On Sept. 8, a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco at 11 p.m. local time. So far, more than 2,000 lives have been lost. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely saddened by the tragic news of the earthquake that has hit Morocco and the high number of victims already reported. What is MSF doing? Earthquake […]
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 the local authorities. Doctors […]
“Please don’t mind, Shanika,” my colleague Shirin prefaces, as do many Bangladeshis I have met before saying something that could be potentially offensive, “maybe they will forget about here.” “Here,” in this case, is the only primary health care centre with childbirth services in Camp 23, a relatively small displacement camp of 23,000 Rohingya refugees […]
As violence rages in West Darfur, wounded people are coming in waves to Adré hospital in Chad, where they are being treated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Ministry of Health teams. At least 242 wounded were received on June 15 alone, and 348 on June 16. A total of at least 622 […]
On June 15, 2023, the Canadian Government passed legislation that included an exemption for humanitarian assistance in counterterror finance laws that have been in place in the country since 2001. Over twenty years later, this humanitarian exemption removes the risk that Canadian humanitarians could find themselves facing criminal charges while supporting people in crisis settings. The […]
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Ongoing violence continues in many parts of Sudan. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) teams on the ground report that hospitals are overwhelmed and thousands are fleeing to safer areas. Already we are seeing immense humanitarian and medical needs. “During a lull in the fighting, MSF was able to make a donation of medical supplies to a […]
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