Following the air and ground military raid in the Palestinian city of Jenin, MSF is assisting Jenin’s Khalil Suleiman hospital by providing medical care in its emergency room. So far, five Palestinians were killed and more than 90 were wounded, per the Palestinian health authorities. The raid began earlier this morning, and seven Israeli soldiers […]
As almost 900 wounded and 15,000 Sudanese refugees from West Darfur’s capital and its surroundings have reached the Chadian town of Adré in the last four days, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns of consistent reports of people being shot at and killed as they try to leave the city during their perilous escape […]
As violence rages in West Darfur, wounded people are coming in waves to Adré hospital in Chad, where they are being treated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Ministry of Health teams. At least 242 wounded were received on June 15 alone, and 348 on June 16. A total of at least 622 […]
Jindires, a once-magnificent city located in northwest Syria, near the Turkish border, has been reduced to rubble, bearing the scars of both a relentless war and a recent earthquake. In northwest Syria, nine out of 10 people who were newly displaced by the earthquakes into camps, had been displaced by the war at least once […]
On June 15, 2023, the Canadian Government passed legislation that included an exemption for humanitarian assistance in counterterror finance laws that have been in place in the country since 2001. Over twenty years later, this humanitarian exemption removes the risk that Canadian humanitarians could find themselves facing criminal charges while supporting people in crisis settings. The […]
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Today marks two months since heavy fighting broke out in Khartoum and rapidly spread to other areas of Sudan. MSF’s surgical team working in Bashair Teaching Hospital in Khartoum sees the suffering caused by this conflict every day. In five weeks, the team has received over 1,150 patients in the emergency room, 906 of whom […]
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As Israeli settlements grow throughout the West Bank, incidents involving settlers are at an all-time high. With Israeli forces failing to prevent violence and sometimes enabling it, Palestinians are more exposed to brutality than ever. In areas of heavy settler presence, stories of altercations are ubiquitous, with every family knowing at least one person harassed, […]
Thousands of people amassed at Chad’s eastern border in Sila region and other border areas – seeking refuge from a raging conflict in neighbouring Sudan – are at risk of losing access to vital humanitarian and medical assistance with the impending arrival of the rainy season, warns Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This is […]
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Opening Statement – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), June 12, 2023 For the past 52 years, and today in over 70 countries, Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has alleviated suffering by delivering impartial, neutral, independent medical humanitarian assistance in line with international humanitarian law and medical ethics. Here in Canada, more […]
Nearly 40 percent of people in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh have scabies according to the results of a prevalence survey conducted by the health sector in May. In some camps this figure is as high as 70 percent. This reflects what Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has seen in our clinics where we’ve conducted […]