Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) resumed its outpatient nutritional program in Zamzam camp, near El Fasher in North Darfur, for children suffering from acute malnutrition after receiving therapeutic food supplies this week. MSF was forced to stop outpatient treatment for 5,000 children with acute malnutrition in Zamzam camp in late September after the warring parties […]
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Sudan: “Echoes of Darfur”
One and a half years into the conflict in Sudan, refugees are still fleeing to eastern Chad in search for safety, where they arrive at camps in dire conditions. Access to clean water, sanitation and healthcare facilities is limited. We met Aziz, Youssef, Salwa, and Amina to hear their stories of fleeing the Darfur region of Sudan and survival in […]
Treating Open Wounds in Tulkarem, West Bank
It’s a sunny morning in Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarem, West Bank. Over twenty women are filing into a room set up by MSF staff, sitting in a circle and chatting over Arabic coffee. In the middle of the room, there is a table with gauze, tourniquet devices and charts explaining blood flow in […]
Detention of Dr Mohammed Obeid and several medical staff from Kamal Adwan Hospital, North Gaza
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has received confirmation that Dr Mohammed Obeid, an MSF orthopedic surgeon, has been detained by Israeli forces along with several medical staff from Kamal Adwan hospital in north Gaza during a military operation at the hospital on 26 October. We are extremely alarmed by the detention of our colleague. […]
Speech: MSF Highlights Three Urgent Humanitarian Crises Amid Global Inaction in House of Commons meeting
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), provides medical humanitarian care to people who have been forced to flee their homes because of violence, conflict, persecution and, increasingly, climate change. Our teams provide vital medical care at every step of people’s treacherous displacement journeys, including providing surgery and trauma care, maternal health and obstetrics services, vaccination […]
MSF denounces Israel’s ban on UNRWA, the latest devastating blow to the Palestinians
The Israeli Knesset’s ban on UNRWA’s operations voted on Oct. 28 represents a devastating blow to Palestinian life. It will further undermine people’s survival prospects in Gaza and heavily impact communities in the West Bank. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces this legislation, which represents an inhumane ban on vital humanitarian aid. The Knesset’s […]
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Gaza: Statement following the killing of MSF colleague Hasan Suboh
Doctors without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is outraged by the repeated killings of our staff in Gaza and calls for an immediate halt on attacks of medical personnel, humanitarian workers and civilians. Israeli forces killed Hasan Suboh on the night of Oct. 24 after an airstrike hit his relative’s house, where he was staying in […]
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Gaza: MSF calls for safety and information on missing doctor
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned for the safety and whereabouts of Dr. Mohammed Obeid, an MSF orthopedic surgeon who was sheltering and working in Kamal Adwan Hospital, northern Gaza, with whom we lost contact since the afternoon of Oct. 25. The hospital and its surroundings have been subjected to intense military operations by […]
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Ukraine: No Place Feels Safe; Civilian and Medical Infrastructure Hit Amid Rising Casualties
On Oct. 25, a residential area in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro came under attack. At least 21 people were injured, and five people, including a child, lost their lives. “Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns this Russian attack on a residential area, including the hospital where MSF ambulances refer patients. Our teams […]
“Whatever we lose, we will come back.”
Amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment and incursions across southern Lebanon, countless families have been uprooted, many seeking refuge in the coastal city of Saida. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s mobile medical teams have been visiting several locations in the southern city, offering essential primary healthcare, medication, and mental health support to those displaced by […]