When Fatima Abdi Ali experienced life‑threatening complications during her seventh pregnancy, she and her husband travelled more than 125 kilometres from Ethiopia to reach Mudug regional hospital in Galkayo North, Somalia. It was the nearest facility equipped for such an emergency. On arrival, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams performed an urgent caesarean section, […]
Read More… from Somalia: Free healthcare supports mothers and children in Mudug region
One of the worst cholera outbreaks in a decade is spreading across Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the healthcare system remains unequipped to respond to and slow down an outbreak of this scale, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns. Twenty of the country’s 26 provinces are now affected. From January to mid-October, more […]
Read More… from Democratic Republic of Congo: Cholera epidemic rapidly spreading across the country
More than one million people are still being forced to survive on a tiny patch of land in southern Gaza, where conditions are dire and dangerous to their health. Along with the massive destruction of civilian infrastructure and the health system by Israeli forces, this displacement is creating the perfect storm for disease and […]
Since the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic was declared in Bulape, in Kasai province, on Sept. 4, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its response. From the outset, MSF teams have been treating patients and building treatment and isolation centres. Now that the epidemic appears to be […]
Read More… from Democratic Republic of Congo: Four things to know about the Ebola response in Kasai
After careful monitoring and assessment, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has partially resumed our activities in Gaza City, after being forced to leave on Sep. 24, 2025, amid the intensified Israeli offensive. On Oct. 15, MSF reopened our wound care clinic in Gaza City. Since then, our teams have received more than 640 patients — the majority of […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF has resumed activities in Gaza City
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on governments around the world to drastically and urgently increase medical evacuations for thousands of patients who are unable to access the care they need in Gaza. These evacuations must be accompanied by a sustained effort to maintain the fragile ceasefire which has been violated multiple times […]
Read More… from Palestine: Ceasefire not the end of extreme suffering in Gaza
Rachel Yantzi is a nurse and mobile support technician with a specialization in pediatric and neonatal palliative care. She works with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in different contexts to improve the quality of patients’ care. She shares the five most common misconceptions about her work and what palliative care really means. That it means stopping active care One of the biggest misconceptions is […]
When I tell people I disinfect ambulances and isolation wards for a living, most of them think I am crazy, especially people my age. Some of my friends are busy with TikTok dance challenges or chasing soft life dreams and here I am, deep in protective gear, spraying down virus-contaminated zones for eight hours straight. Sometimes […]
Read More… from Kenya: Behind the mask – a hygienist’s response to mpox
Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) is deeply disappointed that Dr Mohammed Obeid, a respected orthopaedic surgeon, and long-time MSF colleague, remains detained and was not released as part of the recent ceasefire agreement. We call for his immediate and unconditional release. Dr Obeid was arrested on 26 October 2024 by Israeli forces during a […]
Read More… from MSF calls for the immediate release of our detained colleague
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces some of the world’s longest and most complex crises. From Palestine to Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, people have endured wars, occupation, economic collapse and forced displacement. Entire communities have lived under chronic pressure and uncertainty for decades. These conditions can have a profound impact on […]
Read More… from Middle East and North Africa: Behind the armour, men’s mental health