MSF concludes assistance activities for migrants in Panama

From April 2021 to August 2025, MSF teams provided 163,000 medical consultations and 8,100 mental health consultations to people in transit and host communities. After almost four years in Panama, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has ended its medical and humanitarian activities in the country, which have focused mainly on providing care to migrants … Read more

Panama: Médecins Sans Frontières is forced to suspend medical care for migrants in Darien Gap

The humanitarian organization warns it is urgent to resume medical activities as soon as possible to guarantee access to health, especially for those who are victims of attacks and sexual violence in the jungle. Bogotá / Panama City: Since Monday, March 4th, the medical-humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to suspend all … Read more

Emergency healthcare and protection needed as more people cross to Panama

Conditions are deteriorating for migrants arriving at reception centres in the province of Darién, Panama. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides medical and mental healthcare at the San Vicente Migrant Reception Centre, where approximately 300 migrants arrive each day, and we have witnessed huge gaps in protection and basic emergency services at the centre.  Safe routes must be established … Read more