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Daily attacks continue across Gaza, and children are severely affected. Since the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed more than 870 people and injured more than 2,600 others, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Events of violence…

Attacks on health care should never have become a standard feature of war, as we now see from Gaza to South Sudan. A decade ago, on May 3, 2016, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2286, calling for the protection of medical…

Following the official declaration of an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak by the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 15 May, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is preparing to rapidly scale up its…

On International Nurses Day, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is celebrating our nurses and their skills, compassion and empathy as they accompany patients throughout their healthcare journeys, from new life to end-of-life, wherever they are.

Israel’s manufactured malnutrition crisis in Gaza had a devastating impact on pregnant and breastfeeding women, newborns, and infants under six months old during periods of intense hostilities and siege such as mid-2025, according to an…

Joint call by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Director-General of the World Health Organization and the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières for states to uphold and strengthen the…

To mark International Day of the Midwife as Médecins Sans Frontières, we’re shining a light on the role of midwives as frontline emergency responders.

As of 20 January 2026, at least 71,551 Palestinians have been directly killed and over 171,300 injured from Israeli attacks, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Despite the current ceasefire, Israeli authorities have continued to use…

In Nigeria, the rates of women dying in pregnancy or childbirth are among the highest in the world. Armed conflict in the north of the country means medical care can be out of reach and many women are facing obstetric emergencies without…

Traffic moves slowly towards the south of Lebanon, crossing the Qasmiyeh Bridge, which was struck by Israeli forces, as displaced families return, with citrus and banana plantations stretching across the horizon. Some are making their way…

Violence in all its forms has taken a heavy toll on the physical and mental health of residents of the border city.

This World Immunisation Week and beyond, MSF teams share access and innovation advancements that, if achieved in the years to come, could result in lifesaving vaccines reaching more people around the world.

More than seven weeks after the war in Iran began, MSF teams are expanding activities in Tehran and continuing to respond to growing medical needs in other areas where the organisation works. While a ceasefire currently in place has brought…

An open letter to the Australian Government