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A Forgotten Health Emergency
In the shadow of conflict, the Central African Republic is grappling with a decades-long health crisis. Here, in a country of 5.5 million people, access to healthcare is all but impossible and life expectancy is little more than 54 years. For years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) repeated calls for more action from governments and humanitarian actors. Yet, the situation worsens, and our teams and the communities we serve are left wondering: Where is everyone?
MSF calls for urgent international help for Sudanese refugees in Chad as major crisis looms
As people continue to flee the conflict in Sudan, more than 358,000 refugees have arrived at the border town Adré, in eastern Chad. Refugee camps are being built, but the shelter and basic facilities available in the camps are wholly inadequate to meet the needs of the incoming people. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on the international community and humanitarian organisations to urgently address essential needs for people seeking safety from the conflict, to avoid a catastrophic situation.
Niger coup: all MSF's medical and humanitarian activity continues
Since the military coup in Niger on 26 July, the medical and humanitarian activities of Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) have continued in the country in order to maintain its activities in health centres and to provide humanitarian assistance when needed.
People on the move face violence and pushbacks at Italian-French border
Systematically pushed back at the border by French police – often with violence, inhumane treatment as well as arbitrary detention – and left without adequate shelter and with limited access to healthcare in Italy.
Safeguarding the mind: protecting mental well-being amidst the war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has created a huge need for psychological support ranging from psychological first aid to comprehensive psychological care. People have experienced fear, trauma and isolation and are showing symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress.
Kherson hospital shelled twice in 72 hours: "How many times must we see the same thing?"
The hospital that was shelled on 1 August 2023 in Kherson region of Ukraine, killing one doctor and wounding five medical staff, resulting in the death of a doctor and the wounding of five medical staff, is three days later again under artillery fire.
Cyclone Mocha: aid efforts severely hampered by new restrictions
Cyclone Mocha hit the coast of Myanmar on 14 May 2023, claiming hundreds of lives and destroying thousands of homes and infrastructure. Two months after the disaster, while humanitarian needs remain acute, the Myanmar authorities are still restricting the deployment of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) activities in support of the affected populations.
Extreme violence in Las Anod forces MSF to close activities
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reached the difficult decision to withdraw our services from Las Anod General Hospital, Sool region, located within the internationally-recognised borders of Somalia,* due to increased volatility and repeated security incidents which have impacted the safe delivery of medical care.
Fleeing conflict, hundreds of thousands face hardship and disease in overcrowded camps in White Nile State
More than 140,000 people, mostly South Sudanese women and children fleeing from Khartoum, have newly arrived in White Nile state since conflict broke out in Sudan and are now facing huge unmet needs for food, shelter, healthcare and water and sanitation in 10 camps that host around 387,000 people, according to the local authorities. MSF teams working in some of these camps are overwhelmed with tens of new daily cases of suspected measles and malnutrition among children.