Zalingei, December 19, 2025 – Measles cases are rising rapidly across Central, South and West Darfur, in the absence of an urgent and effective vaccination campaign. More than 1,300 cases have been recorded since September 2025 in health facilities supported by MSF despite MSF repeatedly advocating for vaccination campaigns and the resumption of routine immunisation … Read more
Flash quote by Dr Pitchou Kayembe, MSF Head Of Program in Somalia “In MSF-supported Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa, children are still arriving critically ill with measles and the death toll is continuing to rise from a preventable disease. Our teams are witnessing the same tragedy every day in the measles isolation unit: children coming … Read more
Kabul, 12 March 2025 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Afghanistan have reported a surge in measles patients at three MSF-supported hospitals since January. While measles is endemic in Afghanistan, such a high number of cases so early in the year is cause for alarm. At least one child in Afghanistan has died from … Read more
MSF is responding to a new measles outbreak in DR Congo, where ensuring complete vaccination in remote equatorial forests is a formidable logistical challenge. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) teams in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are responding to a new measles outbreak in the Ingende health zone in Equateur province by treating and vaccinating children, achieving a vaccination rate of … Read more
Ten-month-old Bilal lies in bed at Mazar-i-Sharif regional hospital, in Afghanistan’s Balkh province, where he is being treated for measles and pneumonia, watched over by his mother Zakia. When Bilal fell ill with a fever, Zakia took him to one privately-run clinic after another, but his condition got worse. “In the beginning, he had a … Read more
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
This vaccination campaign against measles and other diseases is part of the emergency response launched by the medical organization in the town of Birao, in northern Central African Republic, where refugees from Sudan have been relocated. A Sudanese girl is vaccinated during an MSF vaccination campaign against measles and other diseases at Korsi refugee camp … Read more
As Somalia faces a severe drought and ongoing conflict, children of all ages have become increasingly vulnerable to contracting – and dying from – measles. Although the disease is entirely preventable, measles outbreaks of varying severity have become widespread across the country. MSF epidemiologist Douglas Lau explains how we can curb the endemic disease. What … Read more
In South Sudan, a fierce battle is being fought against measles. This insidious disease has taken hold across the country and now threatens the lives of the youngest and most vulnerable. MSF clinical officer Douth Chuol Khor examines 5-month-old Makuach who is under treatment at the measles isolation centre run by MSF in Lankien, Nyirol … Read more
Since the resumption of the conflict in Sudan, around 30,000 people have fled to Chad according to the UNHCR. Médecins Sans Frontières is carrying out a vaccination campaign to protect children against measles in temporary camps set up at the border, such as Koufroun. 8,145 children have already been vaccinated there. In early April, a … Read more