Khartoum, Sudan– Exactly two years after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) first worked in south Khartoum’s Bashair Teaching Hospital, the team is again scaling up activities to help meet immense medical needs in partnership with the Ministry of Health. MSF suspended activities at the hospital in January 2025 after repeated violent incidents. MSF’s initial focus will … Read more
Ulang, South Sudan- Every attack on healthcare is unacceptable and has consequences. When two MSF boats were fired on as they crossed a river in South Sudan in January this year, we had to make a difficult decision to suspend our outreach activities due to safety concerns. Just three months later, MSF’s hospital in Ulang … Read more
Port-au-Prince, May 5, 2025 – Port-au-Prince is undergoing an extremely high level of violence as armed groups are coordinating attacks on several areas of the city that were previously beyond their control. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is warning that its Tabarre trauma hospital – one of the last in the capital – could reach the … Read more
During this World Immunisation Week, MSF shares recommendations for how Gavi – which is developing its new five-year strategy amidst looming funding cuts – can strengthen collaboration between governments and humanitarian organisations to ensure that more children up until the age of at least five, especially those living in fragile and humanitarian settings, get their … Read more
Goma, 24 April 2025 – On the evening of 18 April, a health worker from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was shot dead in his home in Masisi town, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province, by a gunman in military uniform. A nurse at Masisi general referral … Read more
Pakistan– Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) once again expresses deep concern for approximately 900,000 Afghan Citizen Card holders facing deportation from Pakistan. Vulnerable groups, including women, children, and those with disabilities, are disproportionately impacted by such deportations. Women and girls face especially heightened risks due to restrictive policies which limit their access to education, employment, and public … Read more
USA– On February 26th, the US government issued around 5,200 termination letters to programmes worldwide funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and 4,100 funded by the Department of State and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). These programmes were ordered to shut down operations immediately and permanently. Many provided essential … Read more
NEW YORK, March 13, 2025—Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), briefed the United Nations Security Council today on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by war in Sudan, calling for an end to violence against civilians and a new commitment to deliver lifesaving aid. Madam President, excellencies, colleagues, Two years of unrelenting … Read more
JERUSALEM – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the Israeli-imposed siege on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, which is depriving people of basic services and critical supplies, including access to water by cutting electricity supply on 9 March. Israeli authorities have instrumentalised humanitarian needs by using it as a bargaining chip, such as cutting the electricity … Read more
It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news of the passing of our colleague, Jerry Muhindo Kavali, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He died today from the gunshot wound he suffered while at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) base in Masisi town, North Kivu, during clashes between the VDP/Wazalendo and the M23/AFC … Read more