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A premature child is being treated in the Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza, where MSF teams are supporting and working in the neonatal intensive care unit of the pediatric department. Over a quarter of the patients admitted in the NICU are premature newborns with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).
Gaza-Israel war

Newborns and other patients at risk as Nasser hospital in Gaza runs out of fuel, MSF warns

The lives of newborn babies and other patients are at risk in three hospitals in Gaza, Palestine, as they run out of fuel needed to run generators for electricity to power lifesaving machines. Press Release - 8 Jan 2025
 
MSF staff on their way to the mobile clinic in Jaber center, in H2 area, Hebron, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory.

H2 in Hebron is one of the most restricted areas in the West Bank, with 28 fortified checkpoints isolating it from the rest of the city. These restrictions severely limit movement for Palestinian residents and healthcare workers.

Following the events of 7 October 2023, MSF had to suspend activities in Jaber due to harassment and violence faced by patients. Temporary mobile clinics were set up, but access remained a challenge. After months of restrictions, MSF resumed operations in Jaber in May 2024, though staff continue to face delays and searches at checkpoints.

MSF provides critical support in Hebron through clinics, maternity services, reproductive health care, emergency training, and relief distribution for displaced populations.
Palestine

Access to healthcare is seriously compromised in H2 area of Hebron

Access to healthcare has been seriously compromised for Palestinians living in the the H2 area of Hebron, the West Bank, Palestine. Press Release - 8 Jan 2025
 
View of the newly constructed buildings at the referral health center in Nyabiondo, supported by MSF since 2009, in support to the Ministry of Health. Between January and September 2023, medical teams conducted 43 363 consultations. Located dozens of kilometres away from the Masisi hospital, the support given to this referral health centre brings access to free medical care closer to the communities. The centre welcomes patients every day for outpatient consultations, as well as inpatients in most departments, such as intensive care, paediatrics, maternity, internal medicine, and Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre.
Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC: Nearly 160 wounded treated by MSF in North and South Kivu following recent armed clashes

MSF and Ministry of Health teams in DRC have treated 75 wounded people following major clashes between the armed group M23/AFC and the Congolese army.



Press Release - 7 Jan 2025
 
On 20 November, five MSF vehicles parked in front of our clinic in Gaza city were destroyed by the intervention of the Israeli forces. The clinic was also damaged as a result and part of the building was engulfed by fire for a few hours. The cars and the clinic were clearly identified with the MSF logo. This happened while 21 people, including an MSF staff and his family members, were sheltered in the clinic and more than 50 others were in the guesthouse across the street: luckily, they survived unscathed. The cars that were destroyed were the ones used in the aborted evacuation of our staff and their relatives on 18 November, resulting in the killing of two people. Some of the staff sheltering in the MSF premises that day were witnesses to the incident.
Gaza-Israel war

Strikes, raids and incursions: Over a year of relentless attacks on healthcare in Palestine

A timeline of attacks on MSF or MSF-supported medical facilities and medical practitioners in Palestine since 7 October 2023. Project Update - 7 Jan 2025
 
MSF nurse tending to newborn in neonatal intensive care unit of Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza. From October 2024 to December 2024, the MSF supported neonatal intensive care unit has had 325 admissions. For months, the hospital has struggled with supplies due to the ongoing blockade by Israeli forces of the strip – with medical teams often lacking enough basic medical supplies including soap.  

MSF teams in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are treating children with respiratory infections, dehydration, and premature newborns with complications. The health needs of children are so high that the NICU has been operating beyond its bed capacity for over three months. Over a quarter of the patients in the department are admitted for respiratory distress syndrome, a condition that can present in premature infants, making them even more vulnerable in dire living conditions many face in Gaza.
Gaza-Israel war

Babies in Gaza at risk of disease and death as winter approaches

As temperatures drop and living conditions deteriorate in Gaza, Palestine, babies are at increased risk of disease and death. Project Update - 2 Jan 2025
 
On 17 February 2023, the 48 survivors, including 9 minors, finally touched the ground after a long and unnecessary journey to Ancona. We hope they will have the chance of accessing the healthcare, services and safety they deserve and need.
Accountability and transparency

MSF Behavioural Commitments

All MSF staff are expected to abide by MSF's Behavioural Commitments
 
The endTB trial results will be presented at the Union World Conference, 15-18 November 2023, in Paris, France.
India

MSF hands over drug-resistant tuberculosis project in Mumbai after 18 years

MSF closes its drug-resistant TB project in Mumbai and hands it over to India’s National TB Elimination Program and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Project Update - 24 Dec 2024
 
Am Timan, Chad 2015
Close up Logo, Stethoscope
Conflict in Sudan

MSF condemns RSF's violent attack on Bashair Teaching hospital in South Khartoum

On 18 December, Rapid Support Forces entered Bashair Teaching hospital in South Khartoum, Sudan, firing their weapons inside the emergency ward. Press Release - 20 Dec 2024
 
Caretakers wait outside the pre- and post-operative care unit to visit their loved ones at Renk County Hospital. MSF and ICRC are providing treatment to war-wounded patients in this facility.
South Sudan

South Sudan receives thousands of displaced and injured people fleeing intensified war in Sudan

We are scaling up our response in Renk, South Sudan, to provide urgent medical care to the influx of people arriving from Sudan. Press Release - 20 Dec 2024
 
National lab technician within the laboratory of Madrandele health centre.

MSF supports the health centers of Beni with medical staff, free treatment and donations of drugs and material. This strategy has been taking place over the past few months to meet the needs of the population in terms of access to non-Ebola care and support health facilities in the area when dealing with infectious diseases and the risk of contamination.
Quality Assurance

MSF Qualification Process for Medical Devices

msf.org - 20 Dec 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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