War and conflict
Heavy fighting in Sudan - Vittorio Oppizzi, MSF program responsible for Sudan explains the situation
Videos and Photos - 27 Apr 2023
Access to Healthcare
Sudan: MSF responds to medical needs, prepares to scale up activities
Experienced MSF emergency teams stand ready to enter Sudan as soon as they are able to support the scale-up of our activities. Other teams are currently preparing and identifying the best ways to send medical and humanitarian supplies to the country. Press Release - 26 Apr 2023
Access to medicines
MSF demands J&J give up its patent monopoly on TB drug to put lives over profits
Ahead of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) annual shareholders meeting, MSF demanded that the US corporation publicly commit now to not enforce its secondary patents on the tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline in all countries with a high burden of TB, and allow generic manufacturers to supply more affordable, quality-assured generic versions of this lifesaving drug to everyone, everywhere who needs it. Press Release - 26 Apr 2023
Malaria
Malaria in South Sudan – Prevention is an Urgent Task
“Before MSF came, we would use traditional herbs and other healing methods when we got sick. Sometimes it worked, and other times we’d have to endure the pain a while longer.” Article - 25 Apr 2023
Climate Emergency
Mozambique: MSF hands over cholera response activities to local authorities in Quelimane, Zambézia, following a decrease in cases
This week, MSF handed over three cholera treatment facilities in Quelimane – a Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC) and two smaller Cholera Treatment Units (CTUs) with a combined current capacity to admit up to 90 patients. Press Release - 22 Apr 2023
War and conflict
Stories from the Frontline - 21 Apr 2023
Sudan: "A voice from the bunker"
First-hand account by Camille Marquis, MSF Outgoing Advocacy Manager in SudanStories from the Frontline - 21 Apr 2023
Access to Healthcare
Cyrus Paye, MSF Project Coordinator, speaks about the situation at the MSF-supported hospital in El Fasher, North Darfur
There is currently heavy fighting in El Fasher. We are still hearing gunfire from our compound as I speak. It is very unsafe because of the shooting and the shelling – there have been large numbers of civilian casualties. Stories from the Frontline - 20 Apr 2023
Access to Healthcare
Sudan: "It is too dangerous for anyone to move within Khartoum"
Our premises in Nyala, South Darfur, have been looted – including one of our warehouses. In Khartoum, most teams are trapped by the ongoing heavy fighting and are unable to access warehouses to deliver vital medical supplies to hospitals. In Khartoum, even ambulances are being turned back. Stories from the Frontline - 19 Apr 2023
Refugees, Migration and displacement
Photo Story - 18 Apr 2023
Responding to the urgent needs of internally displaced people in Gao
Internally displaced people escaped harrowing violence in Talataye, Mali. MSF teams are providing assistance, documented in photos and stories below.Photo Story - 18 Apr 2023