MSF SOUTH SUDAN: Funding cuts: The Human Cost of Disinvestment
3 November - Every day in Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported secondary hospitals across South Sudan, from Aweil, in a stable area under government control, to Akobo in Jonglei, an unstable conflict zone held by opposition groups, our teams receive women and children in increasingly severe condition, dying from diseases that could have been diagnosed and treated weeks earlier. Across the country, thousands of mothers and children find the doors of their primary healthcare clinics shuttered. They must travel long distances, at a cost they cannot afford, to reach a hospital only after preventable conditions have become critical.
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MSF MYANMAR: Deadly airstrike damages maternity ward in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State, killing five including a newborn
3 November 2026 - Paul Brockmann, MSF Operations Manager said: “We are horrified by Sunday’s airstrike which damaged the temporary maternity ward in Mrauk-U. We have received reports that five civilians — including a newborn — were killed in the bombing with more wounded. The death of the newborn is especially heartbreaking and underscores the utterly unacceptable toll these attacks take on the most vulnerable. Hospitals and patients must never be put at such risk. This attack follows a previous deadly strike on the Mrauk-U hospital in December 2025. Enough is enough. Even war has rules: children, civilians and healthcare workers throughout conflict-affected Rakhine need protection and services, not repeated attacks.”
MSF DRC Ebola: Providing mental health support for patients and their loved ones
In Butembo, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kasoki Zawadi spends her days with her husband, who is being treated for Ebola. A plexiglass window separates them, but they can talk to each other. In MSF treatment centres, psychological support is available to both patients and their loved ones.
MSF Yemen: Children in Al-Bayda still face severe malnutrition and limited access to care
26 October - Children in Al-Bayda governorate, Yemen, continue to face critically high levels of malnutrition, while access to free, timely treatment remains limited. Between 9 May and 3 October 2026, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), working with the Ministry of Health, treated 5,327 children with malnutrition during a short-term emergency response through 10 facilities. But the needs remain high, and many families still struggle to reach care.
MSF CALAIS: Ten years after the Calais ‘Jungle’, thousands of people seeking refuge remain trapped at the France-UK border
22 October - The dismantling of the Calais ‘Jungle’, one of Europe’s largest informal settlements, began a decade ago, on 24 October 2016. Thousands of people seeking refuge had been surviving there in the hope of crossing the Channel to reach the UK.