Loay Harb is a nurse who has been working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for the past 15 years in Gaza at our burns clinic. He is currently taking shelter in his home next to the MSF office in Gaza City with his family and children. Today, Loay, like many others, is without […]
The few medical facilities still operating in northern Gaza are under unimaginable duress. Many medical staff have been forced to flee to the south, as the Israeli strikes are relentless. The remaining staff have to cope with restricted access to electricity and water, in a context of siege. An update from Guillemette Thomas, Doctors Without […]
Read More… from Gaza: “The wounded are in danger of dying in the next few hours”
We are horrified by the recent bombing of Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, which was treating patients and hosting displaced Gazans. Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed. It is absolutely unacceptable. “We were operating in the hospital, there was a strong explosion, and the ceiling fell on the operating room. This is a […]
Read More… from MSF condemns bombing of Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza
Mass killing of civilians is sickening and must be condemned in all possible terms. Horrific violence has been wreaked over the last 10 days. Thousands of men, women and children have been killed in Israel. Thousands of men, women and children have been killed in Palestine. The situation today in Gaza is catastrophic. Hospitals and […]
Read More… from MSF: Unconditional humanity needs to be restored in Gaza
Community based mental health sessions give hope to people in Myanmar who have faced years of conflict and displacement and are still rebuilding from the damage of a grade five cyclone that hit parts of the country in mid-May. “Patients often say to me that our sessions give them hope for the future. They feel […]
Read More… from Myanmar: Mental health counsellors are more important than ever after Cyclone Mocha
On Sept. 19, Azerbaijan launched an attack on various areas in Nagorno-Karabakh. The region is a self-proclaimed republic internationally recognised as belonging to Azerbaijan, but which has traditionally been home to many ethnic Armenians. After a ceasefire agreement was reached 24 hours later, more than 100,000 residents from the region made their way to neighbouring […]
Read More… from Armenia: MSF offers mental health support to people displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh
At around 11:10 a.m. local time on Oct. 7, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan, followed by several aftershocks. As of 7 p.m. local time, health authorities have confirmed 23 deaths, and 300 wounded people have been received at Herat Regional Hospital. Several aftershocks were experienced including one of 6.3 magnitude on Oct. 11. Doctors Without […]
Read More… from Afghanistan: MSF is responding to Herat earthquake
More than one million people have fled the fighting linked to the resurgence of the M23 armed group in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Hundreds of thousands of them currently live in complete destitution in overcrowded camps in Goma, the provincial capital, and the surrounding area. Claire Magone, MSF-France’s Executive […]
Read More… from DRC: a “total dead end” for displaced people in Goma
Fouzia Bara is a French-Moroccan nurse with previous experience in psychological first aid (PFA). She has just returned from Morocco after two weeks as part of the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) emergency response team. She provided first psychological aid to the people in the most impacted villages. During her work in Morocco, Fouzia […]
Read More… from Morocco: Treating the invisible wounds as people rebuild their lives
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urgently calling for an improved medical and humanitarian response for people fleeing conflict in Sudan and entering South Sudan through Renk, a town located in the northernmost state of Upper Nile. Since the fighting erupted in Sudan, around 290,000 individuals have entered South Sudan — 80 per cent […]
Read More… from South Sudan : Malaria and malnutrition rise among returnees