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Uncertainty around PEPFAR program puts millions of people at risk

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The decision by the United States government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) alongside all other foreign aid for at least a 90-day period has had immediate effects on people living with HIV (PLHIV), says Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Although the U.S. has since clarified that […]

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Haiti: Women trapped between violence and poverty in Port-au-Prince

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Géralda, Alcélia, and Cherlyne, three Haitian women, share their struggle to survive in Brooklyn, an isolated part of Cité Soleil neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are the only ones providing free medical care in the area on a daily basis.  Cité Soleil : Life under constant threat of crossfire  Géralda describes […]

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Gaza: In the north, health system reduced to ashes

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While the ceasefire in Gaza was implemented on Jan. 19, after 15 months of all-out war on people trapped there, all components of society have been destroyed, making it almost uninhabitable. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are now able to reach northern Gaza — previously besieged by Israeli forces — to assess the […]

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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF calls for dignified, voluntary movement for people displaced

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Hundreds of thousands of displaced people sheltering in camps in and around the city of Goma, in Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, have been severely impacted by extreme violence over the past three weeks, and many are now leaving the camps, according to teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). As departures […]

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Sudan: Mass influxes of wounded patients to hospitals, “war on people” continues 

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in three different parts of Sudan – Khartoum, North Darfur and South Darfur states – treated mass influxes of wounded people as the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued, with little respect shown for civilian life.  On Feb. 4, in […]

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West Bank, Palestine: “Inflicting harm and denying care”

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Israeli forces and settlers have increased the use of extreme physical violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the all-out war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In total, at least 870 Palestinians have been killed and over 7,100 injured between […]

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Mexico: Lives in limbo  

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While Mexican state authorities prepare to receive possible mass deportations from the U.S. by building large facilities to house people who have been deported and enabling transportation to take them to other parts of Mexico, uncertainty invades hundreds of thousands of migrants throughout the country.  After suffering violence and other difficulties on a long and […]

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Democratic Republic of Congo: In Goma, a chaotic situation, many people war-wounded 

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This week, the fighting between M23, the Congolese army and their respective allies reached the city centre of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have reoriented part of their activities to respond to emergency needs, such as caring for people who are wounded. Virginie Napolitano, MSF emergency coordinator […]

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Palestine: Three questions on the intensification of Israeli violence in the West Bank

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In recent weeks, we have observed an escalation of extreme violence occurring in the West Bank, Palestine, particularly in Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas, since the ceasefire was implemented in Gaza. On Jan. 21, Israel launched a military operation called “Iron wall,” which has killed at least 50 Palestinians, including a two-year-old girl, forcibly displaced 20,000 […]

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Tanzania: MSF supports response to outbreak of Marburg virus disease

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Under the lead of the Ministry of Health, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is actively supporting the response to an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Tanzania’s Kagera region, following the official declaration of the outbreak by authorities on Jan. 20, 2025.  Working alongside the Ministry of Health and other partners including the World […]

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