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Palestine: MSF reaffirms decision to challenge Israel’s ban on 37 organizations from operating

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Following an initial hearing at Israel’s High Court on March 23, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and 18 other leading humanitarian organizations reaffirm our decision to proceed with the petition we filed in February 2026 before the High Court. The petition challenges Israel’s ban on 37 humanitarian organizations from operating in Palestine. We have taken the unprecedented step of petitioning to the High Court with a […]

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Sudan: Deadly attack on Al‑Jabalain hospital kills at least 10 people during children’s vaccination campaign

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Once again, in Sudan, healthcare has been struck at its heart. On April 2, a drone attack reportedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted Al‑Jabalain hospital in White Nile state. There were two strikes – one hit the operating room and the other one the maternity ward. This unacceptable assault resulted in […]

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Open letter to Gilead: Prevention should not be a privilege

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MSF calls on Gilead for direct access to lenacapavir, as the current rollout falls far short of the needs.  Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on Gilead to sell lenacapavir directly to organizations ready to purchase it, and to take additional concrete steps toward ensuring global access to this breakthrough in HIV prevention.  On February 18, 2026, MSF met with Gilead to request the purchase of a […]

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MSF wants to buy groundbreaking HIV prevention drug. Why won’t Gilead sell?

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Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts people who are vulnerable across the world in danger.  Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent an open letter to the U.S. pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences on March 30, calling on the company to immediately sell to MSF, lenacapavir, an HIV medicine that is one of the most important advances in HIV prevention in decades.  About 1.3 […]

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Lebanon: Voices from Chouf district

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Since the conflict in Lebanon escalated dramatically on March 2, Israel’s intensified airstrikes across the southern region and on the suburbs of Beirut have caused death, injuries and widespread displacement. More than one million people have been forcibly displaced in Lebanon in just over two weeks, according to local authorities. This escalation comes after 15 months of […]

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Palestine: Settler violence in the West Bank

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“The military often comes at night,” says Sari Ahmad, who is from Al Fakhiet in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank, Palestine. “Soldiers swarming the neighbourhood, breaking into our homes, destroying our property and arresting people en masse. Our houses are being seized and demolished.” Sari, who suffers from diabetes, received treatment from […]

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Sudan: No safe place for women and girls in Darfur, MSF report finds

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Women in Darfur, Sudan, are demanding protection, care and justice as sexual violence continues across the region, both in active conflict areas and far beyond frontlines, according to a new report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).  The report, “‘There is something I want to tell you…’: Surviving the sexual violence crisis in Darfur,” provides the most comprehensive documented accounts […]

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Lebanon: People are cut off from care as Israeli attacks intensify

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Four weeks into the latest escalation in Lebanon, Israel’s ongoing bombardment and the subsequent forced displacement of people are severely impacting people’s lives and their access to essential services. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for the protection of civilians and healthcare, and for an end to measures that force people from their homes. […]

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South Sudan: As people die in Nyatim, humanitarian access must be opened

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A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in Nyatim, in Nyirol county, Jonglei state, South Sudan. Some 30,000 people have fled to Nyatim in search of safety after recent violence in Lankien and Pieri, finding shelter under trees next to a swamp. According to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff members who are in the area, at least 58 people have died over […]

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Afghanistan: When malnutrition compounds childhood tuberculosis

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“She has been sick for the last three months, with a persistent fever and cough,” says Nooria. Her eight-month-old daughter Nomania was admitted to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) inpatient therapeutic feeding centre in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan and later diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). “I went to a medical store and bought injections for […]

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