Extreme violence in Las Anod forces MSF to close activities 

July 25, 2023

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reached the difficult decision to withdraw our services from Las Anod General Hospital, Sool region, located within the internationally-recognised borders of Somalia,* due to increased volatility and repeated security incidents which have impacted the safe...

Gavi must do more as WHO/UNICEF estimates show slow childhood vaccination recovery

July 19, 2023

Gavi should waive co-financing requirements for countries with fragile health systems or in humanitarian crises.Geneva, 18 July, 2023 — Today, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) again called on Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to broaden “catch-up” vaccine coverage for unprotected...

CAR: MSF vaccinates thousands of children after arrival of refugees from Sudan

July 19, 2023

This vaccination campaign against measles and other diseases is part of the emergency response launched by the medical organization in the town of Birao, in northern Central African Republic, where refugees from Sudan have been relocated. A Sudanese girl is...

MSF calls again on J&J to withdraw or abandon extended patents on lifesaving TB drug as main patent expires in India today, opening door to more affordable generics

July 18, 2023

MSF calls again on J&J to withdraw or abandon extended patents on lifesaving TB drug as main patent expires in India today, opening door to more affordable generics. Recent deal offering controlled generics access in limited countries does not go...

Shortening distances: providing healthcare to indigenous communities in Venezuela’s Delta Amacuro state

July 18, 2023

Rivers serve as roads and tropical rainforest stretches to the horizon in Delta Amacuro state, a vast area bordering the Atlantic Ocean in northeastern Venezuela. Largely inaccessible, this region is home to a large number of Indigenous communities who face...

TB medicine deal offers short-term solution, but J&J needs to do more for all affected countries

July 14, 2023

Christophe Perrin, TB advocacy pharmacist, MSF Access Campaign "Today's announcement by the Stop TB Partnership/Global Drug Facility about a deal with pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J), for access to affordable generic versions of the lifesaving tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline, offers...

Kenya: Everyone is welcome at MSF’s youth-friendly health services in Mombasa

July 13, 2023

When an MSF team working in the Kenyan city of Mombasa discovered that there were significant gaps in healthcare for adolescents and young people, they decided to do something about it. The assessment they conducted in May 2021 revealed that,...

Ethiopia: MSF calls for immediate resumption of food distribution

July 7, 2023

Addis Ababa, 06 July, 2023 – As malnutrition rates surge beyond emergency levels in many areas of Ethiopia, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for the immediate resumption of food distributions which were suspended across Ethiopia...

The humanitarian isolation of northwest Syria must be prevented

July 6, 2023

Amman, 5 July, 2023 - Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew the cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2672) for the delivery of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. Ensuring increased, expanded, and...

MSF condemns denial of medical access in Jenin during the largest military raid in the West Bank since 2002

July 4, 2023

Jenin, Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), July 3, 2023 – MSF staff are currently providing emergency healthcare in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, following a large-scale raid by Israeli forces in the city’s refugee camp, the largest in the...

Insecurity and lack of access to healthcare: the forgotten emergency of Ituri

July 3, 2023

Since early 2023, Djugu territory in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has seen intense intercommunal violence and armed clashes, forcing an estimated 156,000 people to flee their homes. This is the latest surge of violence in a decades-long...

No Time to Wait to Protect Vulnerable Lives in Sudan

June 13, 2023

By Stephen Cornish, The General Director of MSF Switzerland If you think the events in Sudan right now are an emergency without warning, think again. The current conflict is instead an acute symptom of a crisis that has plagued the country for...