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South Sudan, Ethiopia: Cholera spreads across border, people flee ongoing violence

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A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding on both sides of the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, as escalating violence, displacement and a widespread cholera outbreak are pushing communities to the brink, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns.  Clashes between government forces and armed groups, which initially began in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, could spread to other […]

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Sudan: Miscarriage or delivery complications, pregnant women’s fate in Darfur

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With only a few health facilities still functioning in Darfur, pregnant women face harrowing journeys to seek care. Insecurity, checkpoints and unaffordable or unavailable transportation force them to undertake day-long treks on foot or donkey, often resulting in delivery complications, miscarriage or death.  Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operates in ten out of Sudan’s […]

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Democratic Republic of Congo: New wave of violence in Ituri puts civilians at further risk

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has witnessed a renewed spike in atrocities in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where our medical teams are providing care for civilians with horrific injuries. In a new report, “Risking Their Lives to Survive,” MSF underscores the extreme needs of many communities endangered by recent attacks, […]

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Palestine: MSF condemns Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Gaza

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns Israel’s strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis – the largest remaining functioning hospital in the Gaza Strip, where MSF teams work.   On March 23, Israeli forces targeted the hospital’s inpatient surgical department, killing two people, according to the Ministry of Health. MSF teams confirmed there were […]

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Palestine: Amid shattered ceasefire, water becomes another weapon of war

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In the rubble of a shattered ceasefire and more deaths, another tactic of war is playing out as Israeli authorities essentially block access to water by cutting electricity and fuel from entering Gaza, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). As Israeli forces continue to rain down bombs on the Strip, MSF calls for the […]

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Palestine: Mass displacements in West Bank take dramatic toll

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that tens of thousands of displaced people in the northern West Bank, Palestine, are without proper shelter, essential services and access to healthcare.  Following the January 2025 ceasefire in Gaza, Israel launched the “Iron Wall” military operation in the occupied West Bank, forcibly displacing thousands and leaving them […]

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Maternity care in Afghanistan: “What this all-women team is achieving is phenomenal”

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Despite the challenges facing female healthcare workers in Afghanistan, in Lashkar Gah, MSF’s all-women maternity team are helping thousands of women to give birth safely every year. Obstetrician-gynecologist Pauline Lynch shares the story of one woman… They arrived on a motorbike. It’s hard to imagine the journey, because Jamila* was heavily pregnant and having repeated […]

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MSF to Canada’s political leaders: “Stand up for humanity”

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On April 28, Canadians will vote in a federal election that is taking place in a period of major global upheaval. The Members of Parliament that Canadians will elect will decide how Canada responds to a world experiencing alarming levels of conflict and crisis, and where hundreds of millions of people’s lives, safety and dignity […]

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MSF calls for sustained investments to address tuberculosis in children

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Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all countries and international donors to prioritize and ensure sustained investments for diagnosing, treating and preventing tuberculosis (TB) for all – especially children, who remain the most at risk.    Every three minutes, a child dies of TB. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that […]

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Palestine: MSF mourns the killing of tenth colleague in Gaza

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is shocked and saddened by the killing of our colleague Alaa Abd-Elsalam Ali Okal by an Israeli airstrike on his apartment building in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza, Palestine. Along with hundreds of others across the Gaza Strip, Alaa Abd-Elsalam Ali Okal was killed in the early morning of […]

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