Mighty desert, mighty rivers, The flow of life in the heat of passions The depths of the message are hard to reach Standing still in the action The sands and the waters are speaking the same language We are at the crossroad of space and time The hardest is to face what is The tears […]
Read More… from Sudan: The war on people, the choice is ours
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announces the relaunch of our lifesaving search and rescue (SAR) activities on the Mediterranean Sea. This comes almost a year after we were forced to terminate operations with our last rescue vessel, the Geo Barents. Our new rescue vessel Oyvon, which means “hope for the island” in Norwegian, has been refitted and equipped to conduct SAR operations on one of the world’s deadliest migration routes. Oyvon was previously operated as an ambulance vessel in Norway. […]
Read More… from Mediterranean Sea: MSF relaunches search and rescue operations
“As soon as you cross the border and enter Sudan, you immediately feel that you have reached a militarized context.” Moises Saman, Magnum photographer Seeking safety in Chad In June 2023, ethnic cleansing in West Darfur pushed hundreds of thousands of people previously trapped in the city of El Geneina across the border into eastern Chad. […]
Read More… from Sudan and Chad: Surviving tomorrow, the communities displaced by conflict
In densely populated areas of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, cholera can spread rapidly. Multiple factors contribute to this spread: people living in close quarters, displacement due to violence by armed groups, the inadequacy of water and sanitation infrastructure. In response to an increase in cholera cases in October, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a treatment centre in the Bristout neighbourhood of Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince. This site, which […]
Read More… from Haiti: How MSF is responding to a resurgence of cholera in Pétion-Ville
Since Nov. 5, local restrictions have been implemented in Herat province requiring female patients, caretakers and staff to wear a burqa to enter public health facilities, including at Herat hospital. This sudden enforcement adds limitations to their participation in everyday life and puts additional barriers that affect women’s ability to access essential healthcare. Between Nov. 5 and Nov. 7, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins […]
As starving people continue to flee atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are providing critical care to people who have reached the town of Tawila. Here, MSF is witnessing extreme levels of acute malnutrition, in what is now the most severe example of a […]
Read More… from Sudan: People facing extreme malnutrition in Sudan’s protracted crisis
One month into this fragile ceasefire, the situation in Gaza remains desperate. Palestinians are still being killed and injured by Israeli forces almost every day in the areas close to the yellow line, behind which Israel maintains control. Palestinians often risk their lives by going back to look for their houses, as this line is still not always clearly marked. To make […]
Read More… from Palestine: One month into Gaza ceasefire, Palestinians continue to face hardship
The impact of the climate crisis is felt most acutely by people living in vulnerable situations, whose voices should be heard during the UN conference in Brazil. While the health impacts of the climate emergency are increasingly clear, health discussions have historically been sidelined in high-level debates at the UN’s climate conferences. COP30, taking place […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams reached Jamaica last weekend and are assessing people’s immediate needs following the massive destruction from Hurricane Melissa. MSF staff are working to reach the most remote areas where people have been completely cut off due to road destruction and where regional hospitals and healthcare centres have been […]
Read More… from Jamaica: MSF response after Hurricane Melissa
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the Canadian government’s plan to reduce funding for international assistance and global health programs – especially at a time when more people than ever need urgent medical and humanitarian support. In our programs around the world, we’ve already seen first-hand how other recent cuts to […]
Read More… from MSF statement on Canada’s 2025 Federal Budget: Cuts to global aid will cost lives