Cyclone in Mayotte: “The State's response is much more about safety than health”

Cyclone in Mayotte: “The State's response is much more about safety than health”

As another storm hits Mayotte a month after Cyclone Chido devastated the archipelago, Matthieu Chantrelle, Deputy Program Manager for MSF, takes stock of the French state relief effort and deplores the abandonment of slum dwellers, who have been left without water, food or medical care since then.

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MSF statement on possible ceasefire in Gaza

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Haiti: MSF highlights need to support survivors of sexual violence

MSF denounces violent attacks leading to suspension of activities at key Khartoum hospital

MSF denounces violent attacks leading to suspension of activities at key Khartoum hospital

10 January 2025 KHARTOUM/BRUSSELS. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns ongoing violent attacks on patients and staff at Bashair Teaching Hospital, located in a Rapid Support Forces-controlled area of Khartoum. Despite extensive engagements with all stakeholders, these attacks have continued in recent months. MSF has now taken the very difficult decision to suspend all medical activities in the hospital.

Access to healthcare is seriously compromised in H2, the mental and physical health of the Palestinian population is at risk and deteriorating

Access to healthcare is seriously compromised in H2, the mental and physical health of the Palestinian population is at risk and deteriorating

Jerusalem – January 8th 2025. The residents of Hebron’s H2 area, one of the most restricted places in the West Bank, suffocate under Israeli occupation, particularly since the start of the war on Gaza. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which has been forced to suspend activities for several months inside H2, warns that access to healthcare is seriously compromised and that the mental and physical health of the population is at risk and deteriorating.

Accessing healthcare in insecure context of Zamfara

Accessing healthcare in insecure context of Zamfara

Communities in Zamfara, northwest Nigeria, face high levels of violence and insecurity. This has led to displacement, difficulties in accessing basic healthcare including vaccinations for preventable diseases and disruption in agriculture contributing to high levels of malnutrition. This state, like much of the northwest region, has traditionally been left out of wider humanitarian responses in Nigeria and there are therefore very few other humanitarian organisations working in this area.

MSF condemns a despicable attack on its ambulance in El Fasher, killing one passenger

MSF condemns a despicable attack on its ambulance in El Fasher, killing one passenger

January 12, 2025 – Port Sudan, Sudan. On January 10, an MSF ambulance was shot at in El Fasher, North Darfur, by an unknown gunman while referring a female patient in labor requiring emergency surgical procedure from MSF field hospital in Zamzam camp to Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, the only public hospital with surgical capacity still standing in the area despite relentless attacks.

North Kivu: More than 10,000 people seek refuge in Masisi general hospital and MSF base as fighting continues

North Kivu: More than 10,000 people seek refuge in Masisi general hospital and MSF base as fighting continues

Goma/Kinshasa, 9/1/2025 - The security and humanitarian situation in the territory of Masisi, North Kivu, remains highly volatile. As fighting continued this Thursday morning in and around Masisi town between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by allied elements, thousands of people - residents, MSF and Ministry of Health staff and their families - once again flocked to the Masisi General Hospital and the MSF base, to seek refuge.

DRC: MSF treats nearly 160 wounded in North and South Kivu following recent armed clashes with M23

DRC: MSF treats nearly 160 wounded in North and South Kivu following recent armed clashes with M23

Kinshasa-Goma, 7/1/2025 - In recent days, the Masisi Territory of North Kivu province has been the scene of major clashes between the armed group M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by allied elements.

MSF launches emergency intervention in North Kivu, eastern DRC amid fighting

MSF launches emergency intervention in North Kivu, eastern DRC amid fighting

In December 2024, fighting between the Congolese armed forces and the M23 armed group resumed in Lubero territory, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fighting has led to major population movements to the north and south of the front line, which is approaching the town of Lubero. Following emergency interventions in the area in 2023 and 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are once again intervening to support local health structures and provide basic supplies to the displaced.

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Mozambique: MSF provides mental health support to Cabo Delgado in wake of Cyclone Chido

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Newborns and other patients at risk as Nasser hospital has run out of fuel, MSF warns

8 January 2025, Jerusalem - Nasser hospital, Al Aqsa hospital and European Gaza hospital are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening the lives of hundreds of patients, including newborns, who depend on electricity to stay alive, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Meanwhile, MSF teams are transferring fuel to Nasser and Al Aqsa hospital serving only as a temporary solution for the next 36 to 48 hours.

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Gaza living conditions' impact on people's health

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