Across Sudan, healthcare, nutrition, clean water and other basics for survival are in desperate need. As the situation becomes more desperate, local crises must reach near-catastrophic levels just to attract attention and unlock emergency funding. Um Rakuba refugee camp in eastern Sudan has not yet reached catastrophic levels, but walk through the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins […]
Read More… from Sudan: A forgotten camp inside a forgotten war
On the night of July 2, 2026, the Russian military carried out yet another massive attack on Kyiv, where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff live and work. Official reports so far confirm 20 deaths and at least 86 people wounded. Among the targets was an ambulance station, where six personnel were injured: three […]
Read More… from Ukraine: An ambulance station and medical staff were hit in Russian attack
Palestine, Haiti, Sudan, Mexico and the Democratic Republic of Congo begin their warm-up exercises under the sun. Off the field, Greece and Lebanon finish registrations before the opening ceremony. It is not Azteca stadium, nor Toronto, Los Angeles, or New York. But these children, aged between seven and 14, will run onto the pitch, excited […]
Read More… from Mexico: Football in Chalco connects children with major humanitarian crises
Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has witnessed an alarming increase in the number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition with medical complications requiring lifesaving treatment in our therapeutic feeding centres in southern Afghanistan. “Children are reaching us far too late, often in critical condition with preventable medical complications,” says Ana Lilia Banda, MSF […]
Read More… from Afghanistan: Severe malnutrition on the rise among children
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns about the consequences of delayed medical care and calls on authorities to ensure timely, dignified and specialized services for survivors. In Mexico, survivors of torture and extreme violence face prolonged delays in accessing medical and psychological care, which worsens and makes their aftereffects chronic, hindering their recovery. Despite […]
Read More… from Mexico: The consequences of torture persist for years without timely care
Five years after three Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff members were brutally killed in central Tigray, Ethiopia, the Government of Ethiopia has shown no sign of concluding and sharing the outcomes of a credible and impartial investigation, despite our continuous engagement efforts. On June 24, 2021, María Hernández Matas, Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael, and […]
One year after Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began supporting emergency services at Deir ez-Zor national hospital (DNH), hundreds of people injured by explosive ordnance have been treated at the hospital. The number of injured highlighs the devastating and ongoing impact of contamination left behind by years of conflict. MSF published a report Explosive Remnants of War – Lasting Harm in Deir ez-Zor, Syria on […]
As thousands of people displaced by the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 remain without shelter, clean water or adequate sanitation, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is expanding our initial trauma response to support communities facing growing humanitarian needs. Authorities report more than 3,500 deaths, more than 16,000 people injured and […]
Read More… from Venezuela earthquakes: MSF expands response as needs shift
Written by Elko Brummelman, country representative of MSF in Bangladesh and Muhammad Hubaib, camp-based team member and a Rohingya refugee Nearly nine years ago, in a landmark act of humanity,Bangladesh opened its borders to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya forced to flee relentless violence in Myanmar. Over time, it’s easy to assume the crisis has […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to run emergency medical activities in Akobo, eastern Jonglei State, South Sudan, following months of fighting earlier this year. On March 6, the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) launched an offensive on Akobo. Almost all of the town’s residents fled across the border to Ethiopia, where they […]
Read More… from South Sudan: Residents return to Akobo, a town stripped of services