Stories & News

Ukraine
02 Jul 2024

After years of conflict in eastern Ukraine and following the full-scale war from February 2022, many people in Ukraine have been suffering from mental health injuries. A specially trained Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mental health promotion team is bringing relief through psychological consultations and recreational group activities.

Lebanon

For the estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees seeking refuge in Lebanon, accessing vital medical services is becoming increasingly difficult due to growing fears and restrictions on their movement. As the country strains under its fifth year of severe economic crisis, the intolerance Syrian refugees face continues to increase. 

Chad
01 Jul 2024

As the rainy season begins in Chad, MSF is significantly scaling up its activities in eastern Chad to provide life-saving essentials for refugees who fled the war in Sudan. This response fills a critical gap left by UN agencies, as countless families in these camps have been living without proper shelter for over a year.

MSF

Fadi is the sixth MSF staff member who has been killed in Gaza since 7 October and one of 500 health workers killed by the Israeli forces during the same time according to the United Nations.

HepC

Nearly 20 per cent of Rohingya refugees tested in the camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, have an active hepatitis C infection. This alarming figure from a recent study carried out by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Epicentre, the epidemiology and medical research arm of MSF, highlights the consequences of decades of inadequate healthcare and difficult living conditions, characterised by violence, discrimination and insecurity. 

Myanmar
27 Jun 2024

The extreme escalation of conflict, indiscriminate violence, and severe restrictions on humanitarian access in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, have forced Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to suspend medical humanitarian activities in the townships of Rathedaung, Buthidaung and Maungdaw. 

Gaza
27 Jun 2024

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.

West Bank
25 Jun 2024

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

Sudan
24 Jun 2024

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

Gaza
22 Jun 2024

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