Refugees, Migration and displacement
Five months of forced displacement and escalating humanitarian needs amid advancing annexation in the West Bank
One in three people could not reach a doctor when needed – mainly due to cost, distance, or lack of transport. Nearly half spoken to report inconsistent access to food and water, and 35 per cent of those with chronic illnesses are unable to get regular medication Article - 2 Jul 2025
Cholera
South Sudan: MSF calls for urgent scale up in water and sanitation programs amidst rising cholera cases in Abyei
While there are ongoing medical response efforts, the onset of the rainy season poses an immediate and severe threat. Ensuing floods are likely to cut off access, complicate logistical movements for aid, and accelerate the spread of waterborne diseases like cholera. Article - 1 Jul 2025
Gaza - Israel War
Gaza: Deadly Israeli-US supply distribution scheme must be dismantled and siege lifted
Every day, MSF teams see patients who have been killed or wounded trying to get food at one of these sites. Article - 27 Jun 2025
Medical Emergencies
Lomera, South Kivu: First came the gold rush, then the cholera
In early May, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched an emergency response to a cholera outbreak in Lomera, South Kivu, where a gold rush and poor sanitation fuelled the rapid spread of the disease. Over 8,000 people were vaccinated and more than 600 patients received treatment, as teams worked around the clock to provide care and improve access to clean water. Article - 26 Jun 2025
War and conflict
Israeli authorities further tighten their grip on the West Bank amid escalation with Iran
Article - 24 Jun 2025
Access to Healthcare
Deliberate shortages of food, medicine and fuel by Israeli authorities are suffocating Gaza
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams are witnessing patterns consistent with genocide in Gaza. Mass killings, the destruction of vital civilian infrastructure, and severe restrictions on fuel supplies and the delivery of aid are deliberate actions. Israel is systematically dismantling the conditions necessary for Palestinian life. Article - 20 Jun 2025
Gaza - Israel War
Open letter to the Heads of States of the European Union and the Presidents of the EU Institutions
The war in Gaza has been allowed to become one of the most egregious, deadly and ruthless wars waged on a people. Gaza’s homes, hospitals, markets, water networks, roads, and power grids have all been demolished by Israeli forces, not by disregard but by design. Article - 16 Jun 2025
Gaza - Israel War
EU governments’ hypocrisy fuelling suffering in Gaza
The hypocrisy and inaction of the European Union and its Member States have allowed Israel to freely continue its massacre of Palestinians in Gaza with total impunity, said Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in a press conference in Brussels today. Article - 16 Jun 2025
Attacks on medical care
South Sudan: “If we had a closer hospital, maybe my children would be alive today”
People in remote areas of Upper Nile State in South Sudan are suffering from a lack of access to health care, since attacks on medical boats and armed looting in medical facilities since the beginning of the year have forced Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders(MSF) to close its hospital and end its support to 13 community-based primary healthcare facilities in Ulang county. Article - 16 Jun 2025
Access to healthcare