Shinjiro Murata, General Director, MSF Japan Across Myanmar, 18.6 million people are struggling to meet their basic needs—including access to medical care. The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is rapidly deteriorating, and yet the international community
DRC/Geneva, 16 August 2024 – On 13 August 2024, the Africa CDC declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) recognised the Africa CDC’s declaration and
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mpox cases have been on the rise for more than two years. However, the situation has worsened in recent months, with a surge in the number of people
Kiambu ranks fifth out of the 47 counties in Kenya, with high numbers of people who use drugs (PWUD). PWUD form part of key populations, who have four times more HIV prevalence in Kenya compared
In Bauchi state, like other states in northern Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are witnessing an unprecedent surge in malnutrition cases and are rapidly scaling up our medical response. As well as increasing bed
Escalating numbers of Rohingya people with violence-related injuries have crossed the border into Bangladesh over the past week, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), indicating the worsening humanitarian crisis in Myanmar’s
Many women and children in Baidoa, Somalia, have to undertake journeys of hundreds of miles to reach medical facilities. To make matters worse, insecurity and violence often lead to delays that exacerbate health conditions and
Hebron, Occupied Palestinian Territories, 6 August 2024 – Physical injuries, mental trauma and restricted access to medical care are an everyday reality for many Palestinians living in and around the West Bank city of Hebron,
MSF has been running an emergency response in Eastern Chad for a year to address the medical and humanitarian needs of refugees who fled Sudan after the outbreak of war. Since the conflict began in
Jerusalem, 29 July – In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, fighting is approaching ever closer to Nasser hospital, putting it under threat and jeopardising people’s access to medical care. This comes as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
“I felt as if I was on the brink of death. I had no idea what was happening to me,” recalls Muhammad Ahsan, sitting anxiously outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hepatitis C facility in Machar Colony,
Relentless bombings and airstrikes by Israeli forces continue to kill hundreds of people across Gaza, Palestine, while medical staff in hospitals are stretched to their limits trying to provide care to the critically injured. In July
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