Lipi Upadhyay 
January 22, 2025, New Delhi: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders, in partnership with the National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), hosted a panel discussion today to mark the culmination of 25 years of continuous medical efforts to battle tuberculosis (TB) in Mumbai. The event, held at Fire, The Park, … Read more
The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it arrives more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late. While this temporary cessation of fighting and bombing must be both respected and long-term, this is only the beginning in addressing the immense humanitarian, psychological, and medical needs in Gaza. Israel must immediately end … Read more
Upper Nile, South Sudan – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the armed attack on two of its clearly marked boats on the afternoon of Wednesday, 15 January 2025 in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. The boats carrying six MSF staff members were sailing on the river back to Ulang after delivering essential medical supplies … Read more
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Haiti’s capital urgently need vital services such as safe shelters, mental health support and medical care, as rapes and other assaults have become widespread during violence and insecurity in the city in recent years. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided comprehensive medical and psychological care to sexual and … Read more
On January 10, an 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 standing in the area despite … Read more
Khartoum/Brussels Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (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 … Read more
Babies in incubators and other patients in need of urgent care are at risk of dying as Israel continues to block sufficient fuel and other critical supplies from entering Gaza. In Gaza, Nasser Hospital, Al-Aqsa Hospital, and European Gaza Hospital are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening … Read more
Khartoum, December 20, 2024 – 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 18 December. The attackers fired weapons inside the emergency ward, directly threatened medical staff, and severely disrupted lifesaving care. MSF urgently calls on RSF … Read more
Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza. PARIS/BRUSSELS/BARCELONA/JERUSALEM, December 19, 2024—Repeated Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians over the last 14 months, the dismantling of the health care system and other essential infrastructure, the suffocating siege, and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance are destroying the conditions of … Read more
