Since the start of the war in Syria 10 years ago, the lives of Syrian people have been under threat. Back in 2011, the situation quickly shifted from localised protests to a full-scale war, leading to a devastating humanitarian situation that persists a decade later. In the course of 10 years, 12...
MSF unable to care for patients due to undignified and inadequate reception conditions Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will end its medical activities inside the first reception centre in Pozzallo as well as its psychological support projects across the secondary reception centres of Ragusa province...
Caroline Voûte, MSF's coordinator of the response to the measles epidemic in Katanga updates on the current situation of the epidemic in this mining region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). If the disease appears to be declining in the territory, cases persist in other provinces and the...
MSF teams have managed to deliver urgently needed aid to thousands of people in the city of Aleppo (Syria) which is going through its fifth winter of civil war. In partnership with the Aleppo City Local Council, 5,200 winter and hygiene for displaced families were distributed in the first weeks of...
Dr. Marwan* worked with MSF in Tal Abyad, northern Syria. After refusing a job offer from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, he knew his life was in danger, and made the hard decision to leave for Europe. “I was a paediatric doctor in Syria, married with two children. We lived in...
After two months of in-depth investigations following the US airstrikes that destroyed the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) trauma centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on 3 October, MSF today announces with great sadness that the death toll has been confirmed to be at least 42 people. The revised figures...
More Than 500,000 People Worldwide Call on White House to Consent to Independent Investigation of U.S. Military Attack on MSF Hospital in Afghanistan Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today delivered a petition signed by more than 547,000 people to the White House, calling for President Obama to...
An upsurge in fighting and bombing over the past week in northern Syria’s Azaz district, near the Turkish border, is jeopardising medical activities in the few hospitals and health posts that are still functioning, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without...
MSF teams providing support to the Chadian Ministry of Health A triple suicide attack that took place on the island of Koulfa in the Lake Chad area in Chad on Saturday (5 Dec) morning has reportedly killed 30 people and wounded up to 200. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams present in the area...
