“Can’t you find better people to treat?” That was the question we were asked, as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), during a meeting with an armed group some years ago. We were discussing one of our hospitals on a frontline and the fact that we were treating people who were perceived as the enemy. […]
“My son was so badly injured and I had no hope for his recovery, as even his liver was torn to pieces,” says Fatima, the mother of a patient admitted to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Kunduz trauma centre, in Afghanistan, in July 2025. “The hospital did all they could to help him recover, […]
Read More… from Afghanistan: 10 years since the attack on MSF’s Kunduz trauma centre
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 […]
Read More… from Afghanistan: MSF’s response to the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan
The sound of crying and beeping medical devices fills the small room. Nurses rush from bed to bed, checking vital signs. Mothers push oxygen masks onto the faces of their children. The emergency room (ER) doctor bursts through the swinging doors of the pediatric ER in Boost hospital in Helmand. “I have 17 patients waiting […]
Read More… from Afghanistan: Pressure grows on hospitals, as pediatric patient numbers rise
The Kunduz Trauma Center in northern Afghanistan sees an average of more than 1,000 patients a month seeking urgent, trauma-related care. Many patients who have experienced the loss of a limb face financial hardship, making it difficult to afford the mobility aid devices they may need. To help respond to their needs, teams of technicians with Doctors […]
Read More… from Afghanistan: Building crutches, walkers and stretchers from scratch
Despite the challenges facing female healthcare workers in Afghanistan, in Lashkar Gah, MSF’s all-women maternity team are helping thousands of women to give birth safely every year. Obstetrician-gynecologist Pauline Lynch shares the story of one woman… They arrived on a motorbike. It’s hard to imagine the journey, because Jamila* was heavily pregnant and having repeated […]
Read More… from Maternity care in Afghanistan: “What this all-women team is achieving is phenomenal”
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Afghanistan have reported a surge in measles patients at three MSF-supported hospitals since January. While measles is endemic in Afghanistan, such a high number of cases so early in the year is cause for alarm. At least one child in Afghanistan has died from measles every day […]
Too many children with TB are neither tested nor treated, with many countries failing at the first hurdle: updating policy guidelines in line with WHO recommendations. A new report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), shows that children with tuberculosis (TB) continue to be left behind in the global effort to end the […]
Read More… from MSF calls for urgent action as governments and donors are failing children with TB
The baby lies with his eyes closed, his fleecy blanket a riot of reds, pinks and greens. On his nose a sticking plaster holds the tubes in place that run into the tiny nostrils, feeding him a milk solution that should help him regain his strength. His mother watches him intently from a nearby chair, […]