On Sep. 23, 2024, the Italian authorities imposed yet another punitive measure on the Geo Barents, the search and rescue vessel operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for performing its legal and humanitarian duty to save lives at sea. This time, the vessel received two separate detention orders, immediately after the Geo Barents […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project coordinator Belen Ramirez recounts two days of work alongside volunteers from Arizona-based Samaritans, providing aid to people crossing the border into the unforgiving Sonora desert. It’s early morning in Arizona, just before daybreak, and I am driving on an unpaved road along the border wall between the United […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all its outreach activities in Yei, in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan, until further notice, following a critical security incident involving MSF staff and staff from a partner organization on Friday, Sep. 20, 2024. MSF strongly condemns this attack against health workers in an area where people […]
One of the worst maternal and child health emergencies in the world is unfolding in South Darfur, Sudan, according to a report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women, as well as children, are dying from preventable conditions as their health needs far exceed what MSF can respond to. […]
Read More… from MSF report: Pregnant women and children dying in shocking numbers in South Darfur
Canadian Ada Yee is an MSF emergency coordinator who has worked in over 17 countries, including Ethiopia, Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, and Yemen. She recently completed a four-month assignment in Sudan’s South Darfur region and shares some insight on the impact of the war in Sudan. 17 months after war broke out […]
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Following the widescale Israeli bombings of multiple areas in Lebanon on Monday Sep. 23, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is gradually stepping up its response to the escalating humanitarian needs by delivering primary healthcare and essential relief items to the displaced population. According to the Ministry of Health, 558 people were killed and 1,835 […]
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After nearly one year of relentless Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, almost 41,000 people have been killed. In addition, another 95,000 people have been injured. At least 12,000 people in Gaza are still in need of medical evacuation, according to the World Health Organization. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the Israeli […]
Since the Oct. 7 and subsequent war on Gaza, nearly 95,000 people have been injured by Israeli attacks. At least 12,000 people in Gaza are still in need of medical evacuation, according to the World Health Organization. Only a tiny fraction of injured Palestinians have been allowed to leave the Strip to seek adequate care […]
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As the sun streaks through the small window of the sterile hospital room, warm orange lines fall on to the side of 17-year-old Karam’s face, highlighting ridges of white scars across his left cheek. As he gets up slowly into sitting position at the hospital run by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Amman, […]
Read More… from Gaza: The long road to recovery for war-wounded children
Thirty-two years after starting work in the Russian Federation, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) had to close its operations in the country. In August this year, we received a letter from the Ministry of Justice of Russia, with the decision to withdraw the affiliate office of the non-profit association ‘Médecins Sans Frontières’ (Netherlands) in […]