Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are working on both sides of the Ethiopia and Sudan border. MSF is providing medical treatment and humanitarian assistance to people in refugee camps in Sudan, and to the displaced and host communities within Tigray in Ethiopia. Before fighting broke out in late 2020, the Tigray region in […]
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Northwest Syria: “Millions of people rely on humanitarian aid to survive”
The 10 years of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and a severe economic crisis have further aggravated people’s vulnerability and their reliance on humanitarian aid in the region. […]
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Surviving Gaza: the hopes and perils of living under blockade
Over one month since a ceasefire came into force between the Israeli government and Hamas, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip feel unsafe and fear another round of hostilities.
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MSF reinforces activities in Brazil, where COVID-19 has cost over 500 thousand lives
As the second winter of the pandemic rolls in, the COVID-19 situation in Brazil is again deeply concerning, with national and international experts warning of a third devastating wave. […]
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Ethiopia: MSF urges investigation into staff killings & calls for safe working conditions for aid teams
Following the brutal murder of three of its staff in the Ethiopian region of Tigray on June 24, 2021, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an immediate investigation into the killings and insists that aid workers are allowed to do their jobs in safety. In response to the killings, MSF announces the suspension […]
Libya: Recurrent violence against refugees and migrants in Tripoli detention centres forces MSF to suspend activities
Following repeated incidents of violence towards refugees and migrants held in two detention centres in the Libyan city of Tripoli, international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced today that it feels obliged to temporarily suspend its activities in Mabani and Abu Salim detention centres. “This is not an easy decision to make, […]
Tuberculosis: Governments off track on providing tools to prevent second biggest infectious disease killer
As WHO convenes a ‘call to action’ tomorrow on the need to scale up access to preventive treatment for TB, MSF urged all governments to support and ramp up the implementation of TB preventive treatment.
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Ethiopia: Horrified by the brutal murder of three MSF colleagues
Today we are in mourning after receiving confirmation of the death of three of our colleagues who were working in Tigray. Maria Hernandez, our emergency coordinator, Yohannes Halefom Reda, our assistant coordinator and Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael our driver were travelling yesterday afternoon when we lost contact with them. This morning the vehicle was found empty […]
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Cameroon: thousands of people continue to be denied urgent and life-saving healthcare as MSF’s activities in the North-West region remain suspended by the government
While thousands of people struggle to access vital healthcare in the restive North-West region of Cameroon, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is still denied the resumption of its healthcare care services in the region, six months after the forced suspension of its activities by Cameroonian authorities. MSF calls on the government of Cameroon to […]
Millions of lives at stake if cross-border aid channels close in Syria
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew the cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2533) expiring on July 10, 2021 for the provision of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. More than 4 million people residing in this area, more than half of whom are Internally Displaced People (IDPs), risk […]
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