In this joint letter between Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) and Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), we urge candidates to support policies that will have a positive impact on both the environment and the lives of our patients.
The choices Australians make in this year’s federal election will define Australia’s role in protecting human dignity, fostering global stability, and critically, securing our future.
Israeli forces attacked multiple areas in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of 18 March, shattering the fragile two-month ceasefire. Hundreds of people have been killed in these attacks. Many of the causalities are children.
Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of MSF, briefed the United Nations Security Council today on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by war in Sudan, calling for an end to violence against civilians and a new commitment to deliver lifesaving aid.
The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) alongside all other foreign aid for at least a 90-day period has had immediate effects on people living with HIV (PLHIV).
On the morning of 1 February, an RSF explosive struck a market in Omdurman, Khartoum State (Sudan), causing devastation at the MSF-supported Al Nao Hospital as patients, bodies, and grieving family members arrived.
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family members. Bilal is the ninth MSF team member to be killed in Gaza since the escalation on 7 October 2023.
The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it arrives more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late. Humanitarian needs have mounted to catastrophic levels.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the violent incursion by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the emergency room of Bashair Teaching Hospital in South Khartoum on 18 December. The attackers fired weapons inside the emergency ward, directly threatened medical staff, and severely disrupted lifesaving care. MSF urgently calls on RSF to respect the neutrality of medical facilities and the safety of healthcare workers.
