Since mid-September, MSF emergency team has been in Turkana responding to a surge in malaria cases in Turkwell, Naipa and Kotaruk areas. Many people in these communities face challenges getting medical care in time. This is why community agency through community heath promoters is critical in taking malaria treatment closer to people through the test … Read more
Yei, South Sudan – 6 November 2025 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to resume activities in South Sudan’s Yei County, Central Equatoria State, following a suspension of over three months. Due to ongoing concerns over the volatile security situation along key roads including Yei-Morobo, Yei-Lasu, and Yei-Maridi, MSF will limit its physical presence … Read more
When Faisa Idow went into labour with her first child, she sensed something was terribly wrong. The 23-year-old from a rural village in Somalia’s Bay region endured several agonising days of obstructed labour before being taken to a nearby town for an emergency caesarean section. After the delivery, Faisa noticed an unusual injury that caused … Read more
Herat, Afghanistan, 7 November 2025- Since 5 November, local restrictions have been implemented in Herat province requiring female patients, caretakers, and staff to wear a burqa to enter public health facilities, including at Herat hospital. This sudden enforcement adds limitations to their participation in everyday life and puts additional barriers that affect women’s ability to … Read more
6 November 2025, Amsterdam/ Al-Hasakah- People in northeast Syria continue to struggle with access to healthcare, water, and food, according to an assessment conducted earlier this year in Al-Hasakah governorate by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF staff spoke with more than 150 families from both local communities and internally displaced persons. MSF’s assessment in June … Read more
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 3 November 2025- At the end of October, after seven years of activity, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ended its medical activities in Salamabila, in Maniema province. MSF has provided care for thousands of survivors of sexual violence, malaria and malnutrition, and significantly reduced mortality rates linked to … Read more
Bulape/Kinshasa, 29 October 2025 – After several weeks of collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and local authorities, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams handed over all activities at the Bulape Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) last Friday. The last confirmed case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) was recorded on 26 September, and … Read more
Paris, 31 October 2025 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the horrendous mass atrocities and killings, both indiscriminate and ethnically-targeted, that have culminated this week in and around El Fasher. We reiterate our fear that large numbers of people remain in grave danger and are being prevented by the Rapid Support Forces and its allies from reaching safer … Read more
MSF announced that it had recently received a letter from the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordering it to leave the country by November 9. On March 27, 2025, MSF was instructed to suspend its activities in Libya following the closure of its premises by the Libyan Internal Security Agency (ISA) and the interrogation of … Read more
After 15 months of providing medical and humanitarian assistance, in support of local actors, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will conclude its medical operations in the Dodecanese islands by 31 October 2025. Since August 2024, MSF teams have provided essential primary healthcare and mental health support to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers – including families, survivors of violence, … Read more