Hover Button ADD MSF TO GOOGLE Make us a preferred source on google 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 […]
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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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The wards of the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported hospital in Gummi, Nigeria, are rarely quiet during the rainy season. Mothers sit close to metal beds, watching over children facing fevers, convulsions and exhaustion. Outside, the rain brings relief from the heat. But inside the hospital’s walls, it brings a surge of complicated malaria […]
In 2026, Sudan marks three years of a war that has devastated cities, collapsed essential services and forced millions of people to flee. Among them are our Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleagues, who make daily efforts to sustain hope. Each of our Sudanese colleagues has lost something because of the war. From the […]
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While attention in Chad is focused mainly on the war in neighbouring Sudan and the refugee camps in the east, the country has been confronted with another crisis: malnutrition. At least 5.7 million people in Chad are facing malnutrition — including 3.6 million who are severely food insecure — in a context exacerbated by conflict, displacement, climate […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about the recent intensification of clashes between the Haitian National Police (PNH) and armed groups in the Bel Air neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince. In this area of the capital, where no other medical services are available, MSF teams usually run a clinic one day a week, while […]
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Israel’s threat to withhold registration from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and other international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) is a cynical and calculated attempt to prevent organizations from providing services in Gaza and the West Bank, in breach of Israel’s obligations under international humanitarian law. Denying medical assistance to civilians is unacceptable under any circumstances […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has undertaken the evacuation of staff members from our healthcare facility in Lankien town, Nyirol County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, in response to a deteriorating and volatile security situation in the area. Despite the evacuation of the essential personnel, the facility remains operational and will continue to deliver critical, […]