Every attack on healthcare is unacceptable and has consequences. When two Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) boats were fired on as they crossed a river in South Sudan in January this year, we had to make a difficult decision to suspend our outreach activities due to safety concerns. Just three months later, MSF’s hospital […]
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Every epidemic begins with a suspicion – a sudden rise in illness, recurring symptoms and the first severely ill patients. In crisis zones, infectious diseases can spread at lightning speed. Every minute counts when trying to contain them. The first 72 hours are critical: we need to act fast and strategically to save lives and […]
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A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding on both sides of the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, as escalating violence, displacement and a widespread cholera outbreak are pushing communities to the brink, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns. Clashes between government forces and armed groups, which initially began in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, could spread to other […]
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On this International Women’s Day we highlight the incredible stories of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) female staff in South Sudan. From a nurse in the remote area of Boma, to the head of community health in Renk, to Juba’s warehouse manager and air conditioning (AC) technician, these women working with MSF exemplify resilience […]
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2024 saw Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams responding to various emergencies spanning the globe. Abyei: area between Sudan and South Sudan The 38-kilometer trip from Agok to Abyei takes over 6 hours due to poor roads. MSF uses a tractor to navigate mud bogs. The road conditions prevent water and sanitation trucks from […]
As South Sudan receives a massive influx of tens of thousands of people fleeing the intensified war in Sudan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up its response to the humanitarian crisis in Renk and surrounding informal settlements along the border. Over the last weeks the number of recently displaced people has surpassed […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has set up a 20-bed cholera treatment unit (CTU) at the Renk Civil Hospital in South Sudan, in response to a cholera outbreak declared by the Ministry of Health on Oct. 28. We call on all organizations in Upper Nile State to help prevent the spread of the disease […]
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Do you remember me? I am Dr. Mohamed Bashir, MSF’s former deputy medical coordinator in Sudan. I once wrote a reflection, Alleviating suffering in the face of war, in which I shared my firsthand experience of the civil war – not only as a medical humanitarian but as a Sudanese person. I’m still with MSF, […]
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An alarming number of children suffering from severe malaria have been admitted to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Aweil State Hospital in Northern Bahr el Ghazal (NBeG) state, South Sudan, over the past three months. Malaria admissions to the children’s ward began to increase in June and, by September, up to 400 children […]
Around 20 men, waist-deep in water, are working hard to dig a ditch around a mound of mud that extends as far as the eye can see. The army of shovellers knock pieces of wood into the ground and flatten plastic tarps to reinforce the mound, which is actually a series of dykes, strengthened in […]