Libya: “You’re going to die here” – Abuse in Abu Salim and Ain Zara detention centres

Chad: MSF teams rush to find new water sources as refugees´ health risks escalate

23 November 2023 – People displaced from Sudan sheltering in camps in eastern Chad are living in dire conditions, desperately short of clean water and decent sanitation. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams are providing water and sanitation assistance in three camps in the border region.

Libya: "People are terrified of rain, clouds and climate change"

Three months after thousands of people lost their lives in devastating floods caused by Storm Daniel, residents of the city of Derna are suffering the psychological aftermath of the disaster. MSF doctors and psychologists have been providing them with medical care and mental health support.

MSF UK's second open letter to Rishi Sunak about Gaza

MSF International President Dr Christos Christou's speech at COP 28

Saturday 2nd December, Dubai UAE

In humanitarian crisis, people with HIV pay double the price

Today in World AIDS Day on 1 December, MSF denounces the neglect of people with HIV in crisis situations. The medical organization, which works with people living with HIV in about fifteen countries, points out that the inexistence or scarce access to HIV services has deadly consequences. Strategies and support to keep people on treatment when healthcare systems are affected by crises barely exist.

Honduras: A clinic to break HIV stigma in San Pedro Sula

“We sex workers always face risks,” says Carolina, a 37-year-old woman who has worked for the past 10 years on the streets of downtown San Pedro Sula, one of the most dangerous cities in Honduras. “There are men who try to hit us. Lots of men remove the condom without our consent – this is an emergency for us. I remember one time a man did it without telling me – in fact he blamed me, saying that I was going to infect him and spread disease.”

Burkina Faso: nutritional crisis severely affecting children trapped in Tougan

27 November 2023. The situation is worsening by the day for people living in Tougan, a town in the Boucle du Mouhoun region. An armed jihadist group has surrounded the town and cut off supply routes and main roads with dire consequences for the nutritional status of its children. Almost 20% of the children screened by Médecins Sans Frontières in this town in northwest Burkina Faso were found to be suffering from acute malnutrition.

Guinea: Progress Made in HIV Care but Major Challenges Remain

In 2003, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Guinea started treating HIV patients with antiretrovirals by opening free HIV testing and treatment centres in Conakry. Twenty years later, while much progress has been made, MSF is still one of the key organisations tackling the disease and major gaps remain in testing and treatment.