As humanitarian aid entering Gaza reaches its lowest level in months, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that patient care is critically compromised while medical conditions linked to shortages of food, water, and shelter materials are expected to surge with the onset of winter. “Shortages of critical supplies have reached such levels that we […]
Do you remember me? I am Dr. Mohamed Bashir, MSF’s former deputy medical coordinator in Sudan. I once wrote a reflection, Alleviating suffering in the face of war, in which I shared my firsthand experience of the civil war – not only as a medical humanitarian but as a Sudanese person. I’m still with MSF, […]
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An alarming number of children suffering from severe malaria have been admitted to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Aweil State Hospital in Northern Bahr el Ghazal (NBeG) state, South Sudan, over the past three months. Malaria admissions to the children’s ward began to increase in June and, by September, up to 400 children […]
We have visited Gaza at different moments since October 2023 and witnessed an amount of suffering that is beyond imagination. This includes in a zone Israel unilaterally declared as “humanitarian” while regularly attacking it. And yet our colleagues told us the situation is even worse in the north of Gaza – an area which we […]
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From June to October 2024, MSF treated more than 10,000 children under 5 for upper respiratory tract infections at Nasser Hospital. After more than one year of relentless war and destruction in Gaza, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are witnessing how dire living conditions, attacks in densely populated areas, poor access to food, […]
A series of threats by police forces against Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff have forced the organization to suspend its activities until further notice in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. Police officers have stopped MSF vehicles multiple times and directly threatened MSF staff members, including death and rape threats, in the week following […]
On the evening of Nov. 17, a densely populated area in Sumy city, northeastern Ukraine was bombed. The explosion struck a courtyard surrounded by residential buildings, damaging 13 structures and dozens of apartments. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency ambulance teams provided medical assistance to injured residents. According to preliminary information from local authorities, […]
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Access to safe abortion care has a real impact on people’s lives and health, from preventing unsafe abortions and complications to upholding bodily autonomy. At Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), we consider safe abortion care a critical part of our sexual and reproductive healthcare services – one that can save lives and support […]
Approximately one in six war-wounded patients treated at the Bashair Teaching Hospital in south Khartoum since Jan. 2024 have been under the age of 15. Many suffered gunshot, blast and shrapnel wounds. Doctors are also concerned about the spike in children arriving at the hospital severely malnourished. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working […]
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On 23 September, after nearly one year of cross-border attacks along Lebanon’s southern border, Israel escalated its bombardment of Lebanon, causing waves of mass displacement that have surpassed the country’s ability to provide adequate shelter. * Fatima’s vibrant smile slowly fades away after entering the classroom. Desks and chairs are stacked on one side of […]