Pakistan: Concern over planned deportation of Afghan refugees

April 4, 2025

Pakistan- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) once again expresses deep concern for approximately 900,000 Afghan Citizen Card holders facing deportation from Pakistan. Vulnerable groups, including women, children, and those with disabilities, are disproportionately impacted by such deportations. Women and girls face especially...

Pakistan: MSF concludes hepatitis C care in Karachi, having treated over 9000 people

January 29, 2025

Karachi: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today announced the closure of its long-running hepatitis C project in Karachi, bringing to an end nine years of free, lifesaving treatment in one of Pakistan’s most underserved urban communities.A new report, “The fight against...

Pakistan: Celebrating MSF’s success in hepatitis C treatment in Machar Colony, Karachi

January 27, 2025

In southern Pakistan's Sindh Province, on the edge of Karachi's bustling fish harbour, sits Machar Colony, an informal settlement where life is harsh, often unkind, and plagued by overcrowding, poor sanitation, and limited access to basic services. The community's struggles...

Pakistan: MSF’s mother and child healthcare services in Balochistan – A lifeline for families

October 3, 2024

"Eight of my nine children were born here, and my daughter-in-law delivered her five children in this very hospital. It’s part of who we are," says Zarlast, her eyes gleaming with pride as she sits beside her daughter-in-law Zarnasha, both...

Pakistan: After responding to devastating floods in Dadu, MSF hands over medical activities to local health providers

December 13, 2023

In June 2022, extreme monsoon rains struck Pakistan and submerged more than one third of the country. The floods caused extensive destruction of crops and buildings, including health structures. People had to leave their unsafe homes and spend months living...

Pakistan: The heartbreaking link between maternal and child malnutrition

September 14, 2023

Last year, scorching heat waves broke records across South Asia, with temperatures surpassing 50° in March and April. The unusually violent monsoon that followed triggered floods that killed over 1.700 people in Pakistan and ravaged communities. After the devastating weather...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis medical care in Pakistan: Patient stories

January 19, 2023

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a skin infection caused by a parasite transmitted by the bite of a phlebotomine sandfly. It is common in Pakistan, particularly amongst poor, both urban and rural populations in Balochistan and Khyber Paktunkhwa provinces. The disease is...

Pakistan: Flood emergency is far from over

January 9, 2023

Sindh, Pakistan: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is seeing alarmingly high numbers of patients with malaria and children with malnutrition among flood-affected communities it assists in Sindh and eastern Balochistan provinces, Pakistan.Catastrophic flooding began in...

Pakistan Flood Update| October 2022

October 28, 2022

It has been seven weeks since the flood emergency was declared by the Government of Pakistan, calling on the international community for support. The heavy monsoon rains that started in June have inundated more than one third of Pakistan, with...

Pakistan: “These floods will likely affect the population for months”

September 29, 2022

Monsoon rains have plagued Pakistan for months and have become yet more intense in recent weeks, causing widespread damage in much of the country, increased by global warming and the melting of glaciers. Millions of people have lost their homes...

Pakistan Flood Update: Five things you need to know

September 12, 2022

Pakistan is suffering widespread destruction caused by flooding during monsoon rains, with over 70 per cent of the country inundated, over 1,000 people dead, over 1,500 injured and at least 33 million people affected. While monsoon rains have plagued Pakistan...

New Year babies: The first MSF newborns of 2022

January 20, 2022

There is always a reason to find hope. For a second uncertain year in a row, many countries have faced the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while, at the same time, conflict, disaster and obstacles to accessing care have hit...