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 Burundi: Congolese Refugees in Busuma Face Mounting Threat as Humanitarian Funding Dries Up

Bujumbura, 21 October 2026 – More than ten months after tens of thousands of Congolese refugees arrived at the Busuma camp in eastern Burundi, living conditions remain extremely precarious, and many refugees say they would rather return to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) than remain in the camp. MSF is extremely concerned that conditions could deteriorate further, as several humanitarian organisations operating in the camp risk running out of funding in the coming weeks.

MSF colleague injured following settler attack in South Hebron

On the evening of 15 October, Israeli settlers violently assaulted an MSF colleague with a hand-sized rock launched by a slingshot during a targeted attack by settlers on his village in the south of West Bank.

MSF Sudan: Dozens killed and 150 injured in Sudanese Armed Forces drone strike on market in Nyala

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.

MSF GAZA: Drawing Gaza when your childhood has been shaped by fear and violence

20 October 2026 - MSF warns that three years of Israel's military offensive, mass displacement and destruction have devastated the mental health of children in Gaza

MSF DRC: Children make up nearly 1 in 4 confirmed Ebola cases, yet left behind in the current outbreak response

15 October 2026 - Children are paying a devastating price in the Ebola outbreak unfolding in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). While children face a higher risk of death from Ebola than adults, they also represent a significant proportion of those affected by the current outbreak. According to Epicentre, MSF’s epidemiological research centre, nearly one in four confirmed Ebola cases in North Kivu is a child. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the disproportionate impact of the disease on children and calls for more attention to their specific vulnerabilities in both the medical and research response.

MSF Yemen: Statement on strikes impacting people's access to healthcare

Yemen: Displaced again, on the road to Aden

Since September 2026, the military escalation between Ansar Allah forces and the internationally recognised government backed by Saudi Arabia has plunged people back into uncertainty.

MSF Mexico: Trauma Speaks Through the Body

20 October - For many migrants, refugees, and displaced people in Mexico, escaping violence is only the beginning. The consequences of torture, sexual violence, kidnapping, persecution, and other forms of extreme violence continue long after the event itself.

MSF Nigeria: Kwashiorkor - an enduring malnutrition enigma