News from our projects

“No single health care facility in Gaza can handle a mass casualty event such as this one.”

In recent years, both increased flooding and more severe droughts have made food and water scarce, with cattle keepers and farmers moving farther from functional healthcare facilities and medical care.

The displaced people of Al-Hasahisa camp, in Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur state, found themselves caught in between the crossfire. Besieged by RSF for months, the injured were left unable to seek medical care outside the camp, and water and food supplies were blocked.

MSF calls on the warring parties to stop violating health facilities and guarantee the safety of medical personnel and to grant the necessary travel permits for our staff and supplies.

In the last seven months the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has been systematically dismantled. Staff and patients from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have had to leave 12 different health structures and have endured 26 violent incidents.

Extreme rains have caused severe flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, with over 2.1 million people affected. More than 600,000 people have been displaced from their homes, with many living in makeshift shelters.

More than 2.9 million people live across the 11 districts in the West Bank, but it's estimated that around 61 per cent of the area is off limits to Palestinians. In the midst of this uncertainty, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are attempting to bridge the gaps between health services and patients.

Two children who were receiving care in MSF's intensive care unit at Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital died after an airstrike on 11 May led to a roof collapse. MSF calls on all warring parties to protect civilians and ensure the protection of health structures, as they are obligated to do under International Humanitarian Law. 

In one of the worst humanitarian crises the world has seen in decades, Sudan is facing a colossal, man-made catastrophe. 

The surge in conflict in Port-au-Prince has deeply affected the community and seriously disrupted the healthcare system, which is struggling to remain functional.