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Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is providing paediatric support on Kiribati as the remote Central Pacific nation finds itself without any specialist paediatricians.

After the initial earthquakes that struck south Türkiye and northwest Syria, the region has registered hundreds of aftershocks, adding to the death toll, material damage and trauma of the survivors.

One month on, the search and rescue phase is over. While the dust has settled among the rubble, the needs remain acute.

At midnight on Thursday, a Russian missile struck a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia city, in Zaporizhzhia oblast (province), southeastern Ukraine. 

For sex workers in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, access to medical and psychological care has been limited by social stigma and lack of services. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) San Pedro Sula clinic provides comprehensive care in a supportive environment, from which women feel empowered to positively influence their communities.   

Transgender women seeking asylum in Greece need access to sexual and reproductive healthcare that responds to their needs without discrimination.  

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) convoy of 14 trucks entered northwest Syria today, arriving from Türkiye through the Hammam border crossing point. 

In Northwest Syria, a largely landlocked region, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams present on the ground have deployed an emergency plan in response to the earthquakes that hit on 6 February. The objective: to support hospitals and provide medical and material aid to populations, by mobilizing a large part of the 500 members of its staff active in the country.

According to the latest estimates, the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria have killed more than 28,000 people and injured tens of thousands more. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works with affected populations in northwestern Syria with nearly 500 staff members.