Mental Health
Kyrgyzstan: Four months after clashes, people aspire to normality
Following clashes in April that caused widespread destruction in the border areas of Kyrgyzstan, people are gradually recovering from the initial shock. Marcos Matías Moyano, MSF’s Mental Health Advisor, was in Kyrgyzstan recently to support the organisation’s response and he explains how the clashes have impacted peoples’ lives. Stories from the Frontline - 13 Aug 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Responding to COVID-19: Global Accountability Report 4
January to April 2021 Reports - 12 Aug 2021
War and conflict
“We are all afraid”: Settler attacks against Palestinians in Hebron on the rise in 2021
Harassment, threats and physical violence from Israeli settlers are a daily reality for many Palestinians living in the West Bank. Article - 11 Aug 2021
Access to Healthcare
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is forced to withdraw its teams from Cameroon’s North-West region
Yaoundé, 3 August 2021 – After nearly eight months of suspension by the Cameroonian authorities, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been forced to withdraw its teams from the North-West region, an area badly affected by years of armed violence between security forces and armed separatist groups. Press Release - 4 Aug 2021
Access to Healthcare
South Africa Unrest: Supporting overstretched health centres and vulnerable communities in the aftermath of the violence
Over 270 people were reported killed in riots and looting that also disrupted access to crucial healthcare services, food, fuel and other essentials. Trucks, stores and shopping malls were burned and looted, as well as 90 pharmacies and some medical centres. Article - 27 Jul 2021
Access to Healthcare
South Sudan: An MSF record of the consequences of violence since independence
On 9 July 2021, the Republic of South Sudan marked its tenth birthday. This significant milestone is also marred by the bloody legacy of its first decade, including a five-year civil war. Article - 16 Jul 2021
Mental Health
If their stories are often similar, all the people we met say they endure their own sorrow on a daily basis. They thus experience a double penalty, that of physical and mental injuries and that, less visible and unspoken, of socioeconomic exclusion. Stories from the Frontline - 15 Jul 2021
DRC: Voices of Survivors
More than 10,000 people, the vast majority of them women; almost 20% are minors. Behind this figure there are human stories of people who have survived sexual violence and asked for help in health centers supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Given the stigma faced by the patients we assist, these numbers fall short of representing the true magnitude of the problem: 10,810 people found the strength to seek help, how many more suffered and continue to bear the consequences alone, in silence?If their stories are often similar, all the people we met say they endure their own sorrow on a daily basis. They thus experience a double penalty, that of physical and mental injuries and that, less visible and unspoken, of socioeconomic exclusion. Stories from the Frontline - 15 Jul 2021
Mental Health
DRC: Doctors Without Borders calls for urgent boost to support survivors of sexual violence
MSF warns of the lack of support available for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Press Release - 15 Jul 2021
Mental Health