In 2025, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was again faced with a major measles epidemic, with more than 82,869 suspected cases and 1,175 deaths recorded in almost all provinces, according to local health authorities.
27 January 2026– MSF teams have returned to south-eastern Mauritania to provide care to Malian refugees, whose numbers have been steadily increasing over the past two years in this border region of Hodh El Chargui,
As temperatures drop as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius in Ukraine, Russian forces continue to bomb energy infrastructure, leaving millions with limited electricity, heating and running water. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff and patients
To avoid being forced to suspend its operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory from 1 March 2026, following unreasonable demands to hand over personal information about our staff, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has
Port-au-Prince, Thursday 22 January 2026: In the first two weeks of January, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated just over 100 people injured by violence at the MSF hospital in Drouillard in Port-au-Prince. Since late December,
As conflict and crisis unfold, wards overflow, and resources are stretched, healthcare workers in Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) projects are still finding the time and motivation to learn. For them, continuous education is not only
Northeast Syria has recently witnessed a military escalation in Raqqa, Deir ez Zor, and Hassakeh governorates, where Médecins Sans Frontières operates, exposing civilians to renewed insecurity, forcing them to flee their homes in Tabqa, Raqqa,
Once you leave the city of Semera behind, the Ethiopian landscape quickly opens into vast stretches of dry earth that seem to run endlessly toward the horizon. Sparse green bushes dot the dusty ground, framed
Bearing witness to the abandonment of aid guided by public health needs New York, January 20, 2026—One year ago today, the Trump administration issued a series of executive actions that upended global health and humanitarian
Amsterdam/Madrid, 21 January 2026 – Attacks on medical care in armed conflicts have reached record levels. Warring parties – including states – are increasingly shirking their obligation under international humanitarian law (IHL) to protect medical
MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, 19th January 2026 – Somalia is facing a severe health and nutrition crisis following consecutive failed rainy seasons, soaring water prices, and drastic cuts in humanitarian aid. In November 2025, the Federal Government of
Stories from women in some of the world’s most remote places reveal that challenges of giving birth without losing their lives are strikingly similar across continents. And they are preventable. “I don’t know what will
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