Dear Members of Canada’s 45th Parliament, Congratulations on your election to the House of Commons, where all parties will bear responsibility for ensuring Canada’s government can rise to the challenges of the current global moment. You are taking on this responsibility at a time of unprecedented global upheaval. Multiple large-scale and overlapping international crises – […]
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From June 15 to 17, Canada will be hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. It will be the first time all the leaders of the G7 countries will meet this year. The meeting is taking place amid a period of global upheaval, as the world faces multiple large-scale conflicts and humanitarian crises, from Gaza […]
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This week, the Canadian Government made two statements in strong opposition to Israel’s military operations and siege in Gaza. These statements include a joint declaration by Prime Minister Mark Carney and leaders of the United Kingdom and France reaffirming what we at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) already know first-hand from our teams providing […]
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On April 28, Canadians will vote in a federal election that is taking place in a period of major global upheaval. The Members of Parliament that Canadians will elect will decide how Canada responds to a world experiencing alarming levels of conflict and crisis, and where hundreds of millions of people’s lives, safety and dignity […]
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Israeli forces and settlers have increased the use of extreme physical violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the all-out war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In total, at least 870 Palestinians have been killed and over 7,100 injured between […]
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Esther is a mother of three sheltering at a camp for displaced people in North Kivu, a province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She and her family have fled war three times in recent months. “I had hope of returning and getting my life back,” she recently told Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières […]
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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 […]
Before patients can receive the right treatment, they need the right diagnosis. Despite their vital importance, access to diagnostic tools has never attracted as much attention as access to medicines. As with medicines, the 21st Century has seen major advances in diagnostic technologies. Unfortunately, affordability and accessibility haven’t kept pace, meaning even diagnostics well-suited for […]
Dear Parliamentarians, As you return from across the country to the House of Commons in Ottawa for the next sitting of Canada’s Parliament, we find ourselves at a moment of significant global unrest. Hundreds of millions of people’s lives, safety and dignity are at risk due to conflicts, disasters, and their deliberate exclusion from accessing […]
This article was originally publishing on Globe and Mail. “It would be an honour if a bomb killed all of us together, so we don’t have to suffer anymore. Dying together is better than this suffering.” These were the heartbreaking words a Rohingya man shared with my Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleagues in […]
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