Haiti: the living hell of Port-au-Prince told by its inhabitants
July 6, 2023Two years after the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, the city of Port-au-Prince continues its descent into violence. Day after day, the inhabitants of Haiti’s capital risk being kidnapped, injured or even killed in street clashes between gangs, civilian...
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The humanitarian isolation of northwest Syria must be prevented
July 6, 2023Amman, 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...
Read moreNigeria: MSF raises alarm over escalating malnutrition crisis in the northwest
July 4, 2023Abuja, 03 July 2023 – A malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest Nigeria, prompting international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to reinforce its activities while warning that the current humanitarian response is insufficient to avert a potential...
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Nigeria: MSF raises alarm over escalating malnutrition crisis in northwest
July 4, 2023Abuja, 03 July 2023 – A malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest Nigeria, prompting international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to reinforce its activities while warning that the current humanitarian response is insufficient to avert a potential...
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MSF condemns denial of medical access in Jenin during the largest military raid in the West Bank since 2002
July 4, 2023Jenin, 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...
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Water and sanitation in northwest Syria: the invisible health threats to displaced people
June 18, 2023Jindires, a once-magnificent city located in northwest Syria, near the Turkish border, has been reduced to rubble, bearing the scars of both a relentless war and a recent earthquake. In northwest Syria, nine out of 10 people who were newly...
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Over 600 war-wounded Sudanese arrive in Adré hospital in eastern Chad in the space of just three days
June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 - As violence rages in West Darfur, wounded people are coming in waves to Adré hospital in Chad, where they are being treated by MSF and Ministry of Health teams. At least 242 wounded were received on...
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No Time to Wait to Protect Vulnerable Lives in Sudan
June 13, 2023By 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...
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Bangladesh: Scabies in Rohingya refugee camps
June 7, 2023Ali, an MSF community-based health promotion volunteer raises awareness on scabies in the clinic’s waiting area. 1 June 2023, Jamtoli Clinic, Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. ©Olivier Malvoisin Nearly 40 percent of people in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh have...
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Chad: MSF teams received more than 70 wounded in Adré and are extending activities in response to the conflict in Sudan
June 2, 20232 June, 2023 - A total of 72 wounded people from Sudan have been treated at the hospital in Adré, eastern Chad, by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in partnership with the local health authorities. This is as a result of...
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Democratic Republic of Congo: As tens of thousands flee North Kivu conflict, an invisible crisis is brewing in South Kivu
May 30, 2023More than 80,000 people have arrived in South Kivu’s Minova health zone, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after fleeing conflict in neighbouring North Kivu province. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has launched an emergency response with a...
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“Humanitarian operations in many parts of the country may grind to a halt”
May 27, 2023Dr Ahmed Abd-elrahman is a Sudanese doctor who has worked with MSF for more than 17 years, including assignments in Somalia, Pakistan, Libya. He is currently Director of Operations at MSF Brussels and is directly supporting MSF teams in Sudan. ...
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