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Following heavy Israeli ground and air strikes on 8-9 June, Al-Aqsa hospital is overcrowded with hundreds of wounded—mostly women and children. Bec Smith, a nurse from Broome, West Australia, is currently in Gaza working as a nursing activity manager. Here she describes the traumatic situation in which she and her colleagues are working.

In Jenin and Tulkarem, Israeli forces render healthcare inaccessible when it is needed the most.

MSF warns that hospitals continue to be attacked, and that no outside help can reach the city due to the intensity of the violence.

Healing psychological trauma in Gaza cannot happen until there is a ceasefire.

In South Sudan, over seven million people are expected to face acute food insecurity or worse between now and July. Among them, patients who are infected with tuberculosis and HIV are highly impacted since the intensity of the treatment is very hard to bear on an empty stomach. Some of them endure severe pain, while others decide to reduce or even stop the medication to make it more bearable; putting their lives at risk. 

On the morning of Saturday 8 June 2024, Israeli forces heavily bombed the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip, including Al-Nuseirat refugee camp. MSF's Dr Hazem Maloh recalls that horrific and traumatising day when he lost many of his friends and neighbours. 

The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to trigger huge population displacements. The displacement crisis in DRC is one of the longest and largest in the world, with around seven million people currently displaced.

MSF inpatient facilities in northern Nigeria have recorded an extraordinary increase in admissions of severely malnourished children with life-threatening complications, with two times more admissions than last year in some locations. 

Most of the people who fled Sudan into Chad are women and children. Left as the sole providers, Sudanese women are now bearing the full responsibility of caring for their families. 

In December 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began providing surgical activities at the Niono hospital in central Mali. People living in Niono and the surrounding area suffer the effects of armed conflict, with limited access to quality health facilities. MSF teams have now renovated the department, as well as providing additional resources to cater to the needs.