Life on the Levee: Extreme Flooding in Old Fangak

Four challenges the rainy seasons adds to delivering healthcare in Cross River, Nigeria

“I am Mr Patrick A.Njok and my position in MSF is a driver. A driver by profession, I love the job. The primary aspect of my job is to drive emergency patients from the MSF facility to the referral hospital.”

Madagascar: Climate Change Worsens Food Insecurity for Vulnerable Populations

As one of the countries most threatened by climate change, Madagascar is particularly exposed to recurring natural disasters, as demonstrated by the passage of Batsirai and Emnati—two devastating cyclones in 2022 that destroyed vital infrastructure, flooded crops, and worsened the living conditions of the population. The country's southeastern region, already vulnerable, saw its nutritional situation worsen significantly. In 2022, 19,195 children under five years old diagnosed at health centers in the southeast suffered from malnutrition, prompting an emergency intervention by MSF in the region.

MSF mourns and condemns the tragic killing of our colleague in northern Gaza

14 October - Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders are mourning the loss of 31-year-old Nasser Hamdi Abdelatif Al Shalfouh, our MSF colleague. Nasser was killed by shrapnel injuries he suffered to his legs and chest on 8 October in Jabalia, North Gaza. Since 7 October, Jabalia has been under relentless attacks by Israeli forces, and people have remained trapped since then without being able to flee.

Gaza update - Israeli airstrike in Deir Al Balah

The invisible wounds of Syria that quietly deepen

“At the end of a suicide awareness session, my patients told me, ‘We love life if we find a way to it,’ quoting the renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish,” says Romeza Al shekh , a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mental health activity manager in northwest Syria. “People have a deep attachment to life, even in the face of so much suffering.”   

South Sudan: The Overlooked Mental Health Crisis: Navigating Unforgettable Loss and the Struggle to Heal

In South Sudan, mental health issues are overshadowed by poverty, violence, and displacement. Neglected by the health system and confronted by deep-rooted stigma, many people face their mental health struggles in silence, enduring a daily battle that goes unseen and unheard. 

The Hidden Struggle: Mental Health Crisis Among Refugees and Migrants in Greece

Athens Greece, October 09, 2024 - "It's difficult for many of them, because they have to prove their vulnerability in legal terms. It's emotionally dehumanizing that I need to prove what has happened to me for a basic human right, which is safety."

Israeli forces pushing people from north Gaza to the south will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe

Israeli evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, issued on 7 October, are pushing tens of thousands of people to immediately flee south as the area is targeted by airstrikes and a ground offensive. In this latest forced mass displacement, residents of Beit Hanoun, Jabalia and Beit Lahia have been urged to move to the overcrowded, so-called humanitarian zone between Al-Mawasi and Deir Al-Balah, where one million people are already living in inhumane conditions. The zone also remains unsafe for civilians and aid workers, as Israeli forces continue to repeatedly strike the area.