Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has chosen Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim as our new International President. He begins his three-year mandate, following his election by representatives at MSF’s highest governance body, the International General Assembly, held on June 27 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Javid is a Sudanese Iranian emergency medicine doctor, with extensive experience in […]
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Just before midnight on Aug. 31, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan. At least 1,400 people are reported to have been killed and more than 3,000 injured. Entire villages have been reduced to rubble, with many people still trapped. Tragically, the death toll is expected to rise significantly. The disaster hit the Kunar and […]
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On August 23, heavy gunfire broke out while people, including children, were gathered around one of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water-trucking distribution points in Khan Younis. In the chaos of the moment, it was not clear where these intense and consecutive bursts of gunshots were fired from. A young girl waiting for water […]
Jerome Grimaud, MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza, condemns the double Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younès, in the south of the Gaza Strip. “We denounce in the strongest possible terms Israel’s horrendous attacks on the Nasser medical complex today – the only partially functioning public hospital in the south of Gaza. Israeli forces […]
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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 […]
Israel is deliberately depriving people of water in Gaza as part of its genocidal campaign that is denying Palestinians the necessities of life, including food, water and healthcare. After 22 months of Israel destroying and restricting access to critical water infrastructure, the amount of water available in Gaza is wholly insufficient. Organizations like Doctors Without […]
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In the midst of an all-out war, people in Sudan are now experiencing the worst cholera outbreak the country has seen in years. Since the outbreak was declared by the Ministry of Health one year ago, there have been 99,700 suspected cases and more than 2,470 related deaths, as of August 11. Last week in […]
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Amid a deadly cholera outbreak, Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to reduce our teams and suspend all of our activities at Zalingei hospital in Central Darfur state, Sudan, following a violent armed assault inside the facility. MSF cannot resume operations until all parties provide clear security guarantees that staff […]
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Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international non-government organizations (INGOs) have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since March 2. Instead of clearing the growing backlog of goods, Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in […]
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Hepatitis C continues to be a silent and devastating epidemic among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been on the forefront of the response since 2020. Over the past five years, our teams at Jamtoil clinic and Hospital on the Hill have provided care to over 10,450 patients […]