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Burkina Faso

MSF temporarily suspends activities in Djibo, Burkina Faso due to escalating insecurity

MSF has suspended medical activities in Djibo, Burkina Faso, after a series of security incidents have threatened staff and patient safety. Press Release - 21 Oct 2024
 
The MSF flag flutters in the wind at MSF’s clinic in Al-Tanideba camp for Tigray refugees, in Eastern Sudan.
Gaza-Israel war

Last remaining hospitals in north Gaza under siege and people trapped

The Israeli forces must immediately stop their attacks on hospitals in North Gaza. Press Release - 19 Oct 2024
 
MSF van crossing a wooden bridge, a short distance away from a primary healthcare facility MSF is supporting in Cross River state. The wooden bridge was constructed after the concrete bridge collapsed. It is now old too, so, MSF van must cross without passengers to reduce weight. An MSF logistician guides the van as it drives across the wooden bridge.
Nigeria

Four challenges to reaching remote communities in Nigeria

Our driver, Mr Patrick A.Njok, tells us about his experiences delivering healthcare to remote communities in Nigeria. Voices from the Field - 18 Oct 2024
 
Najwa, 30, and her three children live in Zalingei´s looted bank. Together with thirty other displaced people from Al Hasahisa camp, she’s created an illusion of home: bank safes used as closets and bricked-up windowsills, once meant for sunlight, now holding a few tattered bags and wilted plants. 

“We are living in these conditions without a roof, and we have no food,” explains Najwa pointing at the torn sheets draped above the lobby. “But we’ve never received any assistance, not even a bar of soap. Soon the rainy season is coming, and we don’t know where to go.” 

Looted bank housing over 30 displaced people, Zalingei, Central Darfur state, Sudan.

In the city center of Zalingei, some thirty displaced people have created an illusion of a home in a looted bank by turning bank safes into closets and sealing windows with bricks. 

“We are living in these conditions without a roof, and we have no food,” explains a mother living in the bank Najwa. “But we’ve never received any assistance, not even a bar of soap. Soon the rainy season is coming, and we don’t know where to go.” 

The war in Sudan is brutal and inhuman and has created one of the world’s largest displacement crises.  In Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur, people have been forced to flee their homes – often at risk of violence or bombings – to find themselves living in deplorable conditions. Now having lived for months on end in abandoned banks, universities and other camps, people continue to survive largely cut off from humanitarian assistance, including food and water.
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IKEA Foundation supports MSF in scale-up for underreported Sudan crisis

The IKEA Foundation has provided MSF with a gift of €35 million to scale up our response to the Sudan conflict. Press Release - 17 Oct 2024
 
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Poland

MSF urges Polish authorities to retract announced suspension of right to seek asylum

The Polish authorities must change their course of action following a recent announcement planning to suspend the right to asylum. Press Release - 16 Oct 2024
 
Marie Amonise Pierre Louis (33), nurse and health promoter of Médecins Sans Frontières leads a hygiene awareness session at a mobile clinic in the National School of Fond Palmiste, Baradères. "I live in Port-au-Prince and this work has allowed me to be aware of harsh situations that exist in the countryside that I did not know before. People are very interested in the training we offer them and we always have the impression that we are teaching them something. All I wish is that they apply the principles of hygiene in their lives. "

MSF/ IKEA Foundation challenge 2024

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Agustina watches as Trisha Thadhani, MSF TB doctor, conducts a medical evaluation of her grandson Ion, at one of MSF's active case finding sites for tuberculosis on March 13, 2023 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines.
TACTiC – Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children

TACTiC: Test, avoid, cure TB in children - a survey of paediatric TB policies

A detailed report of our survey of policies for diagnosing and treating children with tuberculosis in 14 countries. Report - 15 Oct 2024
 
Agustina and her grandson Clark watch as Trisha Thadhani, MSF TB doctor, conducts a medical evaluation of her other grandson, Ion, at one of MSF's active case finding sites for tuberculosis on March 13, 2023 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines
TACTiC – Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children

Urgent action needed as governments and donors fail children with tuberculosis

Too many children with tuberculosis are neither tested nor treated, with many countries failing at the first hurdle: updating policy guidelines in line with WHO recommendations. Press Release - 15 Oct 2024
 
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Gaza-Israel war

MSF mourns and condemns the tragic killing of our colleague in northern Gaza

We are mourning the loss of our colleague, Nasser Hamdi Abdelatif Al Shalfouh, killed by shrapnel injuries he suffered on 8 October. Statement - 14 Oct 2024
 
MSF health promotion activities in Downtown Beirut, Aazarieh building shelter. October 2, 2024.
Lebanon

MSF urges for protection of civilians and medical staff amid Israeli bombardment in Lebanon

As airstrikes continue and without guarantees of safety for medical staff, healthcare facilities in Lebanon are closing when people need access to medical care most. Press Release - 10 Oct 2024
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.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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