ends operation of Geo Barents search and rescue vessel with commitment to return to Central Mediterranean Sea

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced today that it has ceased operations on board its rescue vessel, Geo Barents, which had been operational since June 2021. Italian laws and policies have made it impossible to continue with the current operational model. MSF will begin a process to evaluate the best operational model for this […]

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Haiti: MSF Partially Resumes Medical Activities in Port-au-Prince

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is partially resuming its medical activities in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area after a 22-day suspension due to repeated threats and violence against its staff and patients. The decision to suspend MSF’s activities, even temporarily, was extremely difficult because the city is heavily affected by violence, and the medical needs […]

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Smartphones reshaping storytelling, MSF connection with local communities 

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Through the power of smartphones, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is reshaping how we gather and share stories of people facing crises. In November, a group of MSF communications specialists completed the second mobile communication training in Nairobi, following a session in Geneva earlier this year. Over 25 communications specialists were trained to use […]

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MSF calls for unhindered humanitarian assistance for all Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh 

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Since the beginning of the year Rohingya refugees have been arriving in Bangladesh after escaping escalating violence in Myanmar. They now face immense challenges, including overcrowding, lack of access to essential services and deteriorating mental health conditions. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urging the relevant authorities to ensure unhindered and immediate access to […]

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“My town is on fire”: MSF provides assistance to people fleeing from Kurakhove 

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The working day at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mobile clinic in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, is almost over. Dr. Oleksandr Hontariev is counting the boxes of medicines, packing up for the evening, when a volunteer runs into the room.  “We have wounded. Can you please help them?” they say.  Dr. Hontariev pulls on […]

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South Sudan: Urgent action needed to address growing cholera outbreak

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has set up a 20-bed cholera treatment unit (CTU) at the Renk Civil Hospital in South Sudan, in response to a cholera outbreak declared by the Ministry of Health on Oct. 28. We call on all organizations in Upper Nile State to help prevent the spread of the disease […]

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Gaza: Obstacles to essential supplies deepens catastrophic humanitarian and medical situation 

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As humanitarian aid entering Gaza reaches its lowest level in months, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that patient care is critically compromised while medical conditions linked to shortages of food, water, and shelter materials are expected to surge with the onset of winter.  “Shortages of critical supplies have reached such levels that we […]

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