The war in Gaza has turned a chronic humanitarian crisis into a catastrophe. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are clear: we are witnessing Israel commit genocide. Over the past three years, Israeli forces have systematically destroyed the conditions necessary for life in the Gaza Strip — attacking hospitals, striking tented camps, destroying vital […]
Abbreviated from article by Judith Hunt, teacher at Camosun College. In August 2021, nine students travelled from Kenya to Victoria, British Columbia to participate in a project in collaboration with World University Services Canada. The students, who are refugees, read about Terry Fox’s cross Canada run for cancer research, then discussed as a class: “If […]
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Join Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) teams as we walk or run 5k, 10k, a half marathon or a full marathon in the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon this fall. This year, the Toronto Waterfront Marathon is a hybrid event, which means you can run or walk the distance of your choice in-person or virtually: […]
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UPDATE What is MSF calling for? The war in Sudan has entered its fourth year. Millions have been displaced, basic services have collapsed in much of the country, and the war continues to deepen medical and humanitarian needs across the country. Access to healthcare should never be obstructed by bureaucracy. Both the Sudanese Armed Forces […]
Ameena is a nine-year-old girl who lost both her parents. She lives in the Annex in Al Hol camp, Syria, and is taken care of by another sympathetic camp resident. I first met Ameena in the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in November. She developed kidney disease back in August and was referred […]
Al Hol camp was not the first camp of displaced people I have worked in with Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), but it certainly was the most disturbing. The suffering in this camp is not seen in the traditional health indicators we usually measure. Here in Al Hol, the suffering is both deeply […]
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The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in the Annex of Al Hol camp, Syria, is located in the “Annex service area”, with a controlled access point, and is open from 9am to 2pm. One morning in this clinic, a colleague asked me to examine a patient with him. I entered the room, and saw a […]
Vikki who is a nurse, Yasmeen, a translator, and I were standing out in the waiting area of the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Annex clinic in Al Hol camp, Syria. We were there before the security forces had opened the gate from the Annex. We were staring off quietly for a moment, waiting […]
An MSF statement calling on Canada to support efforts to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines and other health technologies through a proposed intellectual property waiver at the WTO […]