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

Posted on 2 April 2026 (2 April 2026) by salwa

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 […]

Lebanon: Voices from Chouf district

Posted on 1 April 2026 (1 April 2026) by Melanie

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 […]

Palestine: Settler violence in the West Bank

Posted on 31 March 2026 (9 April 2026) by Melanie

“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 […]

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

Posted on 31 March 2026 (31 March 2026) by Melanie

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 […]

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

Posted on 30 March 2026 (7 April 2026) by Melanie

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. […]

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

Posted on 30 March 2026 (30 March 2026) by Melanie

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 […]

Afghanistan: When malnutrition compounds childhood tuberculosis

Posted on 24 March 2026 (24 March 2026) by Melanie

“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 […]

South Sudan: Displaced people in central and northeastern regions need urgent support

Posted on 23 March 2026 (31 March 2026) by Melanie

“I have lived through many wars, but this kind of displacement has never happened before,” says Moses, who fled his home in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, as conflict intensified. “I have never seen civilians’ homes burned to ashes on such a scale. We are now living under the trees.” An escalation of violence between […]

Ukraine: Helping Kyiv’s at-risk residents through power cuts

Posted on 18 March 2026 (18 March 2026) by Melanie

“I didn’t leave my apartment all winter,” says Hanna, a 97-year-old woman, who is confined to her apartment on the 11th floor of a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine. “It was very cold at home and I was constantly shaking. I really want to stay sane after all this.” In February 2026, after repeated shelling […]

Palestine: MSF provides urgent care to survivors of Israeli strikes that killed 13 people in Gaza

Posted on 17 March 2026 (17 March 2026) by Melanie

On March 15, 2026, Israeli strikes killed 13 people and injured many more during attacks in Deir-El-Balah, Gaza, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. In response, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams treated nine patients at our field hospital. In the morning, MSF received four patients: a boy who was dead on arrival and […]