Since 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working with influential local women in Cameroon’s Far North region, where insecurity and local practices can severely affect access to critical healthcare. Through strategies that see them as key intermediaries, women known as matrons and mother leaders are working to fight against malnutrition and infant mortality, saving … Read more
Port-au-Prince, Haiti– Since 24 February, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Haiti have witnessed a surge in violence, increasing the number of wounded people and medical needs. Clashes between armed groups and police are intensifying, leaving civilians trapped under constant threat of crossfire. Today, 85% of Port-au-Prince is under the control of armed groups, … Read more
Kosti, Sudan- Dozens of people have died, and over 800 are being treated for symptoms of acute watery diarrhoea, dehydration, vomiting, and sunken eyes at the Ministry of Health cholera treatment centre in Kosti Teaching Hospital, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières, in Sudan’s White Nile State. MSF has been supporting cholera-related responses in Kosti and … Read more
Sokoto, Nigeria– The international humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières also known as Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in partnership with the Sokoto state Ministry of Health, is encouraging community members in Sokoto to participate in a vaccination campaign that will help reduce the number of children suffering from potentially fatal diseases including measles and diphtheria. These … Read more
The current escalation of attacks and fighting in and around Zamzam camp for displaced people near El Fasher in North Darfur is making it impossible for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to continue providing medical assistance in such dangerous conditions. Despite widespread starvation and immense humanitarian needs, we have no choice but to take the decision … Read more
International donors, the UN, Sudan’s warring parties and their allies must act now to prevent even more avoidable deaths from malnutrition in Sudan, as the already catastrophic situation is expected to worsen this year, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Half of Sudan’s population faces high levels of acute food insecurity (24.6 million people), among … Read more
Launched on 14 February 2024, the Sitsandziwe clinic has been busy over the past year providing comprehensive sexual health services, with a strong focus on mental health, to marginalised communities. These include adolescents, young women, LGBTQ+, factory workers and university students. The clinic’s emphasis on confidentiality and ‘safe space’ care has made it a preferred … Read more
I am Majda Rizq, a Sudanese woman filled with compassion for my country. I grew up surrounded by my large family in Sudan, where I learned, worked, married, and established my own family. Looking back, it feels as though the life I once knew and the memories I made over decades are a distant dream … Read more
The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) alongside all other foreign aid for at least a 90-day period has had immediate effects on people living with HIV (PLHIV), said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. Although the US has since clarified that … 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