Nearly 40 percent of people in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh have scabies according to the results of a prevalence survey conducted by the health sector in May. In some camps this figure is as high as 70 percent. This reflects what Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has seen in our clinics where we’ve conducted […]
El Geneina is a word that translates to “the garden” in Arabic, but the meaning lacks alignment with the current harsh reality that people there have recently been living through. It is estimated that at least around 500 people have been killed since the fighting began, and that a similar number of wounded remain trapped […]
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As of May 31, Doctors Without Border/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will hand over its intervention activities in Türkiye, as the emergency response ends, following the devastating earthquakes that killed 51,000 people in the country’s southeast. After the first quake struck on Feb. 6, MSF supported Turkish civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in responding to […]
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More than 80,000 people have arrived in South Kivu’s Minova health zone, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after fleeing conflict in neighbouring North Kivu province. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has launched an emergency response with a focus on reaching people in areas where humanitarian assistance is non-existent. When day breaks, Rehema […]
By Ivan M. García, MSF Spain Head of Media “Hey, try to bring back some positive stories, too!” is a mantra offered by colleagues each time one of us in the MSF communications team goes out to projects. It’s also a classic from journalists from time to time, specially at Christmas and in summer, when […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expresses its serious concerns on the continuous deterioration of the situation of migrants and refugees on the Greek Island of Lesbos, where there have been numerous and various allegations/reports of exposure to violence, such as alleged abductions and alleged pushbacks, detention and deprivation of food and shelter. MSF calls […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the unacceptable harassment of its staff and the violent looting and occupation of its medical premises and supported facilities in Sudan. Staff and patients are repeatedly facing the trauma of armed groups entering and looting MSF premises with medicines, supplies and vehicles being stolen. This shocking disregard for humanitarian […]
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Ahead of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Dr Christos Christou, International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, urges the leaders of the G7 countries to make a long-term commitment to safeguarding humanitarian assistance despite highly polarized conflicts and tensions across continents. The name Hiroshima epitomizes the price that civilians pay in conflict. Although […]
By Charity Nyakio Kamau I’m a project coordinator for the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Bentiu, a camp for displaced people in South Sudan. I’m also an avid baker and winner of the Great Kenyan Bake Off, season 2. I’ve been working with MSF for a long time. I started as a […]
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This spring, Canada’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research (SRSR) is holding meetings on Support for the Commercialization of Intellectual Property. More information on these meetings, including submissions, can be found here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/SRSR/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=12062854 MSF is concerned that this discussion overemphasizes the monetization of intellectual property (IP) such as patents while overlooking the importance of societal […]