“It happened while I was on my way home from the market at 8:00 p.m.,” says Noon Makor Arop, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health promoter and community engagement supervisor in Abyei, South Sudan. “I didn’t realize it was a snake initially, but I soon felt pain and swelling in the bite area. I […]
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Amid humanitarian aid cuts, a convergence of conflict, malnutrition and climate events ranging from droughts to floods have plunged South Sudan into the worst conditions people have seen since 2018. When South Sudan emerged as the world’s newest nation in 2011, hope soared for a fresh start. But just two years later, the country plunged […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has undertaken the evacuation of staff members from our healthcare facility in Lankien town, Nyirol County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, in response to a deteriorating and volatile security situation in the area. Despite the evacuation of the essential personnel, the facility remains operational and will continue to deliver critical, […]
People in South Sudan are facing a deteriorating humanitarian situation, while international interest and support continue to decline, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The report, “Left behind in crisis: Escalating violence and healthcare collapse in South Sudan,” shares the human impact of the faltering health system and humanitarian response. It draws on routine medical data as well as testimonies from patients, caretakers, community […]
Read More… from South Sudan: Gaps in healthcare threaten lives as violence escalates
On the morning of Dec. 3, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) healthcare facility was hit during an airstrike in the town of Pieri, Jonglei state. After the gunship helicopter left, MSF teams found bullets that hit the facility. MSF teams witnessed additional airstrikes in Lankien, where MSF also runs healthcare facilities, but without […]
Read More… from South Sudan: MSF healthcare facility hit during an airstrike
The road to Ariath, in Aweil North cuts through endless stretches of scorched plains in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan. When it rains, the road turns to mud and when it dries, the heat burns through the ground of the cracked earth. It takes one and a half hours by car to reach the small village. Inside a […]
Read More… from South Sudan: Children living with diabetes in remote villages
I have spent a year watching cholera, a treatable disease, chew through South Sudan. And the hardest question isn’t how to treat it – we know how. The hardest question is this: Why hasn’t the outbreak been contained? Why, one year after the outbreak was declared on Oct. 28, are we still responding to a […]
Read More… from South Sudan: Cholera crisis is a symptom of deeper failures
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all operational activities in Yei River and Morobo counties in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State for a minimum of six weeks. This decision follows the abduction of an MSF staff member, occurring just four days after the abduction of a health ministry staff member from an MSF […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the abduction of a Ministry of Health (MoH) staff member from an MSF ambulance in South Sudan’s Morobo County, Central Equatoria State, at around 10:00 a.m. on July 25. Although the staff member was released unharmed on July 26, this incident further highlights the growing violence against healthcare […]
Read More… from South Sudan: MSF condemns abduction of Health Ministry staff in Morobo County
Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is profoundly disappointed that Canada and other G7 countries failed to use their power at this month’s G7 Leaders’ Summit to defend international humanitarian law (IHL) and the lives of civilians caught in conflict. At a time when medical care and aid workers are being deliberately targeted, humanitarian […]