Haiti: Médecins Sans Frontières Partially Resumes Medical Activities in Port-au-Prince

Haiti: Médecins Sans Frontières Partially Resumes Medical Activities in Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince, December 11, 2024 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is partially resuming its medical activities in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area after a 22-day suspension caused by repeated threats and violence against its staff and patients.

Humanitarian Relief Efforts Continue Amidst Growing Needs in Northeast Syria

Humanitarian Relief Efforts Continue Amidst Growing Needs in Northeast Syria

11 December 2024 Amsterdam/ Northeast Syria - In response to significant contextual developments in Syria, including substantial displacement caused by ongoing hostilities in the northern part of the country, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing critical assistance to tens of thousands of displaced people. According to local authorities, more than 80,000 people have been displaced into the areas of Tabqa, Raqqa and Hassakeh.

Excluding women from medical institutes threatens the future of healthcare in Afghanistan

Excluding women from medical institutes threatens the future of healthcare in Afghanistan

Kabul, 5 December 2024 – The announcement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to bar women from studying in medical institutes will have far-reaching consequences on women’s health in the country, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today.

“Gaza today: cold, hunger and bombs”

“Gaza today: cold, hunger and bombs”

Caroline Seguin, emergency coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), visited the northern part of the Gaza Strip, where fighting has been raging for over 45 days, following the offensive launched by the Israeli forces in early October. She looks back at the apocalyptic situation in the north and south of Gaza, where 1.7 million people are living in frightful conditions.

Mozambique: Providing lifesaving HIV care amid conflict

Mozambique: Providing lifesaving HIV care amid conflict

“I have always been passionate about medicine, but that passion deepened when my mother was diagnosed with diabetes and also contracted HIV while caring for her sister,” says HIV specialist Dr Filomena Januário, who works for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in northern Mozambique. Fearful of other people’s judgement, her mother did not seek treatment for HIV and eventually died from complications associated with the disease. “She struggled to accept her diagnosis and, sadly, she eventually lost her life,” says Dr Januário. “That loss became my turning point. I promised myself: I will change this reality. I will dedicate my life to health so that I can care for my own family. Maybe if I had been a doctor [at the time], my mother’s life could have been saved.”

Between Life and Death: MSF’s Battle Against Cholera in Gedaref State

Between Life and Death: MSF’s Battle Against Cholera in Gedaref State

In a 150-bed Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC) in Al Fao Hospital in Sudan's eastern Gedaref state, patients collapsed on the ground, vomiting and pleading for help. With not enough room in the ward already packed with other patients, doctors and paramedics were forced to attend to more patients lying in hallways and on hospital’s ground. At one point, doctors and nurses stood over patients, manually holding bags of intravenous (IV) fluid due to a shortage of IV drip stands. Meanwhile, non-medical MSF, Ministry of Health (MoH) staff and even caregivers stepped in to assist, distributing oral rehydration salt (ORS) to patients to urgently rehydrate them and save their lives.

New data shows extremely critical levels of malnutrition in parts of northwest Nigeria

New data shows extremely critical levels of malnutrition in parts of northwest Nigeria

Abuja, 5th December 2024 - Extremely critical levels of malnutrition found in the conclusions of a survey done by the humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders.

Alert from MSF in Zamzam Camp, North Darfur

Alert from MSF in Zamzam Camp, North Darfur

Sudan’s largest displacement site is under attack with intense shelling by RSF since yesterday evening. The attack has created a living nightmare for the displaced people in Zamzam camp, with casualties, panic and mass displacement.   

No access to medical care in Kurakhove, Eastern Ukraine.

No access to medical care in Kurakhove, Eastern Ukraine.

"My town is on fire". Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to people fleeing from Kurakhove amid ongoing war.

South Sudan: MSF Calls for Improved and Coordinated Response to Cholera Outbreak in Upper Nile

South Sudan: MSF Calls for Improved and Coordinated Response to Cholera Outbreak in Upper Nile

Malakal, South Sudan – 6 December 2024 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about the rapidly escalating cholera outbreak in Malakal, in South Sudan's Upper Nile State. Since the first suspected case was reported on 5 November, the number of people affected has risen significantly, placing an immense strain on the limited response to date. By 3 December, a total of 737 cholera cases were reported in Malakal, with MSF treating 646 patients – more than 87% of all cases.

“I want to feel safe, but it’s hard”: living in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps

“I want to feel safe, but it’s hard”: living in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps

“When I hear loud noises, it’s like I’m back in Myanmar. The sounds bring back all the fear – the fear that someone will come, that I’ll be taken, or worse. My heart races every time. I can’t sleep. I want to feel safe, but it’s hard.” Solim*, who is 21 years old.

Obstacles to essential supplies deepens Gaza's catastrophic humanitarian and medical situation

Obstacles to essential supplies deepens Gaza's catastrophic humanitarian and medical situation

Jerusalem, November 29, 2024 – As humanitarian aid entering Gaza reaches its lowest level in months, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warns that patient care is critically compromised while medical conditions linked to shortages of food, water, and shelter materials are expected to surge with the onset of winter.

Ethiopia: MSF responds to unprecedented surge in malaria

Ethiopia: MSF responds to unprecedented surge in malaria

“Malaria this year has been deadly to so many people,” says Aisha, mother of 3 children from Harari region of Ethiopia. Aisha came with two of her children to a mobile clinic run by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Oromia. “Luckily enough we found MSF’s support.” where they were diagnosed and received malaria medication.

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