A study conducted by Epicentre and other research organisations confirms the importance of vaccination against Ebola during epidemics: vaccination reduces not only the risk of infection, but also the risk of death. An observational study conducted by Epicentre, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) medical research and epidemiology centre, the results of which are published […]
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“We live in a tent – the children are afraid of houses and buildings,” says Hind, a 36-year-old mother of five in Afrin, in northwest Syria’s Idlib province. “We are very tired.” Where can you find refuge when your home is no longer safe? How can you comfort your children when they live in fear […]
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“Israel’s declared ground offensive on Rafah would be catastrophic and must not proceed. As aerial bombardment of the area continues, more than a million people, many living in tents and makeshift shelters, now face a dramatic escalation in this ongoing massacre. Nowhere in Gaza is safe, and repeated forced displacements have pushed people to Rafah, […]
Read More… from Gaza: MSF calls on the government of Israel to immediately halt offensive on Rafah
Medical facilities supported by teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have received huge influxes of war-wounded patients as thousands of people flee the latest waves of armed clashes in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With civilians and medical facilities caught in the crossfire, MSF urgently calls on all […]
The long line is visible from afar, hundreds of people of all ages, most of them holding distinctive yellow or blue 40-litre jerrycans. Some live in tents close to the water truck that attracted the crowd to this spot in Rafah, a town in the south of the Gaza Strip. Others live in shelters up […]
Read More… from Gaza: Lack of clean water brings disease and suffering
Reported instances of sexual violence experienced by migrants attempting to cross the Darién Gap rose sharply in December 2023, according to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), despite the fact that crossings of the roadless region between Colombia and Panama were lower than in previous months. MSF teams in Panama treated 214 survivors of sexual […]
Following heavy fighting in Abyei Special Administrative Area over the past weeks, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of two of our South Sudanese colleagues, who were caught in the midst of violent events. Dr. Sigrid Lamberg, MSF’s Country Director in South Sudan, extends a tribute to the […]
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A rapid nutrition and mortality assessment carried out by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reveals that a catastrophic situation has unfolded in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, since the conflict in Sudan began in April 2023. All emergency thresholds for malnutrition have been reached and MSF is calling for an immediate, coordinated and rapid scale-up […]
In light of the global impact of the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a process to negotiate an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics (commonly known as the “pandemic accord”). Since February 2023, governments have been negotiating the text of the accord, and an outcome is expected […]
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Marie-Aure Perreaut Revial has recently returned from Gaza, where she worked as the emergency coordinator for MSF. Here she bears witness to the experiences of the MSF staff and patients she met during her time there. Daily, dozens of patients are rushed into the Emergency Department of Al Aqsa Shohada Hospital, in Gaza’s Middle Area. […]
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