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Youssef Al-Khishawi, an MSF water and sanitation agent, helps children carry water to their tent in the Tal Al-Sultan area of the southern Gaza town of Rafah, on January 27, 2024.
He says: “In a normal situation, one person needs two to three liters of drinking water per day. Now, with the current shortage, the average for one family of six is one gallon of water (3.8 litres).” 

“The main challenge we face in distributing water is the lack of fuel to pump and transport it,” says Al-Khishawi. “The second is the lack of proper roads for our trucks to drive on, because there are tents even on the asphalt. The third is that there are no water distribution points – even they have been bombed. Water pipes, streets and infrastructures are destroyed.”

Palestine

We provide medical and psychological assistance to people affected by the ongoing conflict in Palestine, continuing our long-running mental health programmes on the West Bank and support to victims of burns and trauma in the Gaza Strip. We also provide surgical and post-operative care for people wounded during the Great March of Return protests.
The MSF team conducts medical consultations with patients at a mobile clinic run by MSF in displacement camps in Sarmada area in northern Idlib governorate. 

 Northwest Syria, December 2023.

Syria

War has been raging in Syria for more than a decade, leaving thousands of people dead, displacing millions and destroying civilian areas and health facilities.
Foyer of the Tunisian Red Crescent in Medenine, Tunisia.

Dr. Salah Jmour and nurse Akrem Zaghdoud, during a medical consultation with Paul, 23 years old, from Nigeria, and rescued at sea 2 months before.

Tunisia

MSF teams last worked in Tunisia in 2021.
Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) support to Abs Hospital in Hajjah Governorate in Yemen, is one of our biggest humanitarian responses across the globe. 
To facilitate access to healthcare for people affected by war and displacement, we have been supporting the hospital since 2015, gradually raising its capacity from 30 to 288 beds over the years. 
MSF runs over 80 per cent of the hospital departments, including mental health, in addition to providing financial incentives to the Ministry of Health (MoH) staff and supporting the laboratory, pharmacy and logistic activities.

Yemen

Discover how we deliver medical humanitarian assistance in Yemen, where indiscriminate bombings and chronic shortages of supplies and staff have led to the closure of more than half the country's health facilities.