Without permission to assist people in need on the Polish border, we have regrettably withdrawn teams from the area. Press Release - 6 Jan 2022

Chad

Tens of thousands of people flee Cameroon as violence spreads

As violence spreads on the Cameroonian border, thousands of people have fled to Chad where our teams respond to the needs of people caught in precarious conditions. Project Update - 4 Jan 2022

Iraqi father holding his child covered with a sleeping bag which they received from the Polish volunteers (from the NGO Fundacja Ocalenie) supporting migrants at the border. A family of 13 Iraqi Kurds including 4 children asked for asylum in Poland. The family was taken by the Polish border guards back to emergency state zone at the Belarusian border. On the next day, they sent their location indicating that were back on the Belarusian side of the border.

Belarus

8 things to know about the EU/Belarus border crisis

Here are eight things to know about the EU/Belarus border crisis, its effect on people on the move, and how MSF is responding. Project Update - 31 Dec 2021

MSF medical staff puts on PPE before entering the MSF COVID-19 ward at Yangon’s Aung San Tuberculosis Hospital on 16 August 2021 to treat patients affected by Myanmar’s third wave of the pandemic.

Myanmar

Responding to COVID-19 during political crisis in Myanmar

Political turmoil shook Myanmar and the COVID-19 pandemic brought the healthcare system to its knees - our teams look back at the successes and failures of our response to the pandemic. Voices from the Field - 30 Dec 2021

Cameroon

MSF statement following incident at Nguti checkpoint

MSF must be given access to provide healthcare for people in need - hindering and obstructing our work puts patients’ lives at risk. Statement - 27 Dec 2021

BOA VISTA, RORAIMA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA, 01.07.96 MSF staff ride out into the country.

About MSF

MSF at 50 – half a century of medical humanitarian action

22 December 2021 marks 50 years since Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was formally started as an organisation. This collection of images reflects on half a century of our work. Photo Story - 22 Dec 2021

Sudan

MSF leaves legacy of community hospital in White Nile state

Seven years after launching an emergency response for South Sudanese refugees and local communities in Sudan’s White Nile state, we are handing over activities to the Ministry of Health. Project Update - 21 Dec 2021

Image of a destroyed ambulance of the health centre in Muatide, in the district of Muidumbe in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

Mozambique

"It's extremely volatile" – people in Cabo Delgado continue to flee violence

Hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge from ongoing conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique - our teams continue to treat people in need of medical attention while on the move. Interview - 21 Dec 2021

Speaking Out videos: The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997

Speaking Out videos: The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997 - 21 Dec 2021

Dr. Théo (phile) has done countless interventions with the emergency pool of MSF Congo in the most remote areas of the country. He’s a man of experience, he has seen all kind of epidemics: measles, cholera, yellow fever, … but this time it’s his first Ebola intervention. “It’s interesting that after all this years of experience I’m all of a sudden a bit of a rookie again. But I’m learning so much here.”

DRC Ebola outbreaks

DRC's thirteenth Ebola outbreak

On 8 October 2021, DRC declared an outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu province, which was the country’s thirteenth in just over 40 years, and the fifth in the last two years. Crisis Update - 20 Dec 2021

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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MSF leaves Polish border after being blocked from assisting people