Ongoing violence continues in many parts of Sudan. Médecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams on the ground report that hospitals are overwhelmed and thousands are fleeing to safer areas. Already we are seeing immense humanitarian and medical needs. “During a lull in the fighting...
(By Camille Marquis, MSF Outgoing Advocacy Manager) On Saturday, when I heard the first gunshots outside at about 8:30am while having breakfast, I was just starting what I thought was my last day in Khartoum. My luggage was ready, my fridge and cupboards emptied, with just a few hours to wait...
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...
Since Saturday 15 April, intense fighting has been taking place between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan. Many people, including healthcare workers, are currently trapped. Where we are able to provide medical care, the situation...
Living in constant fear of eviction, seeing their homes demolished and having their movements restricted are some of the challenges faced by Palestinians in and around Masafer Yatta, in the southern West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In its new report The unbearable life: the health...
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reveals the massive and widespread destruction of health facilities in Ukraine, and the severe impediments to medical care under Russian military occupation. MSF urges all warring parties to uphold international humanitarian law and their...
Alexander Shcholokov is now the medical advisor of the MSF project in Dnipro, in south-eastern Ukraine. He talks about his experience and his daily life as a Ukrainian doctor.
MSF works in several towns and villages in southern Ukraine that for months were on the frontlines or under Russian control. In many of these places, our teams witness massive destruction, including of healthcare facilities, and people report that access to healthcare has been extremely limited for...
Faced with unsustainable security risks, Médecins Sans Frontières has been forced to close its hospital in the Cité Soleil area of the Haitian capital as a temporary measure on March 7. Violence has been spreading throughout Port-au-Prince since 28 February, leaving those caught in the crossfire...
The high number of people seeking treatment at Abs hospital, in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate, has left hospital staff and essential services overwhelmed, according to Médecins Sans Frontières. Patients frequently have to share beds, and the emergency room, maternity unit, neonatal unit and inpatient...
