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Sri Lanka: MSF supports flood relief efforts in response to Cyclone Ditwah

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues our humanitarian response to the devastating floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah, which has affected over 1.8 million people across Sri Lanka. We are working closely with local partners to address critical hygiene, shelter and healthcare needs.  On Dec. 14, we delivered 1,000 winterized family tents and 1,500 heavy-duty plastic sheets to the Disaster Management Centre. These tents are […]

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UN Security Council briefing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Allow me to begin with a truth this Council must acknowledge: Despite the appearance of political momentum in recent months and despite the signing of peace agreements, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to witness staggering levels of violence, displacement and deprivation in the Kivus and Ituri.  Patients treated by MSF describe fleeing bombed villages and extreme brutality.  From MSF’s vantage point in hospitals, clinics and displacement […]

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Palestine: A mental health perspective from the West Bank

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An MSF psychologist who requested to remain anonymous. While violence may not be new in the West Bank, everything intensified after Oct. 7, 2023. We’ve seen a sharp escalation: checkpoints, roadblocks and incursions by the Israeli forces and settlers have cut Palestinian towns and villages from each other. These restrictions are blocking Palestinians from accessing basic services, such as healthcare, […]

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Myanmar: Deadly airstrike on a hospital in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State

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Today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) learned of the bombing and destruction of the Mrauk-U general hospital in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Reportedly, the airstrike – which occurred around 9 p.m. on 10 December – resulted in the death of at least 30 civilians and injury to more than 70. It appears to be the deadliest recorded […]

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Palestine: A drop in the ocean. Witnessing Gaza’s medical evacuations

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As Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) doctor, I’ve been part of 15 medical evacuations for patients coming from Gaza through Egypt and Jordan. In partnership with Swiss and EU authorities, MSF has participated in medical evacuations to Switzerland, Ireland, the UK and Spain.  The official number of patients registered by the World Health Organization for medical evacuations is 16,500, but this is only a drop in the ocean. Many more patients […]

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South Sudan: Gaps in healthcare threaten lives as violence escalates

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People in South Sudan are facing a deteriorating humanitarian situation, while international interest and support continue to decline, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).  The report, “Left behind in crisis: Escalating violence and healthcare collapse in South Sudan,” shares the human impact of the faltering health system and humanitarian response. It draws  on routine medical data as well as testimonies from patients, caretakers, community […]

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Palestine: “These evacuations are life-changing and lifesaving”

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the Swiss government’s recent medical evacuations from Gaza and urges resourceful nations to scale up their efforts to support as many patients as possible.  Following two years of intense violence in Gaza, the healthcare system is destroyed.  Thousands of people are suffering from complex trauma injuries caused by bullets and bombs, or from life-threatening […]

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South Sudan: MSF healthcare facility hit during an airstrike

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On the morning of Dec. 3, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) healthcare facility was hit during an airstrike in the town of Pieri, Jonglei state. After the gunship helicopter left, MSF teams found bullets that hit the facility. MSF teams witnessed additional airstrikes in Lankien, where MSF also runs healthcare facilities, but without […]

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Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF has launched two emergency responses in Fizi, South Kivu

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Faced with the critical needs of people who have been displaced by the latest escalation in fighting in Fizi territory, South Kivu, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched two joint emergency responses for malaria and cholera. The situation has been made worse by the departure of several organizations after cuts to international humanitarian funding and health services.  Between August […]

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Egypt: Bringing medical care to Egyptian and Sudanese people in Aswan

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Khaled* sits in the corner of the waiting room, with his United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees registration card in one hand and a little plastic bag full of empty medication packets in the other. This is his third visit to a clinic in Daraw, receiving treatment for his chronic illness.  “We had a comfortable life in Sudan and leaving it […]

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