Doctors Without Borders

The non-renewal of the cross-border resolution by the United Nations Security Council is an inexcusable failure towards the Syrian people

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Amman/Jordan, 8 August, 2023 – The failure of the United Nations’ Security Council to renew the cross-border resolution safeguarding access to vital humanitarian aid for north-western Syria is inexcusable. People living in this area lost a vital way to receive aid in an impartial and effective manner. “The resolution expired a month ago and there … Read more

Safeguarding the mind: protecting mental well-being amidst the war in Ukraine

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The war in Ukraine has created a huge need for psychological support ranging from psychological first aid to comprehensive psychological care. People have experienced fear, trauma and isolation and are showing symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress.   MSF psychologists are responding to mental health needs of patients with psychological first aid, mental health counseling and … Read more

Malawi: “In 2001, when the counsellor said ART could prolong my life, I thought it would be two to three years but here I am, 22 years later”

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In July 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) closed the chapter on one of its longest standing projects in Malawi, launched some 25 years ago in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.  The MSF Saturday Teen Club in Chiradzulu on 7 March 2020 begins with a general presentation of the day’s activities. ©Francesco Segoni MSF first began HIV/AIDS … Read more

Kherson hospital shelled twice in 72 hours: “How many times must we see the same thing?”

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Kyiv, 4 August, 2023 – At the time of writing, the same hospital that was shelled on Tuesday in Kherson Region, Ukraine, resulting in the death of a doctor and the wounding of five medical staff, is once again under artillery fire. The fact that the first attack was widely reported and condemned appears to … Read more

“I saw many corpses on my way” – Stories from the massive influx of wounded Sudanese in eastern Chad

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By the time the current conflict in Sudan broke out in mid-April, its Darfur region had already been facing war and ethnic violence for over two decades. Today’s fighting – which first erupted in Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—has rekindled fault lines in communities throughout Darfur, … Read more

South Sudan: Communities prepare for renewed flooding ahead of rainy season

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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

Sudan: Fleeing conflict, hundreds of thousands face hardship and disease in overcrowded camps in White Nile State

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26 July, 2023 – More than 140,000 people, mostly South Sudanese women and children fleeing from Khartoum, have newly arrived in White Nile state since conflict broke out in Sudan and are now facing huge unmet needs for food, shelter, healthcare and water and sanitation in 10 camps that host around 387,000 people, according to … Read more

Cyclone Mocha: aid efforts severely hampered by new restrictions

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About 85 per cent of my camp is in ruins after Cyclone Mocha wreaked havoc here. All hut-like houses are destroyed. People who live in houses like these are in dire need of emergency aid since they have no place to stay. Daw Nu MSF Community Health Worker in Sittwe Daw Saw Nu’s house was … Read more

Transforming lives in Mozambique: surgical treatment for patients with neglected diseases in Mogovolas district

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Nampula, July 21 , 2023 – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is collaborating with the District Services of Health, Women and Social Action in Mogovolas and the Provincial Services in Nampula, Mozambique, to deliver surgical treatment for hydrocele, one of the chronic complications of the neglected tropical disease (NTD) lymphatic filariasis (commonly known as … Read more

Extreme violence in Las Anod forces MSF to close activities 

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reached the difficult decision to withdraw our services from Las Anod General Hospital, Sool region, located within the internationally-recognised borders of Somalia,* due to increased volatility and repeated security incidents which have impacted the safe delivery of medical care. Recurrent attacks on medical facilities and the level of extreme violence … Read more