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TB Day 2025 by MSF in Mumbai: Reimagining drug-Resistant TB care through equity, innovation, and community leadership

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12 May 2025, Mumbai: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders South Asia convened the 4th edition of its Tuberculosis (TB) Day on May 12, 2025, in Mumbai, India, bringing together over 200 medical experts, TB survivors, policymakers, researchers, and civil society leaders from across South Asia. This year’s gathering comes at a pivotal moment as … Read more

South Sudan: Attacks on healthcare have deep consequences

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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

Haiti: MSF trauma hospital in Port-au-Prince nears its limits

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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

MSF strongly condemns the deliberate bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei State

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Jonglei State, South Sudan (May 3, 2025) – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the deliberate bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan. The attack began at around 4:30am when two helicopter gunships first dropped a bomb on the MSF pharmacy, burning it to the ground, then went on to fire on the … Read more

USA: The first 100 days of a growing global health and humanitarian emergency

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New York, April 24, 2025—Three months since the Trump administration first suspended all international assistance pending review, the US has terminated much of its funding for global health and humanitarian programs, dismantled the federal government architecture for oversight of these activities, and fired many of the key staff responsible for implementation. Patients around the world … Read more

South Sudan: how to reach more children in humanitarian settings with lifesaving vaccination

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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

DRC: Second staff member shot dead in Masisi, violence against civilians and aid workers must stop

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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

France: MSF reorients its activities to better protect unaccompanied girls

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Paris, France– Since July 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reoriented its day centre for unaccompanied minors in Pantin, northeastern Paris, towards a programme exclusively dedicated to young girls. These teenage girls, who have filed appeals for recognition as minors, have been left without institutional protection despite their young age and extreme vulnerability. “This change … Read more

Ukraine: surgical care for patients in Ukraine

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Donetsk, Ukraine– It is quiet in the hospital. The corridors are poorly lit despite the bright sunny morning. At night, Russian military drones were flying over the city, the resulting sound of explosions made it hard for patients to sleep, so now they are napping in their rooms. Volodymyr is waiting for his second surgery. … Read more

Sudan: Desperate situation for Zamzam displaced people

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North Darfur, Sudan– Following the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) large-scale ground offensive on Zamzam camp that started on 11 April, hundreds of thousands of people have joined the communities already besieged and deprived of lifesaving aid in El Fasher, the neighbouring capital city of North Darfur. 25,000 more reached Tawila further west, where overwhelmed MSF … Read more