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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 war in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces enters its third year and people remain unseen, bombed, besieged, displaced and deprived of food, medical care and basic lifesaving services.

As Israeli forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential aid, Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed, warns Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). 

A person has been shot dead at a hospital where Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) works in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Armed looting has forced Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to suspend services at the only functioning health facility in Ulang.

On 28 March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating the regions of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Sagaing, and Shan State. As of 8 April, official figures reported over 3,600 deaths, more than 5,000 people injured, and an estimated 17 million individuals affected—many severely. 

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been providing surgical care for more than 40 years. Our highly skilled surgeons, anaesthetists, and obstetrician-gynaecologists contribute to treating patients affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters and lack of access to healthcare.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is withdrawing from an emergency centre and hospital in Port-au-Prince following a targeted attack on one of its convoys.

Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of losing vital healthcare as a month-long siege by Israeli authorities cuts supplies of critical medications.

“I’m in the twilight of my career, and after having worked long hours in senior positions in different organisations, I decided to take a break. And that’s when I came across MSF and I thought of making my contribution in a different setting", Gail Page.