Lipi Upadhyay 
The Sudanese people cannot afford for the international community to delay taking concrete steps to dramatically improve humanitarian access and the protection of civilians in Sudan, said Dr. Tammam Aloudat, president of the board of Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Netherlands today, addressing a United Nations General Assembly high-level ministerial event on “The cost … Read more
27 Sept 2024, Mumbai: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders today announced the planned closure of its Mumbai-based Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) project by the end of 2024. This significant initiative has been providing comprehensive care to patients with complex cases of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) since 2006. The project, which has played a pivotal role … Read more
Juba – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all outreach activities in Yei, in Central Equatoria state, South Sudan, until further notice, following a critical security incident involving MSF staff and staff from a partner organisation on Friday, 20 September 2024. We strongly condemns this attack against health workers in an area where people already face difficulty accessing healthcare. … Read more
Major flooding in Maiduguri has seen close to 400,000 people registered in 30 makeshift displacement sites. While MSF teams have begun providing essential services at some sites, concerns are growing over disease outbreaks and an increase in malnutrition. Additional support, especially water and sanitation services and medical care, are needed to protect people affected by the flooding. … Read more
AMR remains a leading cause of death worldwide nearly a decade after UN member states agreed to make it a priority. Geneva/New York, 25 September 2024 – Ahead of the second-ever United Nations (UN) High Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance* (AMR) tomorrow, where world leaders will come together to agree on commitments to advance the … Read more
Nyala/ Amsterdam, 25 September – One of the worst maternal and child health emergencies in the world is unfolding in South Darfur, Sudan, according to a report released by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women, as well as children, are dying from preventable conditions as their health needs far exceed … Read more
Paris, 13 September – As the results of a nutrition screening carried out by the Sudanese health authorities and Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (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 … Read more
MSF is urging immediate action after screening results reveal a catastrophic malnutrition crisis across Northwest Nigeria Abuja, 9 September 2024: One out of every four children under the age of five is malnourished in the Shinkafi and Zurmi areas of Nigeria’s Zamfara state, according to a mass screening conducted in June by Médecins Sans Frontières … Read more
As the sun streaks through the small window of the sterile hospital room, warm orange lines fall on to the side of 17-year-old Karam’s face, highlighting ridges of white scars across his left cheek. As he gets up slowly into sitting position at the hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Amman, Jordan, he uses … Read more
In the early morning of 28 August, Israeli forces launched a large-scale military incursion in the cities of Tulkarm, Jenin, and Tubas in Palestine. This was the most intense incursion since 2002. A total of 39 Palestinians were killed according to the Ministry of Health. In Jenin, these nine days saw extreme destruction. A large part … Read more