Natural disasters
Floods in Kenya: “Waterborne diseases like cholera and mosquito-borne illnesses such as malaria are significant concerns”
With ongoing heavy rainfall across Kenya and the region, MSF teams remain vigilant, assessing needs and providing assistance to those affected by floods Project Update - 3 May 2024
Gaza - Israel War
MSF report denounces Gaza’s “silent killings” from preventable disease and lack of access to medical care
Article - 30 Apr 2024
Mental Health
Enduring the unthinkable: Gaza’s healthcare workers grapple with the mental health impact of an unyielding war
Some healthcare workers in the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territories, say they are living in constant fear, stress and anxiety as they continue to treat patients. Article - 26 Apr 2024
Maternal Health
Returning to South Sudan after the civil war: “How are we again going to survive?”
“People in Kajo Keji are really surviving because of the support of MSF. But I am worried”, says Mirye. “If MSF leaves and the government has not stabilized the health system here, how are we again going to survive?” Article - 26 Apr 2024
Reproductive Health
Beyond medical care: Dandora Youth Friendly Center, a safe space for young people from Nairobi's disadvantaged neighborhoods
Dandora Youth Friendly Center serves as a safe space for young people between ages 10 to 24, offering more than just medical care. Article - 22 Apr 2024
War and conflict
Haiti: The situation in Port-au-Prince today is a humanitarian crisis and it demands an urgent response
I manage a mobile clinic from Doctors Without Borders that provides health care in some of the city's chronically violence-affected neighborhoods. We see the direct and indirect effects of violence on the health of our patients. Article - 10 Apr 2024
Access to healthcare
Walikale, North Kivu: a “Host Village” to prevent maternal and infant mortality
Set up by MSF in 2018, the “Village d’Accueil” or “Host Village” offers specialised care, as well as temporary housing, for women during the period leading up to and following childbirth, with the goal of mitigating the risk of death for both mother and newborn. Article - 4 Apr 2024
Conflict in Sudan
Urgent humanitarian intervention needed: The plight of internally displaced people in Kassala, Eastern Sudan
The scale of the humanitarian assistance currently being provided in Kassala and across all of East Sudan is insufficient to meet the vast unmet humanitarian and health needs of IDPs and of people affected by the war. Project Update - 26 Mar 2024
Attacks on medical care
Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF calls for protection of patients, medical facilities and civilians following Drodro hospital attack
MSF condemns the killing of a defenceless elderly patient in her bed and urge all parties to the conflict to respect and protect patients, medical staff, medical facilities, civilians and humanitarian aid workers. Press Release - 9 Mar 2024
International Women's Day