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
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
Jerusalem, Palestine– As Israeli forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential aid, Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed, warns Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). A series of deadly attacks by Israeli forces have … Read more
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo- Faced with a resurgence of violent incidents affecting healthcare services in the ongoing conflict in the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) once again condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of weapons in and around healthcare facilities. … Read more
Daraya, Syria– After 14 years of war, Syria has been left with large-scale destruction, massive displacement, economic hardship and a lack of basic services, including healthcare. In response, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has started planning how best to meet people’s needs in areas where its teams were unable to work … Read more
JERUSALEM – In Gaza, Palestine, in the midst of a shattered ceasefire and more deaths, another tactic of war is playing out as Israeli authorities essentially block access to water by cutting electricity and fuel from entering Gaza, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders. As Israeli forces continue to rain down bombs … Read more
Sudan: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in three different parts of Sudan – Khartoum, North Darfur and South Darfur states – treated mass influxes of war wounded patients as the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued, with little respect shown for civilian life. On 4 February in … Read more
Khartoum, December 20, 2024 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the violent incursion by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the emergency room of Bashair Teaching Hospital in South Khartoum on 18 December. The attackers fired weapons inside the emergency ward, directly threatened medical staff, and severely disrupted lifesaving care. MSF urgently calls on RSF … Read more
KHARTOUM/BRUSSELS Approximately one in six war-wounded patients treated at the Bashair Teaching Hospital in south Khartoum since January 2024 have been under the age of 15, medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Many suffered gunshot, blast and shrapnel wounds. Doctors are also concerned about the spike in children arriving at the hospital severely … Read more
29 August 2024, Colombo : The 2nd edition of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders South Asia’s Health and Humanity Summit, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 29th August 2024 sparked a crucial dialogue on issues affecting women health, people on the move, and humanitarian space in the South Asian region. The summit brought together … Read more