41 people died in shipwreck off Lampedusa
August 10, 2023 By Juan MatÃas Gil, MSF Search and Rescue Representative“These kinds of tragedies are happening daily in the Mediterranean and at the European borders, right in front of everyone’s eyes. More and more people have been taking the sea to find refuge over...
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Ethiopia: MSF calls for immediate resumption of food distribution
July 7, 2023Addis 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...
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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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G7 Countries Must Commit to Safeguarding Humanitarian Assistance: MSF International President’s Statement Ahead of G7 Summit
May 18, 2023Ahead of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Dr. Christos Christou, International President of the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières, urges the leaders of the G7 countries to make a long-term commitment to safeguarding humanitarian assistance despite highly...
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Sudan: 240 trauma patients treated in Khartoum in a week
May 18, 2023KHARTOUM/BRUSSELS – An MSF team working alongside Sudanese staff and volunteers in one hospital in south Khartoum has treated 240 trauma patients in just over a week. Many of them have suffered gunshot wounds or injuries resulting from explosions, consistent...
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One year on: Soaring needs in Twic County, South Sudan
May 15, 2023Under the shadow of a tree, a group is gathering, exchanging greetings. Peter, a mental health counsellor for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Margaret Abuk, MSF health promoter, are conducting an awareness and educational session for a group of overfifty...
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Not another migration ‘crisis’: EU leaders continue to push through deadly policies
May 15, 2023More people than ever recorded are currently forcibly displaced from their homes by conflict, human rights violations, climate change, and the economic consequences resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Across Europe, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to witness people...
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El Geneina Teaching Hospital, West Darfur: 5 key points on the recent violence and humanitarian needs
May 15, 2023The looting of El Geneina Teaching Hospital, which is supported by Médecins Sans Frontières-Doctors Without Borders (MSF) since 2021, made headlines in the last week of April.Reports suggest that widespread looting, destruction, and burning of property took place in El...
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International Nurses Day 2023: Spotlight on intensive care nurses
May 12, 2023More than 10,000 nurses are providing healthcare in Médecins Sans Frontières’ humanitarian programmes worldwide—the largest single professional representation in MSF.To mark International Nurses’ Day on May 12 and celebrate our diverse nursing staff, MSF highlights the sometimes underestimated contribution of...
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Our top reads from the field in 2019
December 23, 2019From Jharkhand to Chhattisgarh and Nigeria to Bangladesh, our field workers work to provide essential medical care to those in need. As we move closer to 2020, here's a compilation of stories from our projects shared by our Indian volunteers....
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