Afghanistan: MSF condemns ban on women working for the UN
April 5, 2023No humanitarian organization can deliver assistance at full capacity without female staff Yesterday the IEA notified the UN that no Afghan woman is permitted to work for the UN in Afghanistan, and that this measure will be actively enforced. This...
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Northwest Syria: MSF expands relief efforts and sets up mobile clinics in quake-hit areas
February 26, 2023At 4.17 on the morning of Monday 6 February, Mohammad and his family were shaken awake by the first of two massive earthquakes which hit large parts of northwest Syria and south Türkiye. “When the earthquake shook all the buildings,...
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Burkina Faso: MSF condemns the brutal and deliberate killing of two staff members
February 9, 20238 February 2023 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest terms the murder of two of its employees in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso. The organisation is suspending its medical activities in the Boucle...
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Overwhelming needs as earthquakes hit south Türkiye and northwest Syria: MSF scales up its response
February 7, 2023Following the powerful earthquakes that hit the south of Türkiye and northwest Syria on February 6th, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), already supporting the population of northwest Syria, has mobilized its team along with local partners to respond to the increasing...
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The triple threat of climate change, conflict, and health emergencies: A deadly mix for the most vulnerable in fragile settings
November 4, 2022Geneva (MSF/ICRC) – Climate change is not a distant threat. It is already dramatically affecting vulnerable people across the globe. In particular, the changing climate is having devastating consequences for people living in conflict situations and those who don’t have...
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The Netherlands: MSF ends response for stranded asylum-seekers and calls on Dutch government to guarantee medical care
September 13, 2022The Netherlands: MSF ends response for stranded asylum-seekers and calls on Dutch government to guarantee medical care Response outside main Dutch reception centre for asylum-seekers in Ter Apel ends Shelter and sanitation provision outside the reception centre has improved significantly...
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MSF strongly condemns latest violence after staff member shot and killed
April 20, 2022MSF staff member shot and killed in latest violence in Leer County. Numerous people killed and thousands displaced due to the fighting. MSF calls on all armed groups to respect international humanitarian law and immediately cease targeting civilians and health...
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Year in Review 2020
May 17, 2021The year 2020 was extremely challenging for people all over the world, as they experienced extraordinary levels of disease, loss, fear and isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. In many countries where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières...
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A year in pictures 2019
December 25, 2019Trying to tell thousands of stories in just over 50 imagesAfter sifting through the more than 8,000 photos that we released over the last 12 months (November 2018 – November 2019), we’ve chosen the below series of simple, yet powerful...
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European leaders: Stop punishing asylum seekers on the Greek islands
November 27, 2019Open letter by Dr Christos Christou, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières Dear European leaders I have just come back from the Greek islands, and I was shocked by what I saw and by the accounts I heard from my colleagues...
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Delhi: Walk through MSF sexual and gender-based violence project
November 25, 2019Meet Dr Yashoda Kurra. She works as a medical doctor at MSF’s sexual and gender-based violence project in Jahangirpuri, Delhi. MSF SGBV project is a 24X7 clinic where MSF teams provide free-of-cost quality medical and psychological care to survivors of...
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