Gaza’s healthcare system has been devastated, with men, women and children at increasing risk of acute malnutrition and with their physical and mental health deteriorating rapidly, according to a report released today by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) entitled Gaza’s Silent...
After over six months of relentless war, Gaza’s healthcare workers have had to face unprecedented challenges to provide medical assistance to thousands of people, while trying to survive and manage the toll the war has taken on them personally. According to Médecins Sans Frontières mental health...
Dr Priscille Cupidon, medical activity manager of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urban violence project in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, explains how the chronic extreme violence gripping the city has impacted medical care and healthcare workers like her. I am a doctor in Haiti's...
1. Khadija Mohammad Abakkar, 25, patient from Central Darfur, Sudan “We suffered a lot. For three days, we couldn't sleep. Now, where we are is also bad. I’m Khadija Mohammad Abakkar, 25, I have been displaced by the war in Sudan. Five months ago, I was forced to flee my home in the displaced camp...
After one year of war, the aid provided to millions of people is a drop in the ocean due to political blockages created by the warring parties and lack of action from the United Nations and international humanitarian organisations. In one of the world's worst crises for decades, Sudan is facing a...
The following statement from Dr Christos Christou, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), outlines the dire situation for people caught up in the war in Sudan ahead of the first anniversary of the start of the conflict: Sudan is one of the worst crises the world has seen for...
Médecins Sans Frontières strongly condemns the missile attack on its office in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 5th, at approximately 3:15 am. The building was destroyed completely and five people were injured, including MSF’s security staff. As a result, MSF has suspended its medical...
After more than five months, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) finally passed a resolution yesterday calling for an immediate ceasefire to the conflict in Gaza during the month of Ramadan, which ends on April 9. The resolution passed with 14 votes in its favor. The United States—which has...
The first survey in more than a decade to examine the impact of violence on mortality in Haiti reveals the extreme levels of violence experienced by residents of Cité Soleil, the largest slum in the capital, Port-au-Prince. The retrospective mortality survey was carried out by Epicentre, the...
In an escalation of violence in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, armed men attacked the town of Drodro on the night of 6 to 7 March, killing a patient in her bed ransacking the general hospital, and looting medical equipment, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans...
