Sudan
Sudan: Escalating needs for more than half a million people in Wad Madani
In a region where healthcare and essential medicine were already extremely limited, displaced populations are now suffering from growing health demands, stemming from direct and indirect effects of violence. Article - 15 Jan 2024
Diphtheria
Guinea: An almost-forgotten disease makes a resurgence in West Africa
Article - 12 Jan 2024
Gaza - Israel War
Evacuation orders and heavy bombing around Gaza’s hospitals leaves few healthcare options for civilians
The amount of safe space for organisations to provide healthcare to people is now virtually non-existent. Constant evacuation orders and attacks on health facilities have repeatedly forced organisations such as MSF to evacuate hospitals and leave patients behind. Article - 12 Jan 2024
Lebanon
Lebanon: MSF provides healthcare to people displaced by military escalation along southern border
Update - 11 Jan 2024
Gaza - Israel War
Gaza: MSF condemns strike on shelter that killed staff member’s five-year-old daughter
MSF condemns in the strongest possible terms the January 8 strike on an MSF shelter, which led to the death of the five-year-old daughter of an MSF staff member. Article - 9 Jan 2024
War and conflict
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’ medical research and epidemiology centre, documents the appalling scale of the wave of violence that swept through the region last June, while atrocities have continued in recent months in the region of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur. Article - 8 Jan 2024
Gaza - Israel War
Palestinians in Hebron, West Bank, live in constant fear as violence surges
Update - 4 Jan 2024
Gaza - Israel War
“Let me die with my family”: the story of a Gazan refugee in the West Bank
Stories from the Frontline - 30 Dec 2023
South Sudan
South Sudan: Providing healthcare to vulnerable communities in Yei and Morobo amidst insecurity and funding cuts
The security situation in Yei and Morobo counties, combined with the overall lack and recent additional cuts of funding in the region dangerously threatens access to healthcare for communities. MSF calls out for a concerted effort by humanitarian actors and donors, to ensure access to healthcare for communities. Article - 27 Dec 2023
South Sudan