Paris, France: On Tuesday 28 October 2025, a devastating hurricane, Melissa, struck Jamaica causing flooding and widespread destruction. The hurricane then swept across Cuba on Wednesday 29 October and is now affecting Haiti and other countries in the region. We express our deep regret at the tragic loss of life and destruction caused by Hurricane … Read more
Geneva – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has chosen Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim as our new International President. He begins his three-year mandate, following his election by representatives at MSF’s highest governance body, the International General Assembly, held on 27 June in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dr Javid is a Sudanese Iranian emergency medicine doctor, with extensive … Read more
Paris/Boston, 13 November 2024 – The endTB consortium has completed endTB-Q, the first Phase 3 randomized controlled trial to exclusively enroll people suffering from pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR-TB), a very hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis (TB). The trial, conducted by the endTB consortium (Médecins Sans Frontières, Partners In Health, and IRD), demonstrated that a shorter treatment strategy … Read more
Kunduz Province, Afghanistan- Shir Mohammad starts listing all the medical and non-medical devices that he and his team of technicians have built from scratch for the Kunduz Trauma Centre in northern Afghanistan. These include crutches, walkers, and even a stretcher that reduces the noise and vibration for patients when they’re being transported through the hospital. … Read more
Babies in incubators and other patients in need of urgent care are at risk of dying as Israel continues to block sufficient fuel and other critical supplies from entering Gaza. In Gaza, Nasser Hospital, Al-Aqsa Hospital, and European Gaza Hospital are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening … Read more
MSF-Netherlands is instructed to deregister in the Russian Federation and consequently has to close its programmes in the country. The organisation had been working in Russia since 1992 Moscow/ Amsterdam, 16 September 2024: Thirty-two years after starting work in the Russian Federation, Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) had to close its operations in … Read more
As the unrelenting horror continues in Gaza, Palestine, our teams in Rafah and the Middle Area are seeing a spectrum of mental health issues among children and adults. Since the beginning of the year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided over 8,800 psychosocial support sessions for people in Gaza. Davide Musardo, MSF psychologist, recently left … Read more
Faced with yet another heartbreaking count, 21 bodies and over 60 missing in just 10 days in the Mediterranean Sea, the institutional silence is shameful. It is a silence that disregards the pain of survivors, a dehumanizing void that is intolerable. There has been no response from the Italian government and European institutions to the … Read more
Dushanbe, Tajikistan – As Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) concludes its tuberculosis (TB) project in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, after 13 years of collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population, we reflect on the programme’s journey. MSF’s work in Dushanbe focused on detecting TB cases through improved diagnostic techniques, tracing contacts, and treating children … Read more
18 June 2024, Juba – The ongoing war in Sudan is drastically increasing people’s needs across the border in South Sudan, alerts international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today. MSF calls for an immediate scale-up of lifesaving aid for refugees and returnees fleeing the war and for the communities hosting them. The … Read more