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Midwife Solange Famanou Ahidjo has worked in MSF maternity unit at Aboutengué camp in eastern Chad for a year. Surrounded by a team of midwives and assistants, Solange provides critical care to women throughout their pregnancy, delivery, and post-partum period. She shares her account of working as a midwife with MSF.

Nasser hospital, Al Aqsa hospital and European Gaza hospital are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening the lives of hundreds of patients, including newborns, who depend on electricity to stay alive. 

Home to approximately 7,000 Palestinians and several hundred Israeli settlers, the H2 neighbourhood of Hebron is ruled by strict movement regulations, systemic closures, and continuous violence. 

Roland Couprie, worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Chad as a water, sanitation, and hygiene team leader. During his assignment, Roland implemented water supply solutions in refugee camps to help those fleeing the ongoing violence in Sudan. 

Dr Ahmed Seedat has been working in Nyala, the second-largest city in Sudan, as Medical Activity Manager. He shares what he experienced on assignment - the resilience of patients caught in conflict and the immense dedication of his colleagues. 

In one of our favourite yearly traditions, we're pleased to introduce you to these cute faces as some of first babies born in 2025. 

Every year Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recruits over 4,000 internationally mobile staff globally. These medical and non-medical professionals join our locally hired teams to provide lifesaving medical assistance to those who need it the most. It’s a rewarding and challenging opportunity for professionals eager to work towards making healthcare accessible to all.

As South Sudan receives a massive influx of tens of thousands of people fleeing the intensified war in Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up its response to the humanitarian crisis in Renk and surrounding informal settlements along the border.

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.

The team at the MSF Arbovirus Prevention Project released over eight million mosquitos deliberately infected with the bacteria in El Manchén in 2023. Their hope was that the mosquitos would thrive, reproducing and passing Wolbachia down through the generations, radically reducing the rate of dengue in the area.