Between May 10 and 21, 2021, Israeli airstrikes and shelling killed more than 250 people and left close to 2,000 injured in the coastal enclave of the Gaza Strip.
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CAR: As conflict hits countryside, people are displaced and lack access to healthcare
Since December 2020, there has been a resurgence in the conflict between government forces and armed groups in CAR.
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Afghanistan: Injuries and displacement soar as violence spreads around the country
This is impeding access to medical care, increasing the number of people killed and wounded by bullets and explosions, and causing widespread displacement. […]
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Darien Gap, Panama: MSF reinforces support in response increasing number of migrants
Since May 2021, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated more than 14,000 people who were injured while crossing the Darién Gap. More than 11,000 migrants arrived in Panama from Colombia in June, 2021. This is the highest figure so far this year and a very unusual number in one month during the rainy […]
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Climate Crisis: Impact on Human Health
MSF is paying close attention to the impact that climate change will have on our emergency humanitarian medical activities.
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Haiti: initial evaluations and first interventions after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake
Saturday, August 14, at 8:30 am local time, the earth trembled in the southern peninsula of Haiti. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage to buildings, houses, and main access roads in the three provinces of Grand’Anse, Nippes and Sud. The provisional death toll is now nearly 2,000, according to Haiti’s Office for Civil Protection, […]
Hepatitis E cases in Sudan’s Tigray refugee camps highlights shortcomings of international humanitarian response
Cases of hepatitis E are spreading across camps in Gedaref and Kassala states, Eastern Sudan, infecting hundreds of refugees from Tigray and posing a risk to local Sudanese communities.
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“Do we have a future?”: One year after the Beirut blast, the situation in Lebanon has got much worse
Lebanon has been in a state of emergency since late-2019, rocked by economic crisis, political instability and social tensions, and hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. On top of these came the devastating explosion which rocked Beirut on August 4, 2020. One year later, people are in increasing need of humanitarian aid. Half of Lebanon’s […]
Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan: Increased intensity in violence and trauma for patients
Fighting in Afghanistan has been intense since May, but in recent weeks the clashes between the Afghan army and the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan (also known as the Taliban) have increased in intensity and have moved into more urban areas such as Lashkar Gah city in Helmand Province. […]
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Aftermath of violence in South Africa: Supporting overstretched health centres & vulnerable communities
Despite calm returning, health facilities are still struggling due to increased caseloads. […]