Surviving sexual violence in Eastern DRC: For Congolese women in Goma, nowhere is safe

Every week, hundreds of survivors of sexual violence seek care at health centres supported by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In 2024 alone, nearly 40,000 women were treated by MSF teams in North Kivu province — a record high. Since January 2025, when M23/Alliance Fleuve Congo … Read more

Kyiv is under bombardment: rising strikes threaten lives and essential medical care

Kyiv, Ukraine- A terrifying and tragic night in Kyiv, Ukraine — a city of over 3 million people, including families displaced from frontline regions and occupied territories. It is also home to MSF teams and two of our coordination offices supporting activities across the country. Damaged residential buildings and cars. ©️ MSF Early this morning, … Read more

Mozambique: Rise of violence is increasingly compromising access to healthcare in Cabo Delgado

Pemba, 16 July 2025– As Cabo Delgado experiences an alarming rise in violence, access to healthcare for communities in vulnerable circumstances is being severely compromised. Nearly eight years of conflict in northern Mozambique has already take a huge toll on people living in the province, where more than 400,000 people are displaced. Fighting and insecurity … Read more

Gaza: Five months of displacement and growing humanitarian needs in the West Bank

1 July, Jerusalem – More than 40,000 people in the northern West Bank remain forcibly displaced, cut off from their homes and left with very limited access to basic services and healthcare five months after the launch of the Israeli military operation ‘Iron Wall’. This large-scale military campaign has seen Israeli forces raid and violently empty well-established … Read more

National Doctor’s Day: Bringing hope to advanced HIV patients in Patna

Patna, India- Every day in the Garima ki Kiran, advance HIV clinic at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Patna, Dr Rajesh Durairaj witnesses both struggle and triumph. As we mark National Doctors ‘ Day, his story offers a window into the critical work Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides for some of Bihar’s most … Read more

Afghanistan: Meet the technicians supporting patients at Kunduz Trauma Centre

Kunduz Province, Afghanistan- Shir Mohammad starts listing all the medical and non-medical devices that he and his team of technicians have built from scratch for the Kunduz Trauma Centre in northern Afghanistan. These include crutches, walkers, and even a stretcher that reduces the noise and vibration for patients when they’re being transported through the hospital. … Read more

Israeli authorities further tighten their grip on the West Bank amid escalation with Iran

23 June, Jerusalem – As international focus shifts to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, Israeli forces have ramped up their activities in the West Bank. Increased military operations in Jenin, Nablus, and Tulkarem governorates, along with additional troop deployments, have led to heightened restrictions on Palestinians. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) warns that these … Read more

South Sudan: “If we had a closer hospital, maybe my children would be alive today”

Ulang County, South Sudan- People in remote areas of Upper Nile State in South Sudan are suffering from a lack of access to health care, since attacks on medical boats and armed looting in medical facilities since the beginning of the year have forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to close its hospital and end its … Read more

EU governments’ hypocrisy fuelling suffering in Gaza

Brussels – 16 June 2025 – The hypocrisy and inaction of the European Union and its Member States have allowed Israel to freely continue its massacre of Palestinians in Gaza with total impunity, said Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in a press conference in Brussels today. MSF calls for impartial needs-based aid to be … Read more

Open letter to the heads of states of the European Union and the presidents of the EU institutions

Dear President of the European Commission, Dear President of the European Council, Dear President of the European Parliament, Dear European leaders, The war in Gaza has been allowed to become one of the most egregious, deadly and ruthless wars waged on a people. Gaza’s homes, hospitals, markets, water networks, roads, and power grids have all … Read more