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A decade on, Canada is still a bystander to attacks against healthcare

Posted on 4 May 2026 (4 May 2026) by manpreet

What does the collapse of a rules-based world order look like? It looks like children and health workers screaming from Gaza’s hospitals as Israel’s shelling draws near. It looks like pharmacies in South Sudan burned to the ground, patients fleeing in fear, their vital medicines reduced to ashes. It feels like the panic and terror tearing through Zamzam camp in Sudan after shelling forced 400,000 people to flee […]

Low-profile parliamentary studies are low-profile but have implications for access to medicines, high-stakes consequences for drug access

Posted on 26 February 2026 (27 February 2026) by Melanie

Adam R. Houston is the medical policy and advocacy advisor for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Canada. Srinivas Murthy is a clinical associate professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Flying under the radar in the current parliamentary session are two studies by Canadian Members of Parliament, each with potentially […]

States are failing to protect civilians and medical care during war

Posted on 21 January 2026 (26 February 2026) by Melanie

Hover Button ADD MSF TO GOOGLE Make us a preferred source on google Ten years ago, Canada successfully co-sponsored the UN Security Council resolution 2286, which called for the protection of medical care in armed conflict situations. But today, attacks on hospitals and medical personnel have significantly increased and continue to be met with near-total […]

Leaders’ failure to fully replenish Global Fund threatens decades of progress against HIV, TB, and malaria

Posted on 19 November 2025 (20 November 2025) by Melanie

Ahead of the Global Fund to Fight AIDAs, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria’s Eighth Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for world leaders to meet the Global Fund’s 18 billion USD ($25 billion Canadian) target. Failure to meet this goal risks catastrophic cuts to essential services, threatens the resurgence of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria and forces the financial burden of healthcare […]

MSF statement on Canada’s 2025 Federal Budget: Cuts to global aid will cost lives

Posted on 5 November 2025 (7 November 2025) by Melanie

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the Canadian government’s plan to reduce funding for international assistance and global health programs – especially at a time when more people than ever need urgent medical and humanitarian support. In our programs around the world, we’ve already seen first-hand how other recent cuts to […]

Replenishing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an opportunity for Canada to stand up for humanity

Posted on 24 September 2025 (24 September 2025) by Melanie

The fight against three of the world’s most harmful and widespread diseases is under threat. Dramatic cuts to global health funding will impact the international response to AIDS, TB (tuberculosis) and malaria. For decades, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (known as the Global Fund) has played a central role responding to […]

Palestine: MSF on the invasion of Gaza City

Posted on 22 August 2025 (25 August 2025) by salwa

We are horrified to see the Israeli forces increasing their carnage across Gaza City as they sweep through neighbourhoods, leaving destruction in their wake. At the same time, continued strikes are forcing people, including Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff, to flee their homes once again and we are seeing displacement across Gaza […]

Investing in Humanity: Why Canada must prioritize humanitarian assistance

Posted on 24 July 2025 (30 October 2025) by Melanie

What better return on investment is there than supporting lifesaving services for people affected by humanitarian crises? For Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), this is a rhetorical question, as we prepare our pre-budget submission to the Government of Canada before they determine their priorities for the upcoming federal budget. Inside, we, highlight the importance […]

Flashquote: MSF on Canada’s missed opportunity to stand up for humanity at the G7 Summit

Posted on 20 June 2025 (22 August 2025) by manpreet

Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is profoundly disappointed that Canada and other G7 countries failed to use their power at this month’s G7 Leaders’ Summit to defend international humanitarian law (IHL) and the lives of civilians caught in conflict. At a time when medical care and aid workers are being deliberately targeted, humanitarian […]

An open letter to Canada’s newly elected Parliamentarians

Posted on 26 May 2025 (29 July 2025) by Melanie

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 – […]