Mpox: MSF responds to WHO declaring mpox a public health emergency of international concern

On 13 August 2024, the Africa CDC declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recognised the Africa CDC’s declaration and were relieved that the World Health Organization (WHO) on 14 August declared the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a […]

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Unprecedented floods in Eastern Chad: MSF calls for rapid response in Koukou, as thousands of people hit by worst floods in living memory

Flooded area in Koukou, Chad. MSF staff, a car, and people are standing on land by the waterlogged area.

A coordinated and rapid response is urgently needed in the decimated town of Koukou, Sila province, in eastern Chad as thousands of people have fled flood waters, seeking refuge on a hill, with desperate shortages of food, shelter, drinking water and healthcare. Koukou and surrounding villages were hit by heavy rains in early August. Wadi […]

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Haiti: People fleeing violence in capital urgently need water and sanitation

As violence and insecurity forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in Port-au-Prince in recent months, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) increased efforts to provide water, sanitation, and hygiene services (WASH) to people in makeshift camps across the city. Since fighting between armed groups and the government surged in February 2024, […]

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Canada’s pandemic preparedness investments still make equity an afterthought

This article was originally published in Policy Options by Adam R Houston, Matthew Herder, and Srinivas Murthy. As governments move on from the COVID-19 pandemic, the policy conversation has shifted to the next threat. Whether that’s H5N1 – a strain of influenza virus currently spreading among cattle and in some instances to humans – or […]

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Sudan: Last hospital in El Fasher risks closure during intensive bombardment of the city

As the fighting escalates in El Fasher once more, its impact on the lives of civilians is becoming increasingly devastating, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Multiple attacks on the city have taken place over the past week and since Saturday, at least 15 people have been killed, more than 130 have been injured, […]

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“We Too Have Dreams and Talents” 

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been running an emergency response in Eastern Chad for a year to address the medical and humanitarian needs of refugees who fled Sudan after the outbreak of war. Since the conflict began in April 2023 till June this year, over 600,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Chad as […]

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Bangladesh: MSF sees severe spike in arrivals of war-wounded Rohingya from Myanmar

Escalating numbers of Rohingya people with violence-related injuries have crossed the border into Bangladesh over the past week, says Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), indicating the worsening humanitarian crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. In the four days leading up to Aug. 7, MSF teams in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, treated 39 people for violence-related injuries. […]

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Silent Suffering: The deadly toll of healthcare access challenges in Baidoa, Somalia

“Seven months ago, my wife gave birth to twin boys. She experienced excessive bleeding during delivery, but I had no money to take her to the hospital. Our village lacks a free health facility. While caring for her at home, our two boys also fell ill. I had to take a loan of about $178 […]

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DRC : “Displaced Lives” 4 women in Goma’s displaced camps

Esther, Rebecca, Tuliya and Daphrose are from the same family. Together, they fled the fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army in North Kivu, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). For the past year and a half, the four women have been living in the Elohim […]

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Hebron, West Bank: “You can’t get sick here, it’s not allowed”

Physical injuries, mental trauma and restricted access to medical care are an everyday reality for many Palestinians living in and around the West Bank city of Hebron, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a new report published today. In “Occupied lives: the risk of forcible transfer of Palestinians in Hebron”, MSF details the […]

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