June 08, 2023
Mozambique: MSF Has Been Responding to Medical And Humanitarian Needs For Almost 40 Years
MSF has been working in Mozambique since 1984, often alongside the Ministry of Health. For almost 40 years, MSF teams have responded to medical and humanitarian needs countrywide,… Read more »
June 02, 2023
Chad: Chad - Scores of Wounded in Adré As Conflict in Sudan Surges
Seventy-two wounded people from Sudan have been treated at a hospital in Adré, eastern Chad, by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in partnership with local health… Read more »
South Africa: Hammanskraal - Here's How Doctors Without Borders is Providing Support to Those Affected by the Cholera Outbreak
An area of Hammanskraal called Kanana is the epicentre of a cholera outbreak in South Africa’s Gauteng Province, which has thus far resulted in more than a dozen confirmed… Read more »
May 30, 2023
Kenya: Looming Health Catastrophe in Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Camps
More funding is urgently needed to avert a looming health catastrophe in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camps, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. A cholera outbreak… Read more »
May 26, 2023
Sudan: Vital Humanitarian Activities in Parts of Sudan May Grind to a Halt
Dr Ahmed Abd-elrahman is a Sudanese doctor who has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for more than 17 years, including in Somalia, Pakistan and Libya. He is… Read more »
May 23, 2023
Africa: Noma Survivors Shine a Light On Neglected Disease
In many ways, Muhammadu, Mulikat and Dahiru have little in common. They were born in different corners of Nigeria (Yobe state in the northeast, Lagos in the southwest and Niger… Read more »
Sudan: MSF Facilities Looted, Medical Activities Impeded By Violence in Sudan
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the unacceptable harassment of our staff and the violent looting and occupation of our medical premises and supported… Read more »
May 09, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Alarming Numbers of Sexual Violence Victims in Camps Around Goma
In just two weeks, more than 670 victims of sexual violence have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in camps for displaced people around Goma, the… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Sudan: Severe Medical Needs Persist Amidst Conflict in Sudan
Since 15 April, intense fighting has been taking place between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan. Medecins… Read more »
April 28, 2023
Sudan: MSF Supported Hospital Looted West Darfur Sudan
A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported hospital in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, Sudan, has been looted. Read more »
April 26, 2023
Nigeria: MSF Warns of Catastrophe As Unprecedented Number of Malnourished Children Need Lifesaving Support
Unprecedented numbers of malnourished children in need of lifesaving treatment have been brought to therapeutic feeding centres run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)… Read more »
Sudan: MSF Responds to Medical Needs, Prepares to Scale Up Activities in Sudan
In the wake of fighting between armed groups in Sudan which started over a week ago, ongoing violence continues in many parts of the country. Médecins Sans Frontières… Read more »
April 21, 2023
Sudan: 'People Running Out of Food, Water, Fuel, Taking Great Risks to Get Supplies'
Camille Marquis is the outgoing Advocacy Manager for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Sudan. She was due to leave Sudan, after having been on assignment for 12… Read more »
April 17, 2023
Sudan: MSF Urges for Safety of Medical Teams As Fighting Escalates in Sudan
Since Saturday 15 April, intense fighting has been taking place between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan.… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Central Africa: Urgent Response Needed for Humanitarian Disaster in North Kivu
A humanitarian disaster is underway in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where around one million people have fled their homes in the past 12… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Africa: MSF Urges Scale Up of TB Testing and Rollout of Safer, Shorter Drug-Resistant TB Treatment
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on governments and donors to speed up access to new, shorter, safer and more effective treatments for drug-resistant tuberculosis… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Central African Republic: Ten Years of Atrocities and Violence in Central African Republic
Ten years after the start of the third civil war in the Central African Republic, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teamed up with photographer Adrienne Surprenant to… Read more »
March 16, 2023
Niger: MSF Denounces Appalling Conditions for Migrants Abandoned in Assamaka
Thousands of migrants deported from Algeria and abandoned in the desert of northern Niger are stranded without access to shelter, healthcare, protection, or basic necessities,… Read more »
February 28, 2023
Africa: MSF Statement On Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
The following statement was read out at the Fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a World Health Organization instrument on pandemic prevention,… Read more »
February 24, 2023
Sudan: Bringing Healthcare Back to Conflict-Stricken Communities in Sudan
A brutal attack on Kreinik town, Sudan, in April 2022, left more than 200 people dead and many more injured. The town's hospital, supported by Médecins Sans… Read more »
February 03, 2023
Malawi: Three Things to Know About Cervical Cancer in Malawi
Cervical cancer accounts for 37 per cent of new cancer cases among women in Malawi. Since 2018, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working to reduce the… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Kenya: Donors Must Urgently Send Funds As Humanitarian Situation Deteriorates in Kenya
Hospital admissions of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition have spiked in Dagahaley, one of three refugee camps in the Dadaab refugee complex, eastern Kenya, amid… Read more »
January 10, 2023
Central African Republic: The Forgotten Emergency of Maternal Healthcare in the Central African Crisis
Decades of instability and armed violence in Central African Republic (CAR) have contributed to essential medical care being out of reach for many pregnant women and newborn… Read more »
Cameroon: All MSF Staff Acquitted in Military Tribunal in Cameroon
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely relieved at the acquittal of five of our staff, who faced trial in… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Africa: Groundbreaking MSF Trial Finds Better Treatment for People With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
A new all-oral, six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) than the current options for people with… Read more »