Nigeria: An MSF physiotherapist helps children overcome long-term consequences of malnutrition

In 2024, the MSF team at Unguwa Uku hospital in Kano, Nigeria, admitted 46,304 children for malnutrition. The factors behind the crisis are complex, including climate change, armed conflict and the spiralling cost of living. Most children can be treated at home with special therapeutic food, whilst those with complications need more intensive care and are […]

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Palestine: MSF mourns Hussein Alnajjar, thirteenth colleague killed in Gaza

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appalled and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died on Sept. 16 in Gaza from shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier. Hussein’s sister-in-law and nephew were also injured in the same incident. This is not a tragic […]

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Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF supports Ebola outbreak response in Kasaï

On Sept. 4, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially declared a new outbreak of the Zaire strain of Ebola in Bulape health zone, part of Mweka territory in Kasaï province. This remote region, located in south-central DRC, is difficult to access, with poor road conditions, no cargo airport and […]

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Palestine: Doctors Can’t Stop Genocide, World Leaders Can

More than one million people in Gaza are facing renewed terror after receiving an emergency order to evacuate Gaza City ahead of a major ground offensive by the Israeli military. For many, escape is impossible – elderly adults, critically unwell patients, heavily pregnant or wounded people. Those left behind have been handed a death sentence.   […]

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MSF stages “Human Chain Gallery” on Parliament Hill to call for a stop to the genocide in Gaza

On Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will stage a powerful public art action near Parliament in Ottawa to condemn Israel’s genocide in Gaza and calls on the Canadian government to take action.   From 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., up to 100 MSF staff and supporters will form a sombre Human Chain Gallery along Wellington Street. Transforming […]

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Sudan: Darfur hospitals receive nearly 100 wounded people in one day

Following a series of attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), 99 wounded patients, including women and children, arrived at Doctors Without Border/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported health facilities across North, Central and South Darfur in Sudan on Sep. 10. Four people across the facilities were declared dead on arrival.  […]

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Palestine: The offensive in Gaza City is a death sentence for one million Palestinians

Gaza City is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as Israel’s latest military assault escalates, pushing people to the brink and threatening the survival of what remains of the health system. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams warn it will be impossible to force one million people – including hundreds of critically ill patients and newborn […]

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Palestine: Risk of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank

Across the West Bank, Palestinians are facing forced mass displacement by Israeli forces and settlers, significantly heightening the risk of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This comes amid recent calls by Israeli authorities for the country to annex the West Bank.  More than at any point in our […]

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South Sudan: MSF suspends activities in activities in two counties following abductions of healthcare staff

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all operational activities in Yei River and Morobo counties in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State for a minimum of six weeks. This decision follows the abduction of an MSF staff member, occurring just four days after the abduction of a health ministry staff member from an MSF […]

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Palestine: Explosive weapons cause widespread carnage in Gaza

A study published by the Lancet documents the immense human toll of indiscriminate attacks on people in Gaza, based on an analysis of medical data from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). An analysis of more than 200,000 MSF consultations in six MSF-supported health structures in 2024 found that explosive weapons, such as bombs and grenades, were […]

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