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After 18 years, MSF hands over its Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) Project to the National TB Elimination Program in Mumbai

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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

MSF suspends medical activities in Yei, Central Equatoria state, following attack on staff

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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

Fears of outbreaks grow in Maiduguri following severe flooding

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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

UN Political Declaration on antimicrobial resistance essential step, but concrete action from governments now critical

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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

MSF report: Pregnant women and children dying in shocking numbers in South Darfur

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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

Sudan: Catastrophic situation in Zamzam camp, every effort must be made to finally deliver food, medicines and essential supplies to blockaded and starved communities

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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

South Sudan: ‘Fleeing danger, finding water scarcity’: sanitary emergency threatens people in Abyei Special Administrative Area

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Juba, South Sudan, 16 September 2024 – A water, sanitation and hygiene crisis is unfolding in Abyei Special Administrative Area, fueling the ongoing hepatitis E outbreak, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Poor sanitation, severe water shortages, and inadequate infrastructure are exacerbating the spread of the virus through contaminated drinking water, placing thousands at risk. In … Read more

MSF-Netherlands closes programmes in Russia after instruction to deregister

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MSF-Netherlands is instructed to deregister in the Russian Federation and consequently has to close its programmes in the country. The organisation had been working in Russia since 1992 Moscow/ Amsterdam, 16 September 2024: Thirty-two years after starting work in the Russian Federation, Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) had to close its operations in … Read more

Detention on MSF rescue ship is suspended by Italian court

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Rome, Italy – On 11 September, the Italian Civil Court of Salerno ordered the suspension of the 60-day administrative detention of the Geo Barents, the search and rescue ship operated by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The Italian authorities had imposed the detention in question on the Geo Barents on 26 August for allegedly failing … Read more

Sudan: MSF calls for quick response, unrestricted access as cholera poses latest peril

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A cholera outbreak is gripping across central and eastern Sudan bringing yet more risk, death and misery to people already bruised by the country’s brutal war. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are supporting by treating patients and providing water and sanitation services. Ongoing war, floods and now cholera In August, Sudanese authorities declared a … Read more