News from our projects

As humanitarian aid entering Gaza reaches its lowest level in months, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warns that patient care is critically compromised while medical conditions linked to shortages of food, water, and shelter materials are expected to surge with the onset of winter.

After more than one year of relentless war and destruction in Gaza, MSF teams are witnessing how dire living conditions, attacks in densely populated areas, poor access to food, and repeated displacements are leading to severe health issues for Palestinian children, newborns, and mothers.

75 Australian artists have donated artworks to be auctioned online, with all proceeds from the sales going to the medical humanitarian response in Sudan run by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

Approximately one in six war-wounded patients treated at the Bashair Teaching Hospital in south Khartoum since January 2024 have been under the age of 15, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has found. 

A series of threats by Haitian police forces against Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff have forced the organisation to suspend its activities until further notice in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In the past week, police officers have stopped MSF vehicles multiple times and directly threatened MSF staff members, including by threatening death and rape.

A densely populated area in Sumy city, northeastern Ukraine, was bombed on the evening on 17 November. MSF emergency ambulance teams provided medical assistance to injured residents.

In the heart of Beirut, one initiative is providing a lifeline for people housed in the Al Azarieh building—once a bustling commercial centre, now a shelter for more than 2,500 people who have been displaced by Israeli bombardments and incursions.

To mitigate the deadly consequences of blockages to access to healthcare, MSF trains volunteer paramedics in refugee camps so they can stabilise patients during active hostilities, in case ambulances are not able to reach them. 

As the conflict in Lebanon continues to escalate, the violence and destruction are having huge impacts on psychological and emotional wellbeing, especially for children. 

While struggling to provide lifesaving medical care to an ever-increasing number of young patients, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams also try to reinforce community-led responses. One example is in Kebbi state, where MSF outreach teams travel the roads to spread the ‘Tom Brown’ recipe.