It is 9 a.m. in the war-ravaged but still bustling city of Raqqa in northeast Syria. Fatina, who is originally from Aleppo, is lying on her bed in an MSF-supported Cholera Treatment Unit (CTU). She is still feeling weak, so a nurse is helping her drink an oral rehydration solution (ORS) from a cup as […]
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HIV/AIDS in the DRC: Behind the progress, huge challenges remain
In 2002, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams opened the first outpatient treatment centre offering free care to people living with HIV in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Twenty years later, while great progress has been achieved in the country, major gaps remain in testing and treatment, causing thousands […]
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Five highlights from Kabo after 16 years of medical intervention
In Oct. 2022, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ended our longstanding medical project in a violent hotspot in the northwest of Central African Republic (CAR). Here are some highlights from our activities over the past 16 years. […]
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Lebanon: MSF starts cholera vaccination amid threat of a full-blown spread of the disease
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is contributing to the national vaccination campaign against cholera launched by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health’s by vaccinating people in Arsal, Akkar, Tripoli and Baalbak – Hermel in the north and northeast of Lebanon where most cholera cases are registered in the country. 600,000 cholera vaccine doses received by […]
Safe abortion care: “The safest way to help these women”
As part of our commitment to reduce maternal mortality in the places where we work, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) offers safe abortion care at many of our projects. Providing this care can be challenging, and for the last several years MSF has made a global effort to address obstacles and scale up the […]
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Extreme floods in South Sudan and elsewhere are affecting communities already struggling to cope with multiple crises
By Michael Lawson, MSF Canada’s humanitarian affairs officer, and Léo Tremblay, a meteorologist with MSF’s Meteorological and Climate Assistance initiative South Sudan is no stranger to crises. More than eight million people in the country are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance as a result of displacement, food insecurity and exposure to violence, […]
Geo Barents: all 572 survivors disembarked after unjustified delay at Catania port
After 10 days at sea and three days of waiting at the Catania port, finally all survivors on board of the Geo Barents could touch land in a safe place, away from the violence and suffering they fled in Libya. Italian authorities first allowed only the disembarkation of 357 people, leaving 215 on board, as […]
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Lives over profits petition: Foreign Committee takes on MSF’s recommendations towards more equitable access to medicines
In October 2020, we delivered a petition with more than 91,000 signatures to Canada’s Minister of Health, calling on the Canadian government to take immediate steps to ensure fair, affordable and equitable access to any medicines, vaccines or other health technologies developed with Canadian public funds, including in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. WATCH THE RECAP The […]
DRC: Tens of thousands need aid urgently in north Kivu
Tens of thousands of people have sought safety in informal camps at Kanyaruchinya and the surrounding areas, ten kilometres north of Goma. They have fled the renewed fighting between the March 23 movement (M23) and the Congolese army in the region of Rutshuru. An urgent response from humanitarian actors is required to meet the […]
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COP 27: The climate crisis is a health and humanitarian crisis
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) responds to urgent medical and humanitarian crises in more than 70 countries. Our teams are providing medical care to those who are experiencing the health impacts of the climate emergency, many of whom are the least responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. MSF is […]
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