Six months since conflict broke out, Sudan´s brutal war continues to inflict immeasurable suffering: endangering lives, displacing millions from their homes, and causing deaths even in areas far from frontlines. To prevent a larger tragedy, MSF calls for a substantial increase in humanitarian...
A statement by MSF OCP General Director, Claire Magone: "On the ninth day of a bombing campaign of unprecedented violence on the Gaza Strip, Médecins Sans Frontières calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity. Dying under bombs in Gaza cannot be the only option left to people. In the north...
Despite Israeli announcements suggesting that there are safe areas for the population trapped in the Gaza Strip, they are in fact exposed to bombardment throughout all the territory, including in the south, where tens of thousands of people have fled following the ultimatum. As the Israeli army has...
Updates on 14 Oct: "Israel’s 24-hour notice that people in Northern Gaza must leave their land, homes and hospitals is outrageous – this represents an attack on medical care and on humanity. We have consistently seen dehumanising language and this violence is a manifestation of that. We are talking...
Léo Cans is the MSF head of mission for Palestine, based in Jerusalem. He provides an update on the situation for people and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Gaza, Palestine, following the breakout of hostilities. “The situation in Gaza is catastrophic; the hospitals are overwhelmed. The...
On Tuesday 19 September, Azerbaijan launched an attack on several locations in Nagorno-Karabakh. Twenty-four hours later, a ceasefire was announced by all parties, followed by people moving to look for safety inside and outside the region. Armenian authorities reported on Wednesday 27 September...
Last weekend, MSF teams treated over 100 people wounded in two separate locations of Khartoum following deadly attacks. At least 49 people were killed in the strikes. This was the deadliest weekend witnessed by MSF teams in Khartoum since the beginning of the conflict, five months ago. Following an...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) fully resumed medical services at its Tabarre hospital in Port-au-Prince on August 28, after an armed intrusion on July caused the organization suspend admissions in the trauma centre. “We are pleased to resume all activities and be at the service of the public once...
Humanitarian organisations must urgently scale up their response to ease the difficulties faced by people fleeing the conflict from Sudan to Upper Nile state in South Sudan, says Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF). Thousands of returnees have been arriving sick and exhausted at...
Claudia, a nurse supervisor at MSF's Turgeau Emergency Centre in Port-au-Prince, describes how her team provides vital medical care in the midst of widespread insecurity and economic hardships.
