"I felt as if I was on the brink of death. I had no idea what was happening to me. I was so weak, and I couldn't even move. My family was worried: my children were young, and I was the only breadwinner. I felt like I was leaving them behind,’’ recalls Muhammad Ahsan, sitting anxiously outside the...
A 41 per cent of people in Central African Republic (CAR) do not have enough food, according to a United Nations report in 2023. Between October 2022 and August 2023, it was estimated that nearly 298,000 children aged 0-59 months and more than 140,600 pregnant and breastfeeding women suffered from...
In August 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched a project addressing the health needs of homeless people in Hong Kong. It is not uncommon to find people lingering on the margins of the medical system, and homeless people in Hong Kong are no exception. During past emergency responses, MSF...
Médecins Sans Frontières is concerned by an increase in the number of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases registered at its facilities across Pakistan. Balochistan and Kyber Pakhtunkhwa are the worst affected provinces, but this treatable neglected tropical disease, that is endemic in Pakistan, is...
“I was stooling, vomiting and couldn't keep my eyes open,” says Ngozi, a 28-year-old petty trader from Abakaliki. After trying various treatments at home, Ngozi was taken to hospital in Abakaliki, in southeast Nigeria’s Ebonyi state, where she was diagnosed with Lassa fever. “After two days there,...
After four years, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) adolescent health project in Indonesia came to an end in December 2022. Running since 2018, it was set up to implement innovative approaches to adolescent health in selected areas of DKI Jakarta and Banten provinces. The programme focused on...
Over the past 20 years, there has been an increase in chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu), also called as Mesoamerican endemic Nephropathy (MeN), in agricultural communities in Central America. It affects predominantly young male agricultural workers who are exposed to extremely...
Each year thousands of Palestinians suffer from conflict-related violence. In 2021 alone, Israeli forces and settlers injured more than 18,300 people across Palestine. To improve the capacity of Palestinians to respond to people’s medical needs, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have...
Some communities in Hebron 'Area C' face challenges accessing basic healthcare due to administrative restrictions and lack of transportation. Women are particularly affected. More than half of the West Bank is under Area C designation, meaning it is under direct Israeli civil and military control,...
In June, panic began to spread through Indonesian communities as COVID-19 cases started to be reported by health authorities. Rumours, myths and fake news proliferated. Community leaders and officials were bombarded by questions from community members pleading for clear facts about COVID-19. “We...
