When Fatima Abdi Ali, 32, experienced life‑threatening complications in her seventh pregnancy, she and her husband travelled more than 125 kilometres, crossing from Ethiopia to reach Mudug Regional Hospital in Galkayo North. It was the nearest facility equipped for such an emergency. On arrival, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams performed an urgent caesarean … Read more
Weather conditions and road interruptions have hindered the delivery of medical and humanitarian supplies, limiting the population’s access to basic health services. Following the severe impact caused by the floods in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has deployed two teams since Monday, October 13: one in the municipality of Huehuetla, and … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is sounding the alarm on the intensifying cholera epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the past nine months, more than 58,000 suspected cases have already been recorded, according to data from the Ministry of health. The epidemic is among the worst seen in the last ten years, … Read more
Brussels, 20 October 2025 – Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) is deeply disappointed that Dr Mohammed Obeid, a respected orthopaedic surgeon, and long-time MSF colleague, remains detained and was not released as part of the recent ceasefire agreement. We call for his immediate and unconditional release. Dr Obeid was arrested on 26 October 2024 … Read more
On 30 September, a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck central Philippines, claiming at least 76 lives and injuring hundreds more. Cebu province was hardest hit, with Bogo City—closest to the epicentre—bearing the brunt of the devastation. A Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres team arrived in Bogo on October 1 and immediately began assessments. … Read more
A country that rarely makes global headlines, Eswatini faces an urgent but often unseen ongoing challenge. In a context where there are unmet medical needs in areas such as sexual and reproductive health, sexual violence care and the burden of diseases like HIV, the country was recently placed second in the global suicide rankings by … Read more
A new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shows that agreements made by the European Union with third countries to limit the arrival of refugees and migrants have made routes longer and more dangerous, leading to the deaths of thousands of people. In September 2015, the photo of a three-year-old boy, Alan Kurdi, … Read more
Umm Salam* sits on the ground outside her family’s home in Sadr City, a crowded district of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. She holds her granddaughter, Zainab*, close, wrapped in her abaya, recalling the young girl’s recovery from tuberculosis (TB). As part of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) programme to detect TB early in children, through a … Read more
South Sudan faces a profound but often invisible mental health crisis. Decades of conflict, displacement, and poverty have left deep psychological scars. Yet, with only a handful of trained professionals and virtually no specialized facilities, individuals in crisis are often stigmatized, neglected, or treated as criminals. 33-year-old Samat Nyuk’s experience reflects the reality faced by … Read more
Pemba, 17 October 2025 – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has scaled up activities in Mueda town and district following yet another wave of displacement after repeated violent incursions of a non-state armed group in Mocímboa da Praia and other areas of northern Mozambique. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), more than … Read more