In South Sudan, over seven million people are expected to face acute food insecurity or worse between now and July. Among them, patients who are infected with tuberculosis and HIV are highly impacted since the intensity of the treatment is very hard to bear on an empty stomach. Some of them endure severe pain, while […]
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A few weeks into my new role as Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada, I woke up this past Mother’s Day to contrasting realities. As I spent the morning with loved ones, my thoughts were also with two mothers who mourned in #Sudan. Their children were killed as ‘collateral damage’ in […]
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Hospitals hit and death toll soars as violent fighting engulfs El Fasher, Sudan, leaving nowhere safe in the city; MSF calls urgently for protection of civilians, health workers and health structures. The intense, non-stop fighting in El Fasher leaves no safe place for civilians in the city as patients and medical staff are increasingly becoming […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are providing medical care at the Zalingei Teaching Hospital in Sudan, and supporting the Ministry of Health with rehabilitation, training and incentives for their staff. In April, MSF teams re-opened the emergency, maternity, inpatient therapeutic feeding center and pediatric departments. As the fighting in Sudan between the Rapid […]
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In the five days since intense fighting began between the RSF, Joint Forces, and SAF on Friday May 10, 454 casualties have arrived at South Hospital in El Fasher. 56 people have succumbed to their injuries, but the wounded and death toll are likely far higher since the fighting continues to be so intense that […]
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On the evening of May 11, an airstrike carried out by the SAF landed 50 metres from Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital, which is supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in El Fasher, North Darfur. This led to the collapse of the roof above the intensive care unit (ICU) and the death of two […]
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In response to the escalating fighting in North Darfur, Doctors Without Border/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated over 100 war wounded patients – including 11 children, many with gunshot wounds – at South Hospital, El Fasher, over the past two weeks, but is simultaneously scaling-up its response to the major malnutrition crisis in Zamzam camp, […]
“Sudan is one of the worst crises the world has seen for decades. There are extreme levels of suffering across the country, the needs are growing by the day, but the humanitarian response is deeply inadequate. We have responded to multiple mass casualty events and emergencies over the past year. We have performed life-saving surgical […]
As of February 2024, close to 190,000 people have been displaced in Kassala state alone (International Organization for Migration IOM), underscoring the urgent need for comprehensive humanitarian assistance. Among them are approximately 40,000 people who fled recent violence in Al Jazirah state. The plight of internally displaced people in Kassala is emblematic of the broader […]