At COP 30, MSF calls for concrete actions to address the health impacts of climate change on populations in situations of vulnerability The impact of the climate crisis is felt most acutely by populations in situations of vulnerability, whose voices should be heard during the upcoming UN conference in Brazil While the health impacts of … Read more
Every climate action counts: The ripple effect of each failure on health systems in humanitarian settings Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) works with vulnerable and marginalised communities who are disproportionately affected by climate change despite being the least responsible for the emissions that are generating the climate crisis. In response, our teams … Read more
Climate change is having devastating consequences for human health. A new report from MSF’s Humanitarian Action for Climate and Environment (HACE) Initiative and Heidelberg University Institute of Global Health describes how MSF humanitarian workers, patients and communities are experiencing and responding to a rapidly changing environment. Drawing on interviews with 49 humanitarian staff in 30 … Read more
MSF Operational Center of Brussels (OCB), one of the six MSF headquarters that deploy and manage humanitarian operations worldwide, has published a roadmap to reduce its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and lower its environmental footprint. OCB environmental roadmap outlines tangible solutions to reduce the negative environmental impact of its operations whilst maintaining and … Read more
Professionals face logistic challenges in order to reach population affected by severe floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The situation is catastrophic. When we arrived and traveled through the region by helicopter, we were able to view the towns from above and noticed that in some cases we couldn’t even see the … Read more
In a parched landscape, an MSF tractor roars as it approaches a small village in Dentiuk, in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state. It is towing a trailer to which a creaking wooden canoe is strapped. “Are you sure we are in the right place?” asks the driver. It might not look like it, but when … Read more
Cholera outbreaks are occurring with increasing frequency, and lasting for longer, across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. Tetiana Gaviuk, communications manager of the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) questions in this piece why the death toll from this preventable disease is rising. Cholera is an acute bacterial infection caused by ingesting food … Read more
Kiribati is one of the most remote and geographically dispersed countries in the world. It is also one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of the climate crisis. The country faces has described as a triple threat to health: communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and the health impacts of climate change. Climate and … Read more
A small makeshift raft made from plastic sheeting and filled with dry grass is drifting along the Nile River’s current, on it sits an entire family of eight – the youngest just a baby. Where they will end up is hopefully not as bad as what they have left behind. On this small raft is … Read more
Geneva (MSF/ICRC) – Climate change is not a distant threat. It is already dramatically affecting vulnerable people across the globe. In particular, the changing climate is having devastating consequences for people living in conflict situations and those who don’t have access to basic health care. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the International Committee of … Read more