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DRC: Close to 2,500 treated in MSF emergency intervention in South Kivu, as conflict leaves health system on brink of collapse

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Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) launched a two-month emergency intervention in Katana and Kalehe in May after prolonged conflict had brought the health system to the brink of collapse. Free, life-saving care was provided to more than 2,480 people and the donation of significant quantities of medical supplies meant that health facilities in these … Read more

Chad: An Innovative Campaign to Better Protect Children Against Malaria

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Moïssala, Chad– In Moïssala, in the Mandoul region in the south of the country, the Chadian health authorities and Médecins Sans Frontières teams are conducting an innovative malaria prevention campaign this year. The R21/Matrix-M™ malaria vaccine has now been added to the seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme that is conducted each year. The aim is … Read more

MSF report: Dehumanizing migration policies in the Americas leave hundreds of thousands of people abandoned in danger

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MSF calls on governments in the region to shift away from harsh deterrence tactics and towards humane migration and protection policy. Mexico City, 12 August 2025—In its first six months in office, the current US Administration has implemented the most restrictive and dehumanizing migration policy seen in years, abandoning hundreds of thousands of people hoping … Read more

South Sudan: In a shift towards sustainable healthcare in Unity State, MSF moves medical services to state-owned hospital after 10 years of care

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Upon entering through the UN compound gate in the Bentiu internally displaced persons camp in Unity State, a red structure comes into view. Next to it stands a pole with a white MSF flag and, on either side, concrete bags filled with sand. Behind this simple façade lies a hospital where thousands of babies were … Read more

Kenya: MSF Responds to Mpox outbreak in Mombasa

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August 11, 2025, Mombasa– Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is supporting the Mombasa County Department of Health in thetreatment of patients of the Mpox disease at the Utange Field Hospital Isolation Centre in Mombasa. Since July 2024, Kenya has reported 336 Mpox cases in 24 counties, and Mombasa leads with 152 cases. MSF team … Read more

Somalia: Funding gaps and barriers to access undermine healthcare for women and children

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When Aisha* began haemorrhaging, experiencing heavy, potentially life-threatening bleeding, just ten days after giving birth to twins at home in Diinsoor district, her family feared the worst. The hospital where she had safely delivered her previous children was no longer operational. With limited healthcare available in their community, her husband urgently borrowed money and drove … Read more

MSF report: GHF-run food distributions in Gaza are sites of “orchestrated killing and dehumanisation” that must be shutdown

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Jerusalem, 7th August 2025 – An analysis of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical data, patients’ testimonies, and first-hand medical witnessing at two MSF clinics in Gaza, Palestine, point to both targeted and indiscriminate violence by Israeli forces and private American contractors against starved Palestinians at food distribution sites run by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation … Read more

Ongoing xenophobic action puts at risk the lives of several non-South African patients

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Johannesburg, South Africa- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is deeply concerned by the persistent and systematic physical blocking of non-South Africans from accessing healthcare, including pregnant women, people living with HIV, chronic patients and children – particularly in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. We call for immediate action by the National Department of Health (NDoH) and relevant Provincial … Read more

Myanmar: Restoring sustainable access to essential lifelines after the earthquake

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Yangon, Myanmar: 6 August 2025– After three months of effort to support the communities affected by the devastating earthquake in central Myanmar, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has concluded the emergency phase of its response in the most affected areas – Mandalay, Sagaing and Southern Shan regions, particularly in Inle Lake. The distribution of relief kits … Read more

DRC: Fleeing conflict, facing crisis: South Sudanese refugees amass in Ituri

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With violence intensifying in South Sudan, more than 33,000 refugees have fled to northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In May, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) launched an emergency intervention to provide lifesaving medical care to a community facing crisis. “We saw people shooting guns. Then we saw planes shooting people from the sky. … Read more