France: MSF reorients its activities to better protect unaccompanied girls
April 23, 2025Paris, France- Since July 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reoriented its day centre for unaccompanied minors in Pantin, northeastern Paris, towards a programme exclusively dedicated to young girls. These teenage girls, who have filed appeals for recognition as minors,...
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Ukraine: surgical care for patients in Ukraine
April 23, 2025Donetsk, Ukraine- It is quiet in the hospital. The corridors are poorly lit despite the bright sunny morning. At night, Russian military drones were flying over the city, the resulting sound of explosions made it hard for patients to sleep,...
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South Sudan: MSF outraged by armed looting and forced closure of lifesaving hospital in Ulang, Upper Nile State
April 23, 2025Ulang, South Sudan- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the armed looting of its hospital and premises in Ulang, Upper Nile State. On the morning of 14 April, dozens of armed men stormed the MSF hospital and office...
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When every minute counts: the first 72 hours of an epidemic
April 23, 2025Malakal, South Sudan- Every epidemic begins with a suspicion – a sudden rise in illness, recurring symptoms and the first severely ill patients. In crisis zones, infectious diseases can spread at lightning speed. Every minute counts when trying to contain...
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Palestine: Gaza has become a “mass grave” for Palestinians and those helping them
April 16, 2025Jerusalem, Palestine- As Israeli forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential aid, Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed, warns Médecins Sans...
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Sudan’s two years of war
April 16, 2025Sudan- The war in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) enters its third year and people remain unseen, bombed, besieged, displaced and deprived of food, medical care and basic lifesaving services. 60 percent...
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Myanmar: MSF steps up response following devastating earthquake
April 10, 2025South Shan, Myanmar- On 28 March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating the regions of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Sagaing, and Shan State. As of 8 April, official figures reported over 3,600 deaths, more than 5,000 people injured,...
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Haiti: MSF withdraws from two medical facilities in Port-au-Prince as widespread violence intensifies
April 9, 2025Port-au-Prince, 8 April, 2025 - Following the targeted attack on 15 March against a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) convoy travelling between its Turgeau emergency centre and its Carrefour Trauma Hospital, and in view of the deteriorating security situation in downtown...
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Mexico: Extracontinental Migration in the Americas
April 8, 2025La Soledad, Mexico- "Since God was with me, I managed to escape," says Mbala* from La Soledad, an informal migrant camp in the heart of Mexico City. Sitting with his back to one of the capital's oldest churches, he recounts...
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Syria: MSF opens emergency room in Daraya
April 8, 2025Daraya, Syria- After 14 years of war, Syria has been left with large-scale destruction, massive displacement, economic hardship and a lack of basic services, including healthcare. In response, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has started planning...
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Sudan: Tales of violence and forced displacement from South Kordofan
April 8, 2025South Kordofan, Sudan- “The morning of the attack I was at home and my mother was sick. We ran to escape with my children. I carried my mother on a donkey cart as she could not walk. When we were...
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Tanzania: MSF welcomes the announcement of the end of the Marburg epidemic in Kagera
April 1, 2025Kagera, Tanzania- On Thursday, March 13, 2025, Tanzania officially declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak after 42 consecutive days without new cases, following the death of the last confirmed patient on January 28, 2025. The outbreak...
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