“It happened while I was on my way home from the market at 8:00 p.m.,” says Noon Makor Arop, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health promoter and community engagement supervisor in Abyei, South Sudan. “I didn’t realize it was a snake initially, but I soon felt pain and swelling in the bite area. I […]
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Hover Button ADD MSF TO GOOGLE Make us a preferred source on google Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF’s) hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit in an airstrike by the government of South Sudan forces during the night of Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. One MSF staff member suffered minor injuries. The hospital’s […]
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Hover Button ADD MSF TO GOOGLE Make us a preferred source on google Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was granted access to El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, to assess the current situation of the civilians and health facilities. This comes after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the city last […]
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As temperatures drop as low as -20° C in Ukraine, millions of people are forced to live with limited electricity, heating and running water as Russian forces continue to bomb the country’s energy infrastructure. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff and patients alike are living and working without basic necessities, some in homes already […]
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To avoid being forced to suspend our operations in Palestine from March 1, 2026, following unreasonable demands to hand over personal information about our staff, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has informed Israeli authorities that, as an exceptional measure, we are prepared to share a defined list of Palestinian and international staff names, subject […]
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Stories from women in some of the world’s most remote places reveal that the challenges of giving birth safely are strikingly similar across continents. And they are preventable. Three women living in vastly different places are brought together by shared challenges during pregnancy: Hermina in Central African Republic (CAR), Murjanatu in northern Nigeria and Sabera […]
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Ten years ago, Canada successfully co-sponsored the UN Security Council resolution 2286, which called for the protection of medical care in armed conflict situations. But today, attacks on hospitals and medical personnel have significantly increased and continue to be met with near-total impunity, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). […]
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Ishaq* arrived in critical condition. He’d been playing near his home in Kunduz, Afghanistan when he picked up an unfamiliar object. As he tried to open it to see what it was, it exploded. He was around eight years old. Ishaq’s family acted fast. They used a scarf, desperately trying to stop the bleeding as […]
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Amid humanitarian aid cuts, a convergence of conflict, malnutrition and climate events ranging from droughts to floods have plunged South Sudan into the worst conditions people have seen since 2018. When South Sudan emerged as the world’s newest nation in 2011, hope soared for a fresh start. But just two years later, the country plunged […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to follow developments in Iran closely, with profound concern. The immense loss of life reported by media outlets is devastating. As communication remains sporadic, it is extremely difficult for us to get information on the current situation or to confirm reports, including on the number of casualties and […]
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