In the West Bank, Palestine, decades of Israeli restrictions and deadly violence have shaped Palestinians’ daily lives and access to essential services. The situation has worsened since the all-out war in Gaza began in 2023. A total of 1,109 Palestinians — at least 243 of them children — have been killed by Israeli forces and […]
Two months after the Ebola disease outbreak was officially declared in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with nearly 2,000 confirmed cases and more than 700 deaths, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for a critical scale-up of the medical response. The epidemic continues to spread at an unprecedented pace, including into new areas, […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today released No Safe Place to Heal, a report documenting relentless attacks on healthcare and medical personnel in Ukraine. The attacks constitute a deliberate strategy to destroy the medical system and collectively punish people rather than being an incidental product of Russia’s invasion. Between April 2022 and December 2025, MSF documented more than 20 attacks […]
In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a clinic tailored to the needs of LGBTQI+ people and other vulnerable groups who face barriers to accessing health care. Community outreach is central to the clinic’s program, helping to overcome misinformation and mistrust arising from decades of exclusion in health care. MSF health promotion supervisor […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]