Lipi Upadhyay 
In Northeast Kenya, an ongoing drought is raging on following three consecutive seasons of failed rains, making an already dire food insecurity situation worse. Marsabit County is now reporting high or above-usual rates of acute malnutrition. If medical and humanitarian assistance provided by the national and county governments does not improve, the crisis may continue to September … Read more
Conditions are deteriorating for migrants arriving at reception centres in the province of Darién, Panama. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides medical and mental healthcare at the San Vicente Migrant Reception Centre, where approximately 300 migrants arrive each day, and we have witnessed huge gaps in protection and basic emergency services at the centre. Safe routes must be established … Read more
Her name was Tahera*. She had been brought to the MSF-supported Herat Regional Hospital the day before by her parents; with a red, blotchy rash spreading down her little body. After being assessed by our medical team she was admitted to our measles intensive care unit where we already had close to 50 patients although, … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, May 11, 2022—Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is alarmed by the latest wave of violence in Port-au-Prince as its staff have received more than 96 people with gunshot wounds in its medical facilities since April 24. From April 24 to May 7, clashes between armed groups in the northern part of the capital have … Read more
New Delhi, India – The Government of India’s latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-V) data reflects a dismal state in the practice of seeking medical care post gender-based violence, including sexual violence, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF). Current estimates reflect that healthcare-seeking behavior (HSB) among survivors is still near zero. The new survey data, … Read more
Geneva, 3rd May, 2022 – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are pleased that, having shared the results of TB PRACTECAL, our clinical trial that found a new, safer and more effective six-month oral treatment regimen for multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), the World Health Organization (WHO) have announced it will update global guidance on treatment. Following the results of … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is assisting the Bangladesh Ministry of Health’s Routine EPI program in Kamrangirchar where we administer vaccinations to children on a regular basis. We provide BCG, Penta, and MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) vaccinations as part of this program. We have five vaccines in Penta, and three vaccines in total in … Read more
Each year thousands of Palestinians suffer from conflict-related violence. In 2021 alone, Israeli forces and settlers injured more than 18,300 people across Palestine. To improve the capacity of Palestinians to respond to people’s medical needs, teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have trained community volunteers in first aid, trained hospital staff in dealing with mass … Read more
In regions where few people have received COVID-19 vaccines, health systems remain vulnerable to surges in SARS-CoV-2 infections. During the second wave of COVID-19 in India, healthcare facilities and staff across the country struggled to cope with the surge in the number of cases of COVID-19 due to a shortage of hospital beds for people … Read more
It is a rainy morning in the Al-Nahwaran d a group of women are lining the neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq’s second-biggest city, and in front of a small medical facility. The stormy weather has not stopped them from coming. The bellies of some of the women speak for the reason of their visit. Mariam, a … Read more