Malnutrition
Nigeria: MSF raises alarm over escalating malnutrition crisis in northwest
A malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest Nigeria, prompting MSF to reinforce its activities while warning that the current humanitarian response is insufficient to avert a potential catastrophe in the coming months. Press Release - 3 Jul 2023
Access to Healthcare
“We have daily power problems in Khartoum, and in a hospital this can have life or death consequences”
Dr. Mego Terzian, MSF Head of Mission in Sudan, talks about the situation in Khartoum, the challenges of working amidst intense fighting, and the transformation of the Turkish Hospital in southern Khartoum into a facility equipped to handle mass casualties. Stories from the Frontline - 1 Jul 2023
Tuberculosis
Somaliland: Recovering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
After four years of caring for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Somaliland, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is handing over its project to the Ministry of Health Development. Article - 30 Jun 2023
Access to Healthcare
The latest medical guidelines provide practical recommendations for health professionals
Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) international medical guidelines team has published the latest edition of our two main guidelines Clinical guidelines and Essential drugs. Both guidelines are available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish for use in MSF projects and beyond. Article - 27 Jun 2023
Access to Healthcare
Insecurity and lack of access to healthcare: the forgotten emergency of Ituri
Since early 2023, Djugu territory in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has seen intense intercommunal violence and armed clashes, forcing an estimated 156,000 people to flee their homes. This is the latest surge of violence in a decades-long conflict, which has seen 700,000 people displaced within Djugu territory and 1.7 million across Ituri province. Article - 27 Jun 2023
South Sudan
On the football field: A tale of community engagement and diversity in Abyei
Abdulrahman Khaleel was two months into his role as coordinator of MSF’s project in Abyei when he recognised an opportunity to strengthen engagement between MSF and the local community, which just a year ago was riven by intercommunal violence. Article - 26 Jun 2023
Access to Healthcare
Somalia: “Health promotion is vital”
Fatumazahra Khalif is a senior health promotion manager with MSF in Somalia. She explains the impact health promotion can have, and why working alongside local communities is key when it comes to saving lives. Stories from the Frontline - 24 Jun 2023
Refugees, Migration and displacement
South Sudan: A crisis within a crisis as people fleeing conflict in Sudan struggle for survival
Thousands of people who escaped the conflict in Sudan by crossing into South Sudan are now struggling for survival at transit centres in Upper Nile and Northern Bahr El Ghazal states. Press Release - 23 Jun 2023
Access to Healthcare
Sudan: Obstructive bureaucracy and insecurity hampering humanitarian response
MSF continually faces extensive and obstructive administrative and bureaucratic restrictions in Sudan. If the current policies and practices persist, it will be impossible to provide the adequate medical and humanitarian response that people desperately need. Press Release - 22 Jun 2023
Malnutrition