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Afghanistan: New local requirement to wear a burqa limits access to care for women in Herat

Posted on 14 November 2025 (14 November 2025) by Melanie

Since Nov. 5, local restrictions have been implemented in Herat province requiring female patients, caretakers and staff to wear a burqa to enter public health facilities, including at Herat hospital. This sudden enforcement adds limitations to their participation in everyday life and puts additional barriers that affect women’s ability to access essential healthcare. Between Nov. 5 and Nov. 7, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins […]

Sudan: People facing extreme malnutrition in Sudan’s protracted crisis

Posted on 13 November 2025 (13 November 2025) by Melanie

As starving people continue to flee atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are providing critical care to people who have reached the town of Tawila. Here, MSF is witnessing extreme levels of acute malnutrition, in what is now the most severe example of a […]

Palestine: One month into Gaza ceasefire, Palestinians continue to face hardship

Posted on 12 November 2025 (14 November 2025) by Melanie

One month into this fragile ceasefire, the situation in Gaza remains desperate. Palestinians are still being killed and injured by Israeli forces almost every day in the areas close to the yellow line, behind which Israel maintains control. Palestinians often risk their lives by going back to look for their houses, as this line is still not always clearly marked. To make […]

Climate emergency: At COP30, MSF calls for concrete actions to address the health impacts of climate change

Posted on 7 November 2025 (12 November 2025) by Melanie

The impact of the climate crisis is felt most acutely by people living in vulnerable situations, whose voices should be heard during the UN conference in Brazil. While the health impacts of the climate emergency are increasingly clear, health discussions have historically been sidelined in high-level debates at the UN’s climate conferences. COP30, taking place […]

Jamaica: MSF response after Hurricane Melissa

Posted on 6 November 2025 (7 November 2025) by Melanie

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams reached Jamaica last weekend and are assessing people’s immediate needs following the massive destruction from Hurricane Melissa. MSF staff are working to reach the most remote areas where people have been completely cut off due to road destruction and where regional hospitals and healthcare centres have been […]

MSF statement on Canada’s 2025 Federal Budget: Cuts to global aid will cost lives

Posted on 5 November 2025 (7 November 2025) by Melanie

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the Canadian government’s plan to reduce funding for international assistance and global health programs – especially at a time when more people than ever need urgent medical and humanitarian support. In our programs around the world, we’ve already seen first-hand how other recent cuts to […]

Ukraine: Emergency response after attacks in Dnipropetrovsk region

Posted on 5 November 2025 (7 November 2025) by Melanie

During the night of Nov. 4, Russian military forces carried out strikes on Synelnykove district in Dnipropetrovsk region, hitting civilian infrastructure and private homes. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports a hospital close to the frontline in this area, where wounded patients were brought for emergency care. An MSF team – including an anesthetist, […]

Sudan: MSF denounces mass atrocities and fears many people remain in grave danger in and around El Fasher

Posted on 31 October 2025 (3 November 2025) by Melanie

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the horrendous mass atrocities and killings, both indiscriminate and ethnically-targeted, that have culminated this week in and around El Fasher. We reiterate our fear that large numbers of people remain in grave danger and are being prevented by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies from reaching […]

Hurricane Melissa: MSF prepares to respond in Jamaica and other countries

Posted on 30 October 2025 (31 October 2025) by Melanie

On Oct. 28, 2025, the devastating hurricane Melissa, struck Jamaica, causing flooding and widespread destruction. The hurricane then swept across Cuba on Oct. 29 and is now affecting Haiti and other countries in the region. Brice de le Vingne, head of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency unit, responds to the hurricane with the […]

Central African Republic: Solar energy in service of health

Posted on 30 October 2025 (6 November 2025) by Melanie

In Central African Republic (CAR), access to electricity remains a major challenge, hindering the development and quality of essential services, particularly in healthcare. According to the World Bank, only one in seven people in CAR has access to electricity, with stark disparities between the capital, Bangui (35 per cent), and rural areas (0.4 per cent). In […]