In late 2024, serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse were reported by Sudanese refugee women against Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff in eastern Chad. In response, MSF immediately sent multiple investigation teams to proactively detect and investigate cases. Over several months, the investigations identified 59 allegations of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse […]
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One month after the Ebola disease outbreak was declared in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that despite the recent scale-up in the response, major gaps in surveillance, diagnosis, contact tracing and community engagement continue to undermine efforts to bring the outbreak under control. A response that is proportionate […]
Drone strikes around the Sudanese town of Tina, have intensified since early May, leading to influxes of wounded patients across the border in Chad at the nearby Tiné hospital, which is supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In recent weeks, residents have reported near-daily strikes, attributed to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, with as […]
Three weeks after severe clashes between armed groupsforced Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend operations at our hospital in Cité Soleil — a neighbourhood in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince — MSF has, on Monday June 1, begun a gradual resumption of medical services to address the significant needs of the community. On […]
Read More… from Haiti: MSF hospital in Cité Soleil reopens after three-week closure
One year ago, the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) replaced the UN-coordinated aid distribution system and began militarized food distribution points across the Gaza Strip. The GHF — run by Israel with financial support from the U.S. and other allies — closed within six months, as continual violence at the sites killed and injured thousands. Doctors Without […]
For weeks, escalating violence between armed groups in Cité Soleil, an area of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has forced thousands of people to flee their neighbourhoods and disrupted local health services. People’s ability to access essential medical care — including patient referrals — has been sharply restricted. Sterline, a resident of Cité Soleil, is among the […]
Read More… from Haiti: Mother and newborn reunite amid insecurity
The security situation in southern Lebanon is rapidly deteriorating amid ongoing Israeli military operations, including strikes and large-scale forced displacement orders. The escalation is severely impacting people and their access to healthcare. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in hospitals continue to see people who are wounded. Jeremy Ristord, MSF country director in […]
Read More… from Lebanon: Israeli forces continue to kill and maim people in the south
Migrant caravans are organized groups that travel together — often on foot — to attempt to protect themselves from violence in the absence of safe migration routes. As a group they are more visible, which reduces some, but not all, risks. Publicly, they are often labelled a “logistical challenge” or just seen as a mass […]
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As Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), visits the epicentre of the Ebola disease outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) made the following statement today. Alan Gonzalez, physician and MSF deputy director of operations Two weeks after the declaration of the Ebola […]
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, people have been living through insecurity and with an under-resourced health system for years. The Ebola disease outbreak due to the Bundibugyo virus — which does not yet have approved vaccines or specific treatments — is posing a major additional challenge. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are […]