June 05
Nigeria: Significant Spikes in Numbers of Malnourished Children in Northern Nigeria Require Urgent Action
In recent weeks, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) facilities in northern Nigeria have recorded an extraordinary increase in admissions of severely malnourished children… Read more »
June 03
South Sudan: A Lack of Food Adds to Challenges for People Living With HIV and TB in South Sudan
In South Sudan, over seven million people are expected to face acute food insecurity or worse between now and July. Among them, patients who are living with tuberculosis (TB)… Read more »
May 27
Congo-Kinshasa: Civilians Caught In The Crossfire In The Kivus
Civilians caught in the crossfire in the Democratic Republic of Congo are once again being forced to endure violence as the fighting between several armed groups, including the M23… Read more »
May 28
Sudan: Nowhere Safe From Violent Fighting in El Fasher As Hospitals Are Repeatedly Hit
The intense, non-stop fighting in El Fasher, Sudan, leaves no safe place for civilians in the city as patients and medical staff are increasingly becoming part of the staggering… Read more »
May 17
Sudan: People Abandoned During Violence, Humanitarian Void in Central Darfur
As the fighting in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) began in April 2023, the displaced people of Al-Hasahisa camp, in Zalingei,… Read more »
May 16
Nigeria: MSF Phases Out Activities in Benue Nigeria
After six years of providing medical humanitarian assistance to internally displaced people in Benue state, Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has taken the… Read more »
May 15
Sudan: Nowhere Is Safe As Deadly Fighting Escalates in El Fasher
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported South Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, has received hundreds of casualties since an escalation of fighting on 10 May. Dr… Read more »
April 25
Africa: MSF Reveals Cost of Landmark TB Clinical Trial in Push for Drug-Development Cost Transparency
At the fifth WHO Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies conference today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) presented the costs of its landmark TB-PRACTECAL… Read more »
May 12
Sudan: Bomb Puts El Fasher Paediatric Hospital Out of Action Amid Intense Escalation in Fighting
On the evening of Saturday 11 May, an airstrike carried out by the SAF landed 50 metres from Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital, which is supported by Médecins Sans… Read more »
May 09
Sudan: MSF Forced to Suspend Support in Wad Madani
MSF has been forced to suspend work and withdraw staff from Madani Teaching Hospital, the only functional hospital for the hundreds of thousands of people in dire need of medical… Read more »
May 01
Sudan: MSF Warns of Catastrophic Malnutrition Crisis in Zamzam Camp Amidst Escalating Violence in North Darfur
In response to the escalating fighting in North Darfur, Sudan, MSF has treated over 100 war-wounded patients - including 11 children, many with gunshot wounds - at South Hospital,… Read more »
April 25
Madagascar: Malaria On the Rise With Healthcare Out of Reach in Madagascar
Madagascar is one of the countries most affected by malaria. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the reported number of malaria cases in 2023 exceeded the national epidemic… Read more »
April 10
Sudan: MSF Fact Sheet - One Year of War in Sudan
Since war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April 2023, millions of people have lived through intense fighting, including… Read more »
April 08
Sudan: In Sudan, the Needs Are Growing By the Day, but the Response Is Deeply Inadequate
The following statement from Dr Christos Christou, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), outlines the dire situation for people caught up in the… Read more »
March 26
South Sudan: Urgent Vaccination Campaign Needed to Halt Deadly Measles Outbreak
A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities struggle to overcome a yellow fever outbreak. Since February, seven deaths among… Read more »
March 20
Africa: Five Things to Remember a Decade After the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
Ten years ago, on 23 March 2014, Guinea declared an outbreak of Ebola. Beforehand, Ebola outbreaks were known to be dangerous, but small. Not this time, though: it would take two… Read more »
March 18
Africa: Tuberculosis - MSF Launches Unprecedented Project to Tackle Underdiagnosis Among Children
Tuberculosis (TB) in children is a silent scourge: one child dies of TB every three minutes and more than half of all children with TB are never diagnosed. Taking the opportunity… Read more »
March 12
Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Humanitarian Response Needed to Avoid Health Catastrophe in DRC
Two years of violent fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army (FARDC) and its allies in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)… Read more »
March 11
Nigeria: Neglected Humanitarian Crisis Escalates in Northwest Nigeria
The level of humanitarian support available to respond to people's critical needs in northern Nigeria is in dramatic decline. In the northwest, a humanitarian crisis persists, with… Read more »
March 07
Nigeria: An Arduous Journey for Pregnant Women to Access Healthcare in Northwest Nigeria
In the bustling emergency ward of the maternity department at Jahun General Hospital, northwest Nigeria, the rhythm of activity beats with urgency and determination, like a pulse… Read more »
March 04
Mozambique: Violence Continues to Displace and Traumatise Thousands in Cabo Delgado
Six years after the start of the violent conflict in the north of Mozambique, people in Cabo Delgado still live in fear. In 2024 alone, over 80,000 people have had to flee,… Read more »
February 28
Zambia: MSF Responds to a Surge in Cholera Amid Regional Outbreaks
With the resurgence of cholera cases since mid-December 2023 in the capital and several provinces of Zambia, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is involved in the… Read more »
February 23
Africa: Responding to Cholera Is a Multipronged Approach
Over the last two years, countries' ministries of health and organisations like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been trying to respond to a string of cholera… Read more »
February 22
South Sudan: Response At Transit Sites in South Sudan Essential to Prevent Deadly Outbreaks
- A humanitarian crisis is escalating in Bulukat and Renk, two of the busiest transit sites in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, warns MSF. Thousands of people who escaped the… Read more »
February 21
Africa: EU Policies Deny Safety and Protection to Refugees and Migrants
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released a report today detailing the harrowing consequences of Europe's policy-made crisis at its borders and beyond. Read more »