Climate Emergency
South Sudan: Communities prepare for renewed flooding ahead of rainy season
For aid organisations such as MSF, reaching people in need becomes increasingly difficult as floods sweep away or cover roads, bridges and airstrips. Article - 31 Jul 2023
Hepatitis
Inside MSF's Nampula Project: Exploring key interventions in three questions
In Nampula province, current MSF programs focus on providing care for people with neglected diseases. Interview - 29 Jul 2023
Malnutrition
Sudan: Fleeing conflict, hundreds of thousands face hardship and disease in overcrowded camps in White Nile State
More than 140,000 people, fleeing from Khartoum, have newly arrived in White Nile state. Update - 27 Jul 2023
Neglected Diseases
Press Release - 25 Jul 2023
Transforming lives in Mozambique: surgical treatment for patients with neglected diseases in Mogovolas district
MSF is collaborating with the District Services of Health, Women and Social Action in Mogovolas and the Provincial Services in Nampula, Mozambique, to deliver surgical treatment for hydrocele, one of the chronic complications of the neglected tropical disease (NTD) lymphatic filariasis (commonly known as elephantiasis).Press Release - 25 Jul 2023
Attacks on medical care
Colaadda daran ee ka jirta Laascaanood waxay ku khasabtay MSF inay joojiso adeegyadeedii caafimaad
Hay’adda Dhakhatiirta aan Xuduudda laheyn ee MSF waxay gaartay go’aan adag oo ku aadan inay joojiso adeegyadii ay ka fulin jirtay cisbitaalka guud ee Laascaanood ee gobolka Sool ee Soomaaliya*, kadib markii ay sare u kaceen colaadda iyo amni darro soo noq-noqotay taasoo saameysay adeegyadeedii caafimaad. Statement - 24 Jul 2023
Attacks on medical care
Extreme violence in Las Anod forces MSF to close activities
While our support to medical services in Las Anod comes to an end, we will remain present in Sool region by maintaining basic and specialised healthcare activities in Kalabaydh, nearly 40 kilometres south of Las Anod. Statement - 24 Jul 2023
Attacks on medical care
Khartoum: Aid in jeopardy as MSF staff face beatings, death threats and theft
MSF has treated over 1,600 war wounded patients in Khartoum since the conflict began and our intentions are to continue to do this. However, the security situation has deteriorated so dramatically over the past few weeks that our presence in the Turkish Hospital is now in question. Press Release - 21 Jul 2023
Malnutrition
Influx of Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad: children threatened by malnutrition and measles
Last week, up to 286 children were taken care of in the wards of the Adré paediatric hospital where MSF teams work - by comparison, around fifty children were being treated at the same time last year. Update - 20 Jul 2023
Cholera
DRC: Emergency response against cholera in the territory of Rutshuru
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders teams have been mobilised urgently in the territory of Rutshuru, in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in response to an outbreak of suspected cases of cholera, particularly in the Binza and Rutshuru health zones. More than 1,500 patients have been treated since the beginning of June 2023. Article - 20 Jul 2023
Refugees, Migration and displacement