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Palestine: MSF’s vital humanitarian activities in Gaza at risk from Israeli registration rules

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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

Somalia: Measles outbreak in Baidoa

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Flash quote by Dr Pitchou Kayembe, MSF Head Of Program in Somalia “In MSF-supported Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa, children are still arriving critically ill with measles and the death toll is continuing to rise from a preventable disease. Our teams are witnessing the same tragedy every day in the measles isolation unit: children coming … Read more

UNSC Briefing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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December 2025 Mr. President, Allow me to begin with a truth this Council must acknowledge: Despite the appearance of political momentum in recent months, and despite the signing of peace agreements, MSF teams continue to witness staggering levels of violence, displacement, and deprivation in the Kivus and Ituri. Our patients describe fleeing bombed villages, and … Read more

Afghanistan: MSF responds to the Kunar earthquake

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“It was between ten to 12 o’clock when my uncle’s wife went to bed. I told her not to lock the door of the house, my senses saying an earthquake might happen. I was sitting on my bed later when there was a boom. I jumped up to grab my two small children and then … Read more

MSF responds to WHO’s Global TB Report 2025: Governments and donors must close the deadly gap in diagnosing and treating TB in children

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Geneva, 12 Nov 2025 – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 released today shows that 1.2 million children and young adolescents (aged less than 15 years) fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2024. Children continue to be disproportionately affected by TB, with an estimated 174,300 deaths amongst children in 2024, accounting for … Read more

Gaza: One month of fragile ceasefire

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One month into a fragile ceasefire that has taken effect in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians continue to face tremendous hardship, says Caroline Seguin, MSF Emergency Coordinator in Gaza. “One month into this fragile ceasefire, the situation in Gaza remains desperate. Palestinians are still being killed and injured by Israeli forces almost every day in the … Read more

Flash quote from Helen Ottens-Patterson, MSF’s Head of Mission in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

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“On August 23, heavy gunfire broke out while people, including children, were gathered around one of MSF’s water-trucking distribution points in Khan Younis. In the chaos of the moment, it was not clear where these intense and consecutive bursts of gunshots were fired from. A young girl waiting for water at the truck was shot … Read more

Gaza: Double strike on Nasser hospital

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Jerome Grimaud, MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza “We denounce in the strongest possible terms Israel’s horrendous attacks on the Nasser medical complex today – the only partially functioning public hospital in the south of Gaza. Israeli forces killed at least 20 people and injured 50 more in consecutive strikes, including healthcare workers, rescuers and journalists. … Read more

Gaza: Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens

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Over 100 organizations call for an end to Israel’s weaponization of aid 14 August 2025– Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since 2 March. Instead of clearing the growing backlog of … 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