Kriti Gupta 
“I feel fear in my soul. My fingers and hands begin to get cold,” says Vira, an elderly woman who fled the Donetsk region and is now seeking shelter in Ivano-Frankivsk, in the southwest of the country. “I’m worried about my relatives, who are still at home – my son who is still living where … Read more
More than 2,500 asylum seekers and migrants are being arbitrarily detained in Lithuania, following an increase in border crossings in 2021. Conditions of detention are inadequate for the health and protection needs of people being detained. MSF calls on the Lithuanian authorities to end the arbitrary and prolonged detention of these Vilnius– More than 2,500 asylum … Read more
Four months ago today, Marguerite M. and Ashu D. plunged into a nightmare which continues. They are Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff; Marguerite a nurse and Ashu an ambulance driver, in the South-West region of Cameroon. The area is impacted by violence that started almost five years ago, between separatist armed groups and state armed forces, where … Read more
Dr Morten Rostrup from Norway is working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. Here, he and a team are providing medical consultations in the underground stations where people are sheltering from the country’s war. This is his first-hand account of what he saw and of the stories of people he met. She … Read more
MSF staff member shot and killed in latest violence in Leer County. Numerous people killed and thousands displaced due to the fighting. MSF calls on all armed groups to respect international humanitarian law and immediately cease targeting civilians and health facilities. The latest violence in Leer County, South Sudan, has resulted in the deaths of dozens … Read more
For all of the latest updates on our response in Ukraine, see our War in Ukraine page. “The severity, scale and speed of the war in Ukraine have created simply enormous needs and suffering,” says Dr Joanne Liu, an experienced paediatrician and member of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency response team who is just back from Ukraine. … Read more
On the morning of Friday 1 April, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) finalised the first transfer or patients using a medical train in Ukraine. Nine patients in serious but stable condition were transferred from a hospital in Zaporizhzhia, in the southeast of the country, to major referral hospitals in Lviv, following injuries from the war. The … Read more
The climate emergency is a threat to the future of our planet and the health and well-being of people around the world. The communities we assist are already experiencing the consequences of climate change, and we know that health and humanitarian crises will increase in scale and severity as the climate crisis accelerates. Urgent action … Read more