Access to clean water is a major challenge for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people who have been surviving for months in makeshift camps located on the outskirts of Goma. Due to the contagion of waterborne diseases such as cholera, extremely poor hygienic conditions, and higher risk of exposure to violence when getting supplies … Read more
Without visas being urgently granted by the Sudanese authorities, MSF may soon be forced to withdraw its support to the Turkish Hospital in Khartoum. Visa applications for emergency staff – including surgeons, nurses, and other specialists – have been pending for more than eight weeks. The visas of many of the staff currently running the … Read more
By Juan Matías Gil, MSF Search and Rescue Representative “These kinds of tragedies are happening daily in the Mediterranean and at the European borders, right in front of everyone’s eyes. More and more people have been taking the sea to find refuge over the last few days and weeks, and several deadly shipwrecks have occurred, particularly along … Read more
MSF provides clean water to Aby Aday IDP camp in Sheraro, Tigray. MSF re-started activities in Tigray in November 2022. Water and sanitation activities are a key priority to prevent the spreading of water borne diseases. In Sheraro, MSF team are trucking up to 1.4 million litres of water to serve six IDP camps every … Read more
Ventimiglia, 4th August, 2023 – Systematically pushed back at the border by French police – often with violence, inhumane treatment as well as arbitrary detention – and left without adequate shelter and with limited access to healthcare in Italy. In its new report Denied Passage – The continuous struggle of people on the move pushed-back … Read more
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
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
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
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
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