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MSF response to new Canadian government counterterror laws

Posted on 9 March 2023 (3 May 2023) by jeremy

Today, the Canadian government introduced amendments to the Criminal Code provisions that have been standing in the way of Canadian humanitarian organizations providing crucial humanitarian assistance to people affected by emergencies. Despite finally acknowledging that Canadian laws can inadvertently criminalize impartial humanitarian workers, these amendments unfortunately create new bureaucratic hurdles for organizations to overcome. […]

Haiti: Violent clashes force temporary closure of MSF hospital in Cité Soleil

Posted on 8 March 2023 (3 May 2023) by jeremy

Faced with unsustainable security risks, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been forced to close its hospital in the Cité Soleil area of the Haitian capital as a temporary measure. Violence has been spreading throughout Port-au-Prince since 28 February, leaving those caught in the crossfire with no choice but to […]

Ukraine: MSF teams treating patients after missile attack on residential building in Zaporizhzhia

Posted on 2 March 2023 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

At midnight on Thursday, a Russian missile struck a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia city, in Zaporizhzhia oblast (province), southeastern Ukraine. The building housed approximately 300 people in 70 apartments. In collaboration with local authorities, emergency teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are at the scene of the attack to provide psychological first […]

Somalia and Somaliland: Indiscriminate fighting affects medical care in Las Anod

Posted on 2 March 2023 (2 May 2023) by jeremy

On Feb. 28, the hospital Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières supports in Las Anod was hit during indiscriminate fighting for a fourth time in three weeks. This time it caused partial damage to the structure and brought a stop to activities in the pediatrics ward and blood bank. Since the fighting started at the beginning of […]

Syria: MSF expands relief efforts and sets up mobile clinics in quake-hit areas

Posted on 1 March 2023 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

On Feb. 6 at 4.17 a.m., Mohammad and his family were shaken awake by the first of two massive earthquakes which hit large parts of northwest Syria and south Türkiye. “When the earthquake shook all the buildings, my wife and I took our children and ran to the school playground,” says Mohammad. “We stood there […]

Türkiye: “It is important to be flexible in this response given the magnitude of the disaster”

Posted on 1 March 2023 (2 May 2023) by jeremy

Logistics coordinator Ricardo Martínez is the leader of one of the first MSF emergency teams to arrive in Türkiye following the Feb. 6 earthquakes. He describes the situation in the city of Adiyaman. On 15 February, in collaboration with the Turkish Medical Association, an MSF team donated various essential relief items to people affected […]

Italy: MSF providing support to survivors of the Crotone shipwreck

Posted on 28 February 2023 (2 May 2023) by jeremy

A team from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is offering psychological support to the survivors of a shipwreck that killed at least 62 people, including 12 children, a few hundred meters from Steccato di Cutro, southern Italy, on Feb. 26. About 180 people, mostly from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, were travelling on a wooden […]

DRC: the never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious disease

Posted on 28 February 2023 (28 September 2023) by jeremy

Every two to three years, measles outbreaks affect tens or even hundreds of thousands of children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Last year was no exception, with more than 148,600 cases and 1,800 deaths reported. How can this recurring emergency be explained? And, above all, how can we put an end to it? When […]

Haiti: MSF activities under threat after series of security incidents in Port-au-Prince

Posted on 24 February 2023 (2 May 2023) by jeremy

Recent incidents involving Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams and activities in Port-au-Prince, as well as serious threats circulating on social networks, are jeopardizing the safety of MSF staff and patients treated in its facilities, and its ability to provide care in Haiti. On the night of Feb. 23, hooded gunmen attempted to break into the […]

Syria: “One of the biggest needs now is mental health”

Posted on 24 February 2023 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

Following the powerful earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in northwestern Syria have mobilized with local partners to respond to people’s increasing humanitarian needs. The situation in northwestern Syria is especially dire because of almost 12 years of war and the […]