Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, remains in solitary confinement, after being detained for 1.5 years. MSF is outraged by the treatment of healthcare workers, most of whom are being detained in dire conditions, without justification or cause. We join
Despite a decline in overall violence since the announcement of the October ceasefire, Palestinians in Gaza continue to be killed, injured, and forcibly displaced by Israeli forces. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more
Paris, France/ Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – 16 July 2026 As part of the Global Fund’s eighth round of grants (GC8), which covers funding for three years and for which applications must
Interview with Liesbeth Aelbrecht, MSF emergency coordinator in Sudan Why is El Obeid attracting attention now? Tents are seen at an IDP camp in El Obeid. The city has seen an increasing number of drone attacks
“My name is Dr. Mustapha Ado. I’m a medical officer working in the Diphtheria Treatment Centre (IDH). I’m serving as the Medical Activity Manager for the Ministry of Health. Diphtheria, as we know, is an acute bacterial infection affecting
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – Two months after the Ebola disease outbreak was officially declared in DRC, with nearly 2,000 confirmed cases and more than 700 deaths, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an urgent scale-up of the medical response. The epidemic continues to
Since 9 July our teams in Gaza have treated four children who have been hit by stray bullets from Israeli forces, including a 14-year-old boy who was shot twice in a camp near the yellow
In the Central African Republic, tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (1). An estimated 540 people out of 100,000 are infected with TB each year in
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today released “No Safe Place to Heal,” a report documenting relentless attacks on healthcare and medical personnel in Ukraine, which appear to constitute a deliberate strategy to destroy the medical system and collectively punish the population
In the occupied West Bank, decades of Israeli restrictions and deadly violence have shaped Palestinians’ daily lives and access to essential services. The situation has worsened since the all-out war in Gaza began in 2023. A total of 1,109 Palestinians – at
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has launched an emergency medical humanitarian response following a recent surge in anti-migrant violence and intimidation across South Africa, which has displaced tens of thousands of people and disrupted access to
Kano, Nigeria, 7 July 2026: The humanitarian medical organisation Médecins sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors without Borders has concluded its diphtheria emergency intervention in Kano State with a mass vaccination campaign conducted in collaboration with the Kano State Ministry of Health (MoH), marking the end of three years of support
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