On Feb. 6 at 4.17 a.m., Mohammad and his family were shaken awake by the first of two massive earthquakes which hit large parts of northwest Syria and south Türkiye. “When the earthquake shook all the buildings, my wife and I took our children and ran to the school playground,” says Mohammad. “We stood there […]
Read More… from Syria: MSF expands relief efforts and sets up mobile clinics in quake-hit areas
Logistics coordinator Ricardo Martínez is the leader of one of the first MSF emergency teams to arrive in Türkiye following the Feb. 6 earthquakes. He describes the situation in the city of Adiyaman. On 15 February, in collaboration with the Turkish Medical Association, an MSF team donated various essential relief items to people affected […]
A team from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is offering psychological support to the survivors of a shipwreck that killed at least 62 people, including 12 children, a few hundred meters from Steccato di Cutro, southern Italy, on Feb. 26. About 180 people, mostly from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, were travelling on a wooden […]
Read More… from Italy: MSF providing support to survivors of the Crotone shipwreck
Every two to three years, measles outbreaks affect tens or even hundreds of thousands of children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Last year was no exception, with more than 148,600 cases and 1,800 deaths reported. How can this recurring emergency be explained? And, above all, how can we put an end to it? When […]
Read More… from DRC: the never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious disease
Recent incidents involving Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams and activities in Port-au-Prince, as well as serious threats circulating on social networks, are jeopardizing the safety of MSF staff and patients treated in its facilities, and its ability to provide care in Haiti. On the night of Feb. 23, hooded gunmen attempted to break into the […]
Following the powerful earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in northwestern Syria have mobilized with local partners to respond to people’s increasing humanitarian needs. The situation in northwestern Syria is especially dire because of almost 12 years of war and the […]
Read More… from Syria: “One of the biggest needs now is mental health”
A dysfunctional health system, widespread poverty, and increased restrictions placed on women are at the heart of the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, according to a new report published by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Policymakers, donors and local authorities must urgently focus on strengthening primary medical care at district levels to improve […]
Some 1,000 Palestinians are to be evicted from their homes in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank, according to a plan approved by the newly sworn-in Israeli government. The move has been strongly denounced by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). “This plan would mean the imminent forcible displacement of almost the entire population […]
A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) convoy of 14 trucks entered northwestern Syria today, arriving from Türkiye through the Hammam border crossing point. This first convoy carries 1,296 tents destined to families (of five people or more) left homeless by the earthquake and 1,296 winter kits to insulate the tents from the cold. Other […]
Read More… from MSF aid convoy in relief of earthquake survivors enters northwest Syria
Aisha is a midwife supervisor with MSF living in Azaz, a city in northern Syria. She testifies to the horror she saw during the Feb. 6 earthquakes that hit Syria and Turkey. “When the earthquake struck at 4.17 a.m., my family and I were asleep. We felt the building shaking above us. We […]