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 »
March 15, 2023
Africa: Tales of Women at Sea
Testimonies of survivors fleeing across the central Mediterranean Read more »
March 08, 2023
Zimbabwe: Overcoming Taboos for Women's Positive Sexual Health
Good sexual and reproductive health is important for the quality of life for all people, yet there are myriad challenges to ensuring this for cisgender and transgender women and… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Africa: Women Face Additional Burden While Crossing the Sea
Anyone crossing the sea to escape a dangerous situation, or to find a better life, is in a vulnerable position. But women face the additional burdens of gender discrimination and,… 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 20, 2023
Burkina Faso: MSF Suspends All Activities in Burkina Faso
Following the attack in which two MSF staff were killed on February 8 in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, we are suspending all our activities in the country. This measure, necessary… Read more »
February 14, 2023
Zimbabwe: Teen Mum's Club Giving Hope to Adolescent Pregnant Girls
Nearly 5000 young girls impregnated between Jan and Feb 2021 Read more »
February 13, 2023
Africa: New Gavi CEO Must Prioritise Catch-Up Vaccination and Increase Inclusive Engagement
Today Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which supports access to immunisation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), announced the appointment of Dr Muhammad Ali Pate of Nigeria as… Read more »
February 09, 2023
Burkina Faso: MSF Workers Killed in Attack - Work Suspended in Boucle du Mouhoun
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest terms the murder of two of its employees in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso. The… Read more »
February 06, 2023
Nigeria: Noma Takes Step Towards Inclusion on WHO List of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Amsterdam, 2 February 2023 – The little-known but life-threatening disease noma is one step closer towards being recognised as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) after… 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: Record Admissions at MSF Hospital in Dagahaley, Dadaab, as Humanitarian Situation Continues to Deteriorate
Hospital admissions of children suffering from severe malnutrition have spiked in Dagahaley, one of three refugee camps in the Dadaab refugee complex, amid worsening humanitarian… Read more »
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 17, 2023
Central African Republic: 15 Gynaecologists For Six Million People
Decades of instability and armed violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) have made essential medical care out of reach for many pregnant women and newborn babies.… 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 »
December 19, 2022
South Sudan: Catastrophic Floods Cause Mass Displacement and Escalate Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan
A small makeshift raft made from plastic sheeting and filled with dry grass is drifting along the Nile river, on it sits a family of eight people - the youngest just a baby. Read more »
December 13, 2022
Central African Republic: Internally Displaced People Struggle to Return Home in Bria, Central African Republic
Successive waves of violence in Central African Republic (CAR) have forced people to flee their homes, leaving everything behind. They continue to endure the adverse effects of… Read more »
December 05, 2022
Chad: Chad's Floods Deepen a Humanitarian Crisis With High Risk of Disease Outbreaks
Major floods have hit central and southern Chad since mid-August, with the latest floods affecting the capital, N'Djamena, where rivers have burst their banks and whole… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: A Humanitarian Desert - Lacklustre Response Amid Horrific Violence in DRC
In August, following an outbreak of violence in the provinces of Mai-Ndombe and Kwilu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head… Read more »