Through fifty photographs, ten young people share their daily lives, hopes and challenges, offering a rare and intimate perspective on a reality often kept invisible. This exhibition is based on anthropological research conducted in 2024 within four HIV+ youth clubs in Kinshasa, supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Jeunesse Espoir. These clubs offer medical and […]
After witnessing the deaths of his wife and daughter in the middle of bombings in El Fasher, AM* set out on a grueling journey toward Tawila, 60 kilometres away, on Oct. 27. He and his remaining family members spent four agonizing days walking on foot, in which they endured torture, beatings and robbery. Along the way, in the village of Garni, he had to bury his niece, a young girl who […]
Read More… from Sudan: Desperate conditions and accounts of mass violence in North Darfur
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is mourning the death of a Ministry of Health (MoH) colleague at Zalingei hospital in Central Darfur on Nov. 18. We call once again for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to guarantee the protection of health facilities and staff. MSF extends our deepest condolences to the family of the MoH stretcher-bearer who was killed in the shooting outside Zalingei hospital, which also left four people wounded. […]
When the category five Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on Oct. 27, it severely damaged health infrastructure and medical supply chains in St. James parish. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency medical and logistical teams quickly responded to the disaster. Working closely with Jamaican emergency relief and health authorities, MSF teams are helping resupply much needed medical equipment, supplies and drugs in both urban and rural areas. Many rural communities are still without electricity […]
Read More… from Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa leaves health system severely damaged
This week’s replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria offered the first test of whether Canada is still willing to stand up for humanity since the government passed a federal budget that singles out global health for cuts as it slashes billions of dollars in international assistance. MSF is deeply disappointed […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces yet more bloodshed in Gaza, as our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and many more injured. Since Wednesday, our teams have treated both women and children with open fractures and gunshot wounds to their limbs and head. “At around […]
The road to Ariath, in Aweil North cuts through endless stretches of scorched plains in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan. When it rains, the road turns to mud and when it dries, the heat burns through the ground of the cracked earth. It takes one and a half hours by car to reach the small village. Inside a […]
Read More… from South Sudan: Children living with diabetes in remote villages
Ahead of the Global Fund to Fight AIDAs, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria’s Eighth Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for world leaders to meet the Global Fund’s 18 billion USD ($25 billion Canadian) target. Failure to meet this goal risks catastrophic cuts to essential services, threatens the resurgence of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria and forces the financial burden of healthcare […]
Over the past two years, Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has caused unimaginable loss and devastation. People in Gaza, including our colleagues, have been killed, injured, starved, besieged and displaced. Our colleague Mohammad Al Hawajri, who worked in Gaza as an operating room nurse, recounts how he and his family tried to find safety that […]
Read More… from Palestine: A chance at life amid genocide. A father and son’s journey from Gaza
At the World Conference on Lung Health this week, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released data from our operational research showing the benefits of using the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended treatment decision algorithms for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in children. Our findings show that these algorithms can nearly double the number of children who can be started on lifesaving TB treatment. They are guided by scoring systems that allow physicians to start TB […]