Faced with unsustainable security risks, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been forced to close its hospital in the Cité Soleil area of the Haitian capital as a temporary measure. Violence has been spreading throughout Port-au-Prince since 28 February, leaving those caught in the crossfire with no choice but to […]
Read More… from Haiti: Violent clashes force temporary closure of MSF hospital in Cité Soleil
At midnight on Thursday, a Russian missile struck a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia city, in Zaporizhzhia oblast (province), southeastern Ukraine. The building housed approximately 300 people in 70 apartments. In collaboration with local authorities, emergency teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are at the scene of the attack to provide psychological first […]
On Feb. 28, the hospital Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières supports in Las Anod was hit during indiscriminate fighting for a fourth time in three weeks. This time it caused partial damage to the structure and brought a stop to activities in the pediatrics ward and blood bank. Since the fighting started at the beginning of […]
Read More… from Somalia and Somaliland: Indiscriminate fighting affects medical care in Las Anod
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 […]