USA: The first 100 days of a growing global health and humanitarian emergency

New York, April 24, 2025—Three months since the Trump administration first suspended all international assistance pending review, the US has terminated much of its funding for global health and humanitarian programs, dismantled the federal government architecture for oversight of these activities, and fired many of the key staff responsible for implementation. Patients around the world … Read more

South Sudan: how to reach more children in humanitarian settings with lifesaving vaccination

During this World Immunisation Week, MSF shares recommendations for how Gavi – which is developing its new five-year strategy amidst looming funding cuts – can strengthen collaboration between governments and humanitarian organisations to ensure that more children up until the age of at least five, especially those living in fragile and humanitarian settings, get their … Read more

DRC: Second staff member shot dead in Masisi, violence against civilians and aid workers must stop

Goma, 24 April 2025 – On the evening of 18 April, a health worker from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was shot dead in his home in Masisi town, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province, by a gunman in military uniform. A nurse at Masisi general referral … Read more

Sudan: Desperate situation for Zamzam displaced people

North Darfur, Sudan– Following the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) large-scale ground offensive on Zamzam camp that started on 11 April, hundreds of thousands of people have joined the communities already besieged and deprived of lifesaving aid in El Fasher, the neighbouring capital city of North Darfur. 25,000 more reached Tawila further west, where overwhelmed MSF … Read more

South Sudan: MSF outraged by armed looting and forced closure of lifesaving hospital in Ulang, Upper Nile State

Ulang, South Sudan– Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the armed looting of its hospital and premises in Ulang, Upper Nile State. On the morning of 14 April, dozens of armed men stormed the MSF hospital and office in Ulang town, threatened staff, and looted vital medical supplies and equipment. As a result, … Read more

Palestine: Gaza has become a “mass grave” for Palestinians and those helping them

Jerusalem, Palestine– As Israeli forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential aid, Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed, warns Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). A series of deadly attacks by Israeli forces have … Read more

DRC: MSF condemns the shooting that left one person dead in the Kyeshero hospital

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo- Faced with a resurgence of violent incidents affecting healthcare services in the ongoing conflict in the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) once again condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of weapons in and around healthcare facilities. … Read more

Sudan’s two years of war

Sudan– The war in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) enters its third year and people remain unseen, bombed, besieged, displaced and deprived of food, medical care and basic lifesaving services. 60 percent of the country’s 50 million people need humanitarian assistance, according to the UN, and people … Read more

Haiti: MSF withdraws from two medical facilities in Port-au-Prince as widespread violence intensifies

Port-au-Prince, 8 April, 2025 – Following the targeted attack on 15 March against a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) convoy travelling between its Turgeau emergency centre and its Carrefour Trauma Hospital, and in view of the deteriorating security situation in downtown Port-au-Prince, the organisation has taken the difficult decision to withdraw from these two structures for … Read more

Tanzania: MSF welcomes the announcement of the end of the Marburg epidemic in Kagera

Kagera, Tanzania– On Thursday, March 13, 2025, Tanzania officially declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak after 42 consecutive days without new cases, following the death of the last confirmed patient on January 28, 2025. The outbreak resulted in two confirmed cases and eight probable cases, all of whom died. This marked … Read more