Since the beginning of the year, an average of 800 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition have been admitted each month for treatment to hospitals in Mweso and Masisi, almost double that of the previous year. This alarming situation is paradoxical given that Masisi territory, around 20 km northwest of the provincial capital, Goma, is […]
All Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff unable to leave Gaza since Oct. 7 have successfully crossed the Egypt border via the Rafah Crossing. A window has been negotiated to allow for foreign passport holders and international aid workers to cross. This group includes 22 MSF staff. Although some names have been circulated on […]
On Oct. 29, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent 26 tonnes of medical supplies on a World Health Organization (WHO) plane to Egypt, under the coordination of the Egyptian Red Crescent, to support the emergency medical response in Gaza. The medical supplies can cover the needs for 800 surgical interventions and are destined for […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an immediate ceasefire to prevent more deaths in Gaza and allow desperately needed humanitarian supplies in. Since Oct. 27, the bombing by the Israeli forces has intensified to a degree not seen until now: northern Gaza is being razed to the ground, while the whole Strip is being […]
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Dear world, I have been at the hospital for three weeks, watching over my eight-year-old son and my five-year-old daughter, both suffering from malnutrition. They are not the same as I remember them back in our home city of Khartoum. They are receiving special food and medicines, and a doctor checks their vital signs many […]
Between 2018 and 2022, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated more than 19,500 survivors of sexual violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), according to a report released by the international medical humanitarian organization today. Central African Republic: Invisible Wounds “Sexual violence in CAR is a taboo public health emergency and cannot be solely […]
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Access to safe drinking water in the camps at Adré, a border town in eastern Chad, remains far below acceptable standards, posing a grave threat to the health and wellbeing of around 200,000 Sudanese refugees. According to UNHCR estimates, average water availability across all camps in eastern Chad is less than six litres per person […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) activities in Gaza are currently very limited. We have extreme difficulties delivering aid and providing healthcare due to the insecurity and the unpredictability of the bombardments. While some of our colleagues decided to move south following the unacceptable evacuation order of north Gaza, some of our other colleagues have […]
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Some 2.2 million people are currently trapped in Gaza, one of the most densely populated places on the planet. Heavy bombardments and indiscriminate attacks have turned a chronic humanitarian crisis into a catastrophe. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is committed to supporting the people affected by the Israeli heavy bombardments and indiscriminate attacks on […]
The number of trucks allowed to deliver aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing today, October 21, is totally insufficient compared to the desperate needs of the people, who have been under complete siege and relentless bombing for two weeks. Prior to the siege, hundreds of trucks with supplies entered Gaza every day as the […]
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