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Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched an early rehabilitation project at Cherkasy hospital, in central Ukraine, in March 2023. The project integrates physiotherapy, psychological support and nursing care to address the complex needs of war-wounded patients early recovery process.

Following a massive displacement of approximately 80,000 people into Syria’s northeast, MSF teams are providing critical assistance and are calling for the protection of civilians to avoid further suffering.  

On 10 December 1999, then-international president James Orbinski began MSF’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech by demanding that Russia stop bombing civilians in Chechnya. 25 years later, our colleagues breathe new life into this powerful declaration of our principles.

This collection of photos, taken between December 2023 and December 2024, features the highs and lows we, and those we assist, experience as we provide medical and humanitarian assistance in over 70 countries. They show the breaking points—such as when we had to suspend activities in Haiti’s capital—but also resilience and joy, as when we witnessed a mother meeting her baby for the first time in South Sudan. These photos show how bearing witness can create a point of connection.

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. 

Isabelle Defourny, president of MSF France, and Christopher Lockyear, MSF Secretary General, highlight the dire situation in north Gaza, where people have been facing one of the most vicious and violent attacks since the beginning of the war.