I am a doctor in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, hearing gunfire as armed groups and police battle for control of our city. This kind of fighting began several years ago, but in recent weeks it has become increasingly violent, like a war. On Feb. 28, it was announced that elections could be postponed until August 2025. […]
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“Sudan is one of the worst crises the world has seen for decades. There are extreme levels of suffering across the country, the needs are growing by the day, but the humanitarian response is deeply inadequate. We have responded to multiple mass casualty events and emergencies over the past year. We have performed life-saving surgical […]
Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) about the catastrophic levels of hunger experienced by people in Gaza, particularly in the north. While MSF’s presence in northern Gaza is limited, our direct clinical experience in Rafah […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the missile attack on its office in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 5, at approximately 3:15 a.m. The building was destroyed completely and five people were injured, including MSF’s security staff. As a result, MSF has suspended its medical humanitarian activities in the Donetsk region temporarily, […]
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I want to extend my deepest condolences and those of the entire MSF family to the family, friends, and co-workers of the seven colleagues from the World Central Kitchen, who were brutally killed two days ago. We, like many organizations, depended on them for feeding patients and staff. I personally saw our staff waiting for […]
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Six months after numbers of children with measles surged, Dr Ei Ei Khaing, MSF clinical team leader in Taiz Houban mother and child hospital, describes efforts to tackle the life-threatening disease. “I have seen firsthand how the current surge in measles cases is affecting children in MSF’s hospital here in Taiz Houban in Yemen. Although […]
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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 […]