The morning of Oct. 9, at around 7:20 a.m. shelling struck the MSF supported Al Nao hospital, in Omdurman, Khartoum. A shell hit Al Nao’s emergency department, killing two patient caretakers, and injuring five people, who were immediately referred to other facilities. As one of the last functioning hospitals in Omdurman, the hospital was treating […]
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Gaza: As the ultimatum given to the population expires, MSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity
Despite Israeli announcements suggesting that there are safe areas for the population trapped in the Gaza Strip, they are in fact exposed to bombardment throughout all the territory, including in the south, where tens of thousands of people have fled following the ultimatum. As the Israeli army has been bombarding the Gaza Strip without restraint […]
MSF states Israeli order to evacuate northern Gaza ‘outrageous’
Israel’s 24-hour notice that people in Northern Gaza must leave their land, homes and hospitals is outrageous – this represents an attack on medical care and on humanity. We have consistently seen dehumanising language and this violence is a manifestation of that. We are talking about more than a million human beings. ‘Unprecedented’ doesn’t even […]
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Gaza: MSF provides medical care and donates supplies amidst conflict
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is donating medical supplies to hospitals and health facilities in Gaza to respond to medical needs in the midst of the conflict that began yesterday. “Health facilities need this equipment because of the many injured patients,” said Ayman Al-Djaroucha, MSF deputy coordinator in Gaza. “Hospitals are overcrowded with injured […]
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MSF: Indiscriminate violence and the collective punishment of Gaza must cease
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified by the brutal mass killing of civilians perpetrated by Hamas, and by the massive attacks on Gaza now being pursued by Israel. MSF calls for an immediate cessation to the indiscriminate bloodshed, the establishment of safe spaces and safe passage for people to reach them as a […]
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Gaza: “The situation is catastrophic”
First-person account by Léo Cans, MSF country director, Palestine (based in Jerusalem) “The situation in Gaza is catastrophic; the hospitals are overwhelmed. The number of wounded is extremely high – there is a constant influx into all the hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The medical teams are exhausted, working around the clock to treat the […]
Sudan: “The scale of the needs here is overwhelming”
MSF health promoter Aisha is working in the three camps in the White Nile region, Sudan, supporting communities of internally displaced people and refugees. I can’t find the right words to describe the conditions people are living in. I’ve witnessed women giving birth and caring for their newborns in overcrowded and overheated tents, without access […]
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Libya: MSF doctors and psychologists bring support to a mourning city
Interview, from Derna, with Michel Olivier Lacharité, MSF Head of Emergency. Two weeks after Storm Daniel caused devastating floods that engulfed Derna and killed thousands in a few hours, search and rescue operations are about to end and reconstruction is starting. The need for psychological relief is immense among Derna’s people. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans […]
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Afghanistan: “Everything went so fast”
In the bitterly cold Afghan winter, lower-income families face unexpected risks as they struggle to keep warm. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) nurse Diana Pereira de Sousa shares the story from Kunduz, a city in northern Afghanistan … “Can you come to the ER? It’s urgent.” The call was from Boyd, one of our […]
Glimpses into the Fight Against Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB)
In Mumbai, MSF runs an independent private clinic to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). India has one of the world’s highest burdens of TB, and Mumbai is a hotspot for the disease. Here, MSF’s clinic focuses on extensive drug-resistant cases, a form of the disease that has limited treatment options. The team uses newer drugs in […]
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