On the night of Feb. 14 to 15 2024, Nasser hospital, once the largest hospital in southern Gaza, was shelled by Israeli forces. The orthopaedic department was hit, killing one person and injuring eight others. After several weeks of intense fighting with Palestinian armed groups in Khan Younis, Israeli forces stormed the facility, which until […]
Read More… from Gaza: How the Israeli army besieged and attacked Nasser hospital
As fighting displaces thousands of people in North and South Kivu, MSF is concerned about spread of disease due to overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions Two years of violent fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army (FARDC) and its allies in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) intensified late […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified that Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza is in ruins after a 14-day long operation by Israeli forces in and around the facility. According to the World Health Organization yesterday, 21 patients have died since the hospital came under siege on March 18. Approximately 107 other people remained trapped inside as of […]
Read More… from Gaza: Israeli forces leave Al-Shifa Hospital in ruins
As of February 2024, close to 190,000 people have been displaced in Kassala state alone (International Organization for Migration IOM), underscoring the urgent need for comprehensive humanitarian assistance. Among them are approximately 40,000 people who fled recent violence in Al Jazirah state. The plight of internally displaced people in Kassala is emblematic of the broader […]
After more than five months, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) finally passed a resolution today calling for an immediate ceasefire to the conflict in Gaza during the month of Ramadan, which ends on April 9. The resolution passed with 14 votes in its favour. The United States — which has vetoed several ceasefire resolutions—abstained from today’s […]
Read More… from MSF statement on UN Security Council vote for Gaza ceasefire
Annie Thibault recently returned from working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza for four weeks. Her role as administration manager included human resources and finance as well as advocacy. She was based in Rafah and visited health facilities in southern Gaza. Annie is from Saint-Sauveur, Quebec. “Is it as bad as they […]
Ahead of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) protested alongside other global health activists outside the headquarters of US corporation Danaher, which owns diagnostics maker Cepheid, demanding they drop the price to US$5 for all their ‘GeneXpert’ medical tests that they sell in low- and middle-income countries, for diseases such as […]
As Israeli Forces announced on March 18 that they were conducting a military operation inside and around Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, northern Gaza, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff sheltering close by said heavy fighting was taking place. One of our staff members said he heard drones, tanks and shelling near the hospital […]
Read More… from Gaza: MSF witnesses heavy fighting around Al-Shifa Hospital
As the world marks ten years since the deadliest Ebola virus disease outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is disappointed that while two approved Ebola treatments now exist, they are not readily available via an emergency stockpile for use in places where they would likely […]
Hepatitis E is spreading through refugee camps in eastern Chad where more than 550,000 Sudanese fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Sudan have taken shelter, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. The spread of hepatitis E is being exacerbated by poor sanitation and a desperate shortage of clean water in the camps, which are […]