Gaza: Acute malnutrition reaches all-time high in two MSF facilities

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are witnessing a sharp and unprecedented rise in acute malnutrition among people in Gaza, Palestine. In Al-Mawasi clinic, in southern Gaza, and in the MSF Gaza City clinic in the north, we are seeing the highest number of malnutrition cases ever recorded by our teams in the Gaza Strip. A … Read more

Chad: Water crisis intensifies amid soaring temperatures and shrinking funds

Faced with deepening gaps in international aid and rising needs, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is increasingly stepping in to provide life-saving water and sanitation services for hundreds of thousands of refugees and local residents across eastern Chad. With particularly high temperatures in recent months, the daily search for clean water has become a relentless struggle … Read more

Pakistan: Afghan refugees fear seeking medical care

Balochistan, Pakistan- “Since the deportations were announced, we live in constant anxiety,” says an Afghan refugee and father of two girls, while he visits a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in Balochistan, Pakistan. He describes how Afghan refugee communities are gripped by fear. “We avoid going out due to fear of arrest. Families are afraid to … Read more

Gaza: MSF calls for sustained ceasefire, end of siege, and urgent access to aid

Palestinians will continue to suffer and die unless humanitarian actors are allowed to freely provide aid. Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on all parties for a sustained ceasefire and for Israel to fully lift its siege on Gaza, abandon … Read more

Sudan: Ongoing mass atrocities against civilians in and around El Fasher, North Darfur

Paris, 3 July 2025 – Mass atrocities are underway in Sudan’s North Darfur region, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned in a report today, urging the warring parties to halt indiscriminate and ethnically targeted violence and facilitate an immediate large-scale humanitarian response. MSF is extremely concerned about the threats of a full-blown assault on the hundreds of thousands … Read more

Afghanistan: Hospitals struggle with surging pediatric patient numbers

The sound of crying and beeping medical devices fills the small room. Nurses rush from bed to bed, checking vital signs. Mothers push oxygen masks onto the faces of their children. The emergency room doctor bursts through the swinging doors of the paediatric emergency room (ER) in Boost hospital in Helmand. I have 17 patients … Read more

How providing healthcare in challenging circumstances changed Dr Peningry’s perspective

In Manipur, Dr Peningry Warngam Tongsin works as a Medical Doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), providing treatment for HIV, tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis C, and co-infections. Working with MSF has transformed her understanding of healthcare delivery in remote regions with limited access to medical services. A Journey Inspired by Compassion Dr Peningry’s path … 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

Sudanese refugees in Chad: safe from bombs, but struggling to survive

In Tine and Oure Cassoni camps in eastern Chad, close to the border with Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is increasing its support for recently arrived Sudanese refugees. In these overcrowded camps, people face harsh conditions and limited access to food, shelter, water, and healthcare. The current humanitarian response is grossly insufficient, and greater support from … Read more