At least 22 people are missing, and a pregnant woman died despite desperate efforts to resuscitate her, following the partial sinking of a rubber boat in the central Mediterranean Sea yesterday. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s Search and Rescue team has brought 71 survivors from the flimsy sinking rubber boat on board our search and […]
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Thousands of people are trapped without drinking water, food or medical care in an isolated area of the Cité Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince as armed groups battle for control of the area, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today, calling on armed groups to spare civilians and humanitarian organizations to respond to the […]
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The Comprehensive Care Centre, known by its Spanish acronym, El CAI, in Mexico City provides specialized care to people who have experienced torture or extreme violence including harassment and sexual violence. Many of the patients at the CAI are migrants or asylum seekers. Gustavo* fled El Salvador when his life was threatened. He managed to […]
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One year of operations in the Central Mediterranean haspassed by, this time with the Geo Barents – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s vessel – rescuing 3,138 people and conducting 6,536 medical consultations before disembarking in a place of safety in Europe. Following last week’s tragic rescue, the sad reality at the Southern European border has […]
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The northern province of Cabo Delgado is one of Mozambique’s most volatile regions, the scene of an intense conflict since October 2017, resulting in some 800,000 people fleeing from their homes. These are the latest developments. 1. The violence has moved south, leading to new mass displacement Throughout June, fear of violence followed by confirmed […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew the cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2585) expiring on July 10, 2022 for the provision of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. Around 60% of people residing in this area, more than half of whom are internally displaced, risk losing access to […]
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Since 2015, people in Burkina Faso have been living through a security crisis that has caused widespread displacement and untold distress. An estimated 1.9 million people have been forced to leave their homes, while more than 500 health facilities have closed or are operating at minimal capacity. The humanitarian situation is becoming more worrying every […]
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The British Government and other donors must urgently reinstate funding to South Sudan, after millions of dollars in support to the national healthcare system was recently withdrawn, said the medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The Health Pooled Fund (HPF) is the largest donor-financing mechanism for healthcare in South Sudan. The funding provides access […]
Following the earthquake that struck Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan on the night of 21 to 22 June, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent teams made up of medical and logistical staff to the worst-affected areas. Hundreds of people are thought to have been killed, over a thousand wounded, and many homes […]
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More than 20 months since India and South Africa first proposed a landmark intellectual property (IP) Waiver for COVID-19 medical tools at the World Trade Organization (WTO), governments have reached a decision at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva from June 12-15. The decision text contains a set of clarifications of the existing […]
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