Amid ongoing heavy fighting and bombing in Khan Younis, south Gaza, Palestine/OPT, vital medical services have collapsed at Nasser hospital, currently the largest functioning health facility in the enclave. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) deplores a situation in which people have been left with no options to go for treatment in case of a […]
Three years into its campaign to have noma recognised as a neglected tropical disease (NTD), international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the decision by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), to include noma in the WHO’s official list of NTDs. Following a meeting in Geneva on […]
In the dim light of a hospital room, Amin, 17, is lying on a bed after being shot in both legs by Israeli Forces on 19 November 2023, during a ground and air assault on Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. Prior to October 7th in 2023, Israeli Forces had killed 205 Palestinians […]
Read More… from Jenin: Staggering increase in Israeli attacks against civilians and healthcare
On Tuesday, a group of armed men stopped an Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ambulance in Port-au-Prince. They took a patient out by force and killed him. MSF is suspending all activities in the Emergency Centre indefinitely. On Tuesday 12 December at 4:00 p.m., a severely wounded man was admitted to MSF’s Emergency Centre […]
On December 12, Canada joined 153 nations and voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution also reiterated the UNGA’s demand for all parties to comply with their obligations under international law, including the protection of civilians. The non-binding UNGA resolution […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned about the intensification of violence in central and northern Mali. Rivalry between the various parties to the conflict is restricting people’s access to healthcare. During the week of 27 November 2023, MSF had to evacuate its teams from Nampala to the town of Niono, in the Ségou […]
Read More… from Mali: Violence escalates, access to healthcare decreases
Earlier today, an MSF surgeon was injured inside Al-Awda hospital in north Gaza by a shot fired from outside the facility. Our colleagues report snipers surrounding the hospital, firing on those inside. Al-Awda has been under total siege by Israeli forces since 5 December. “Let us be clear: Al Awda is a functioning hospital with […]
Read More… from Northern Gaza: MSF surgeon injured in Al-Awda hospital
“Europe’s borders should not be gateways to suffering and violence.” “Amidst major global international shifts, such as conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine and climate change, it’s time for European policies that saves lives, not sacrifice them. The right to seek asylum, born from the atrocities of World War II, stands as a cornerstone of European […]
On 18 November 2023, an MSF evacuation convoy came under fire in Gaza city. Two people were killed in what immediately appeared as a deliberate attack against clearly identified MSF cars. Both were family members of MSF staff, one of them was also a volunteer supporting MSF medical teams at Al-Shifa hospital. Two weeks later, […]
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