In the forested border areas between Lithuania and Belarus, asylum seekers and migrants, including families with young children, are being subjected to repeated pushbacks with little to no access to basic needs or fair asylum procedures. In this testimony, a mother (unnamed for privacy) tells of her family’s experience being pushed back and forth […]
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Flooding in Pakistan: “It was so heartbreaking to see our village underwater.”
Akeela, an Outreach Counsellor with MSF since 2020, lived in the village of Mir Gul Hassan Manju Shori Barun Naseerabad, which is around 5 kilometres from Dera Murad Jamali (DMJ) in Balochistan. This was one of the areas hardest hit by monsoon rains and extreme flooding that left one third of Pakistan underwater. After losing […]
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Mozambique: “To be able to respond quickly … we must always be on alert”
Agy Agy, MSF logistics supervisor. Mozambique, 2022. Mariana Abdalla/MSF “I am in charge of doing distributions of relief items in various areas of Cabo Delgado. I started working for [Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières] MSF in my hometown, Mocímboa da Praia, but I was forced to move to the south of the province when […]
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Global Fund on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria: What we need to see
The global fight against the three main killer diseases – HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria – has ground to a halt. In recent years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams around the world have seen worrying signs of a reversal in progress against all three diseases, compounded by the COVID-19 crisis and economic difficulties. If donor […]
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Honduras: Filling the gap of sexual and reproductive health care and education in the community
The high rates of teenage pregnancies and unwanted pregnancies are two of the consequences of the lack of specialized services in this area of the country. Since 2022, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working with a community approach to close this gap. For decades, people across Honduras have faced many challenges […]
Pakistan: “These floods will likely affect the population for months”
Monsoon rains have plagued Pakistan for months and have become yet more intense in recent weeks, causing widespread damage in much of the country. Millions of people have lost their homes and are being forced to sleep in makeshift shelters, while many health structures are damaged or not functioning. MSF teams are stepping up […]
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Pakistan: MSF provides help in some of the areas hardest hit by severe floods
Pakistan is suffering widespread destruction from flooding due to exceptionally heavy monsoon rains, affecting some 33 million people. One-third of the country is now underwater, according to Pakistani officials. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are on the ground providing primary health care, drinking water, and essential supplies, although access to some areas remains […]
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An Open Letter from MSF to the Ministers of Health and International Development of Canada in regard to noma
Since 2014, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF) has been supporting the Sokoto Noma Hospital, the only hospital in Nigeria – and one of the few in the world -, with a programme of activities for people affected by noma, including noma survivors and their families. Noma is a neglected disease that affects people, especially […]
Lithuania: Discriminatory and cruel migration practices compounding people’s suffering
Vulnerable migrants and people seeking asylum who are held in prolonged detention in Lithuania are consequently experiencing an alarming deterioration in their mental health. The Lithuanian authorities’ flawed migration practices and legal processes are further discriminating against certain nationalities, and contributing to the continued detention of these people, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors […]
Why Canada can and must step up to help end the HIV, TB and malaria epidemics worldwide
By Jason Nickerson, MSF’s Humanitarian Representative to Canada
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