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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Libya: Death, Despair and Destitution - the Human Costs of the EU's Migration Policies

In the last years, a policy-made crisis has been unfolding across Europe, at its borders, and beyond, which has resulted in a surge in deaths, despair and destitution among people… Read more »

Sudan: Addressing Myriad Medical Needs Amidst Conflict in Sudan

Dr Mohammad Bashirm, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) deputy medical coordinator, reflects on his experience as a doctor in Sudan and his dedication to saving lives in… Read more »

Sudan: Urgent Response Needed Amid High Death Rates and Malnutrition Crisis in North Darfur

A rapid nutrition and mortality assessment carried out by MSF reveals that a catastrophic situation has unfolded in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, since the conflict in Sudan began in… Read more »

South Sudan: MSF Launches Mass Vaccination Campaign Amid Deadly Hepatitis E Outbreak

Juba - In response to a deadly hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan, MSF has launched a vaccination campaign in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to provide protection to… Read more »

Nigeria: Tackling the Spread of Lassa Fever in Nigeria

"My mother-in-law asked me how I was feeling and I told her I was fine, but I knew I was not," says Ngozi*, a small trader from Abakaliki. "I was stooling, vomiting and couldn't… Read more »

Mozambique: Breaking Barriers to Safe Abortion Care in Mozambique

In Beira, a city on Mozambique's central coast, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is connecting hard-to-reach communities with safe abortion care and other sexual and… Read more »

Sudan: MSF Survey Sheds New Light On Scale and Intensity of Ethnic Violence in West Darfur

A retrospective mortality survey carried out among Sudanese refugees in Chad by Epicentre, Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) medical research and epidemiology centre,… Read more »

Mali: People At Serious Risk As Violence Escalates in Mali

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned about the intensification of violence in central and northern Mali. Rivalry between various parties of the conflict is… Read more »

Libya: MSF Report On Abuse in Abu Salim and Ain Zara Detention Centres in Libya

Over the course of 2023, until Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ended medical activities in Tripoli in August, our teams witnessed and documented living conditions and… Read more »

Libya: People Are Beaten, Sexually Abused and Killed in Libyan Detention Centres

Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants held inside detention centres in Tripoli, Libya, have been assaulted, sexually abused, beaten, killed and systematically deprived of the most… Read more »

Chad: Severe Lack of Water Causing Serious Health Risks for Children in Chad

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… Read more »

Kenya: MSF's Statement Regarding Kenyan Sterilisation Case

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been informed on 21 September of the ruling of the High Court of Kenya in the context of a lawsuit that was filed in 2014 by four… Read more »

Kenya: MSF Welcomes High Court's Ruling on Women Rights to Equal Access to Reproductive Health and Informed Consent to Medical Procedure

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the ruling of the High Court of Kenya issued on 21st September that brings closure to a lawsuit filed in 2014 by four women… Read more »

Africa: At COP28, More Failure Is Not an Option for Vulnerable Communities

Too little is being done to protect the most vulnerable people against the negative impacts of climate change, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). World leaders… Read more »

Benin: Limiting Maternal and Child Loss in Communities in Benin

After 15 years of absence, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has returned to the west African country of Benin, where we have opened two projects in the past year. One… Read more »

West Africa: Upscaling of Diphtheria Vaccination Needed to Curb West Africa Outbreaks

West African countries have been struggling for months with the worst diphtheria outbreak on record on the continent. The problem can only be tackled if all entities step up their… Read more »