An immediate and massive increase in food aid is urgently needed for people in southern Madagascar, says international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), whose teams in the region are witnessing an exceptionally severe malnutrition crisis which in some places borders on famine. “We’re seeing totally destitute people who have literally nothing to […]
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Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: Focus on fighting ‘terrorists’ ignores humanitarian needs
The following is an op-ed by Jonathan Whittal, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Director of Analysis Department in Johannesburg. Three important developments took place in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province in less than six weeks, all of which will have a significant future impact on human lives. First, in mid-March the United States government designated […]
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It’s not only vaccines: Oxygen must be at the heart of the COVID-19 response
With vaccines unavailable in the majority of countries worldwide, people will continue to fall ill with COVID-19 and without a significant investment in oxygen infrastructure, those whose illness is severe and who cannot access oxygen will continue to die.
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Search and rescue in Central Mediterranean: MSF urged to keep saving lives at Sea for the seventh consecutive year
MSF announces the relaunch of its search and rescue activities in the central Mediterranean to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya.
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Kyrgyzstan: Border clashes leave thousands homeless and in shock
30,000 people in Kyrgyzstan’s Batken and Leilek districts have been forced to abandon their villages after violent clashes, including exchanges of fire, took place between Kyrgyz and Tajik armed forces in late April.
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Northeast Syria: Hospitals run out of funds and medical supplies during second COVID-19 wave
The true numbers of people affected by COVID-19 is believed to be much higher than what is reported as people continue to struggle to access testing and healthcare.
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Enforcement of Title 42 deportations leads to dire humanitarian consequences on Mexico’s northern border
Hundreds of people deported by the United States to Mexico under the Title 42 policy – most of them women and children – are stranded in a public square in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, vulnerable to kidnapping and violence and going without basic necessities.
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Climate Emergency: No choice but to act
MSF pledges to reduce the carbon emissions of its medical humanitarian projects by at least 50 percent by 2030 to safeguard the future health of patients and communities.
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MSF resumes activities in response to India’s COVID-19 second wave
The city is very densely populated and the poor and dilapidated hygiene conditions are a triple trigger for the virus to breed, infect and spread rapidly.
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Mexico: Militarization of borders and mass expulsions increase dangers for asylum seekers and migrants
The commitments announced last week between the United States, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to reinforce the militarization of borders will further criminalize people on the move, says the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), leaving migrants more exposed to organized crime and COVID-19. MSF has witnessed both repeated raids and arbitrary detentions […]