It was in the middle of a cold November night when a knock sounded at the door. “My wife is giving birth. Could you take her to the hospital? We can’t go out. If we leave our home, the police will detain us. Please, as a human being, help us.” These were the words of … Read more
Juba/Lankien, South Sudan, 31 December – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has undertaken the evacuation of key staff members from its healthcare facility in Lankien town, Nyirol County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, in response to a deteriorating and volatile security situation in the area. Despite the evacuation of the essential personnel, the facility remains operational and … Read more
22 December 2025– Israel’s new registration rules for international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) risk leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza without lifesaving healthcare in 2026, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), one of the largest medical organisations operating in Gaza today. The new requirements threaten to withdraw registration from INGOs beginning 1 January. This non-registration … Read more
Addis Ababa – 15 December 2025 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has completed the first full round of R21 malaria vaccine in Ethiopia, and the first ever completed in a refugee camp globally. In Kule refugee camp, in Gambella region, home to more than 55,000 South Sudanese refugees, 2,100 children under five received their fourth and … Read more
Colombo, Sri Lanka – December 14, 2025 – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues its humanitarian response to the devastating floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah, which has affected over 1.8 million people across Sri Lanka. MSF is working closely with local partners to address urgent needs in hygiene, shelter, and healthcare. MSF … Read more
Efforts respected traditional practices to improve medical care within the territory. Instead of hospital beds, hammocks serve as resting places for patients treated at the Auaris health center in the Yanomami Indigenous Land (YIL), in the Brazilian Amazon. Anyone walking around the site – which was renovated and expanded through a partnership between Médecins Sans … Read more
My name is Rakesh*, and my journey with HIV began in early 2004. It started with small signs—loose motions, itching on my skin—but soon, my right leg began to tremble uncontrollably. It felt like the earth beneath me was shaking. I was scared and confused. When I went to AIIMS in Delhi for tests, the … Read more
After eight years of work supporting the rehabilitation of the health care system in Mosul, Iraq, MSF is concluding its project in Al-Ubor Neighbourhood. In October 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) handed over operation of the Al-Ubor Health Center in Mosul, Iraq, to Iraqi Red Crescent Society. This handover marks the amazing growth … Read more
Khaled* sits in the corner of the waiting room, with his UNHCR registration card in one hand, and a little plastic bag full of empty medication packets in the other. This is his third visit to the clinic in Daraw, receiving treatment for his chronic illness. Khaled is one of the 1.5 million Sudanese living … 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