On Jan. 10, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ambulance was shot at in El Fasher, North Darfur, by an unknown gunman while referring a female patient in labor requiring emergency surgical procedure from MSF field hospital in Zamzam camp to Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, the only public hospital with surgical capacity still […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns ongoing violent attacks on patients and staff at Bashair Teaching Hospital, located in a Rapid Support Forces-controlled area of Khartoum. Despite extensive engagements with all stakeholders, these attacks have continued in recent months. MSF has now taken the very difficult decision to suspend all medical activities in the […]
Read More… from Khartoum, Sudan: Violent attacks force MSF to suspend activities at Bashair hospital
2024 saw Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams responding to various emergencies spanning the globe. Abyei: area between Sudan and South Sudan The 38-kilometer trip from Agok to Abyei takes over 6 hours due to poor roads. MSF uses a tractor to navigate mud bogs. The road conditions prevent water and sanitation trucks from […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the violent incursion by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the emergency room of Bashair Teaching Hospital in South Khartoum on Dec. 18. The attackers fired weapons inside the emergency ward, directly threatened medical staff, and severely disrupted lifesaving care. MSF urgently calls on RSF to respect the […]
Read More… from Sudan: MSF condemns RSF violent attack on Bashair Teaching Hospital in Khartoum
“The most important thing you can do is let the world know what is happening here.” This recent plea from Dr. Abu Baker, a hospital director in the West Bank, is a familiar one for our teams at Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The simple request – to share the grave realities we […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to stop outpatient treatment for 5,000 children with acute malnutrition in Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur, Sudan, because the warring parties have blocked deliveries of food, medicines and other essential supplies for months. “There is an urgent need for a massive supply of nutritional products […]
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 […]
Read More… from Q&A: A Canadian Emergency Coordinator shares the catastrophic impact of war in Sudan
The lack of sustained and planned funding for the humanitarian response in the camps exposes refugees to greater suffering and health risks, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns, calling on donors to urgently review their funding policies. As the civil war in Sudan continues to rage and drive people out of the country, humanitarian […]
Read More… from East Chad: MSF raises alarm on food reductions on refugees from Sudan
As the results of a nutrition screening carried out by the Sudanese health authorities and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) earlier this month in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, indicate a catastrophic nutritional situation that is only getting worse, MSF urges the UN and international stakeholders involved in negotiating broader humanitarian access to consider all […]