On 3 October 2015, US airstrikes destroyed our trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 42 people. Our request for an independent investigation has so far gone unanswered. Topic

On the morning of 7th of June, the team on Geo Barents carried out two rescue operations in the Libyan SAR region. In total, 146 are safely on-board and receiving the care they require.
The Italian authorities assigned Genova as a place of safety.
In the first rescue, 37 people were found in distress on a white fiberglass boat. As for the second rescue, 109 people were in distress aboard a grey rubber boat.

In Focus

Mediterranean migration

Every year, thousands of people fleeing war, persecution and poverty at home attempt the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean. Countless lives are lost on the way. Topic

A Rohingya woman fills a pot with drinking water at a water point in Kutupalong-Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh

In Focus

Rohingya refugee crisis

Legally stateless, with very limited options or rights in any country where they have sought refuge, the Rohingya are extremely vulnerable. Topic

Image of medicine for the treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). The left hand contains pills from the recently approved BPaLM 6-month shorter regimen treatment and the right hand contains pills from the longer 18 months regimen treatment. Following the validation of shorter regimen by WHO, MSF started supporting the Ministry of Health in implementing shorter regimen for patients affected by DR-TB since 2022 in Sierra Leone. Depending on individual patients’ diagnostic and clinical situation treatment regimens are initiated. Shorter regimens are often preferred by patients and medical professionals as longer treatment can be physically and mentally harder to adhere to.

Medical activities

Antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is a serious and growing phenomenon in contemporary medicine and has emerged as one of the pre-eminent public health concerns of the 21st century. Topic

MSF Nursing Team Supervisor Regina Sandy gives a high-five to a recovering patient. The boy was treated in the paediatric wards in the MSF-supported Magburaka District Hospital.

Regina supervises the nurses in the paediatric wards in the hospital: ICU, Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding, ER and neonatal ward. Regina first joined MSF in Bo during the Ebola epidemic that hit Sierra Leone between 2014 and 2016.

Medical activities

Child health

Around the world, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are working to protect the health ofchildren. Topic

Medical activities

Cholera

Although easy to prevent and treat, cholera affects up to 4 million people worldwide per year. Topic

M. Zubair Khan, an MSF nurse, offers support and guidance to a hepatitis C patient during an outreach activity in a neighborhood of Machar Colony in Karachi, Pakistan.

Medical activities

Worldwide, an estimated 58 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus, with about 1.5 million new infections occurring per year. While hepatitis C can be cured, few people have access to treatment. Topic

Medical activities

Hepatitis E

Hepatitis E is transmitted by ingesting water contaminated by an infected person’s faeces. Outbreaks are often documented in places with poor sanitation, like camps for refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs). Hepatitis E commonly causes only a mild short-term illness. Topic

Maria Atonio, 43-years-old farmer from Macomia, talks to MSF’s Clinical Officer Mussa Rahamane Waide at MSF’s Clinic in Nanga, to receive ART and monitor her health.

Maria was displaced in 2020 when Macomia village was attacked and returned home in 2022. Since she returned to Macomia, Maria has been collecting Anti-retroviral treatment at MSF’s clinic in Nanga.

“Since June 2022, I have been coming to this clinic to collect my medication. I come once a month usually, and the services are quite good – the staff are very friendly and make us feel welcome and comfortable. I take my medication very seriously – one pill every morning.” Says Maria.

Medical activities

HIV/AIDS

Around 630,000 people died from HIV-related causes, while 1.3 million people became newly infected with the HIV virus in 2022. Topic

Medical activities

Kala azar

Hundreds of millions of people are at risk of infection with kala azar - one of the world's most dangerous parasitic diseases. Only malaria is more deadly. Topic

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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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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