Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges for further assistance to people left without water following the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) volcano eruption in May 2021. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left displaced, and over half a million in the city of Goma have been left without access to clean drinking water, following […]
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The following is a transcript of opening words by Jason Nickerson, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Humanitarian Representative to Canada to the Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on International Trade in May 2021. Hello, thank you for having us. We’re going to speak to two issues that are part of the Committee’s study, from the perspective of our […]
The violence and intimidation committed by security forces in Myanmar is creating a climate of fear and disrupting HIV patients’ access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment.
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By Magali Roudaut, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Head of Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Following order by the authorities to partially evacuate the city of Goma due to the risk of further eruptions and earthquakes, MSF is doing its best to ensure its staff is in safety while ensuring continuation of operations. […]
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A staff member of the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Tabarre trauma hospital was attacked and struck by a gunshot on his way home from work on the evening of May 25, even though he did not resist his attackers. He was rushed back to the hospital, but he was dead on arrival. A […]
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By Laura Panqueva Otálora, MSF Head of Communications in Mexico.
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The fighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups, principally Hamas, broke out once again after weeks of tensions in occupied East Jerusalem, which has been illegally annexed by Israel.
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Today, it was announced that COVAX – the global mechanism intended to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to low- and middle-income countries – is short at least 140 million doses.
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An MSF staff member who was present described a scene of utter horror as huge explosions shook the neighbourhood and women and children ran out onto the street screaming and crying.
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Burkina Faso’s North region hosts more than 100,000 internally displaced people who fled recurring violence in this part of the country. Since January 2021, MSF’s mobile teams have been offering healthcare support to people in the villages of Sirfou, Todiame, Rounga and Ouindigui, where thousands of these displaced persons have settled, but where access to […]
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