Addis Ababa – 15 December 2025 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has completed the first full round of R21 malaria vaccine in Ethiopia, and the first ever completed in a refugee camp globally. In Kule refugee camp, in Gambella region, home to more than 55,000 South Sudanese refugees, 2,100 children under five received their fourth and … Read more
Faced with the urgent needs of people who have been displaced by the latest escalation in fighting in Fizi territory, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as well as the departure of several humanitarian organisations after cuts to international humanitarian funding and health services, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started two joint emergency responses … Read more
MSF Warns: Pending Global Fund Replenishment Crisis Threatens Decades of Progress Against HIV, TB, and Malaria. Investments Must Be Sustained to Prevent Catastrophic Cuts and Soaring Patient Costs November 17th, 2025: Ahead of the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for world leaders to fully fund the … Read more
Since mid-September, MSF emergency team has been in Turkana responding to a surge in malaria cases in Turkwell, Naipa and Kotaruk areas. Many people in these communities face challenges getting medical care in time. This is why community agency through community heath promoters is critical in taking malaria treatment closer to people through the test … Read more
In Burundi, malaria has been the leading cause of hospitalisation and death among young children for years. To reduce the risks and consequences of this life-threatening disease, MSF has introduced an innovative ‘triple protection’ approach in one of the country’s most affected regions. Malaria is a major public health issue in Burundi. In this country … Read more
Since the start of the year, tens of thousands of people have fled ongoing instability in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), seeking refuge in neighbouring Burundi. In the south-east of the country, more than 17,000 refugees are currently living in Musenyi camp. Poor living conditions and limited access to healthcare have contributed … Read more
Raging floods have hit Kenya, killing nearly 200 people and displacing tens of thousands in Nairobi and other parts of the country, as heavy rainfall continues to batter the country since March. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Kenya started supporting those affected by the floods. With ongoing heavy rainfall across Kenya and the region, … Read more
Madagascar is one of the countries most affected by malaria. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the reported number of malaria cases in 2023 exceeded the national epidemic threshold: 2.8 million cases and 400 deaths were recorded, compared to 1.7 million in 2022. In Ikongo district, where Médecins Sans Frontières is providing health and … 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
The vast area of the Amazon Basin has always presented a challenge when it comes to providing healthcare to the Indigenous people who live there. But in recent years, the complexity has increased, as an absence of measures to protect some communities, combined with cuts to health budgets for Indigenous people, have created real threats … Read more