New Delhi, India – The Government of India’s latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-V) data reflects a dismal state in the practice of seeking medical care post gender-based violence, including sexual violence, said Doctors Without
More than 2,500 asylum seekers and migrants are being arbitrarily detained in Lithuania, following an increase in border crossings in 2021. Conditions of detention are inadequate for the health and protection needs of people being
Geneva, 3rd May, 2022 – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are pleased that, having shared the results of TB PRACTECAL, our clinical trial that found a new, safer and more effective six-month oral treatment regimen for multi
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is assisting the Bangladesh Ministry of Health’s Routine EPI program in Kamrangirchar where we administer vaccinations to children on a regular basis. We provide BCG, Penta, and MMR (Measles, Mumps,
Four months ago today, Marguerite M. and Ashu D. plunged into a nightmare which continues. They are Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff; Marguerite a nurse and Ashu an ambulance driver, in the South-West region of Cameroon.
Dr Morten Rostrup from Norway is working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. Here, he and a team are providing medical consultations in the underground stations where people are sheltering from the
MSF staff member shot and killed in latest violence in Leer County. Numerous people killed and thousands displaced due to the fighting. MSF calls on all armed groups to respect international humanitarian law and immediately
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
For all of the latest updates on our response in Ukraine, see our War in Ukraine page. “The severity, scale and speed of the war in Ukraine have created simply enormous needs and suffering,” says Dr Joanne
In regions where few people have received COVID-19 vaccines, health systems remain vulnerable to surges in SARS-CoV-2 infections. During the second wave of COVID-19 in India, healthcare facilities and staff across the country struggled to
It is a rainy morning in the Al-Nahwaran d a group of women are lining the neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq’s second-biggest city, and in front of a small medical facility. The stormy weather has not
On the morning of Friday 1 April, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) finalised the first transfer or patients using a medical train in Ukraine. Nine patients in serious but stable condition were transferred from a hospital
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