Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which we create and meet, the Gadigal of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

Stories & News

Sudan

East Sudan: Managing the supply lifeline

Supply management is essential to resourcing MSF’s humanitarian activities, but avoiding disruptions is not easy in the context of war. Earlier this year supply chain advisor Noor Teja and deputy program manager Sylvain Perron visited…
Ukraine

Ukraine: Communicating through local eyes and ears

Yuliia Trofimova is a Ukrainian journalist working as a communications officer with the MSF communications team in Ukraine. She often documents MSF’s emergency response to mass casualties and air strikes – all while trying to reconcile life…
Kenya

Kenya: Championing men's support of breastfeeding

Abdille Abdi Maalim, nutrition supervisor at MSF’s Dagahaley project in Dadaab Camp, has been a male breastfeeding champion for more than a decade. In this Q&A, Abdille shares the purpose of this role and his commitment to support refugee…
Nigeria

Nigeria: Specialised care for obstetric complications

Women’s health advisor and midwife Clémence Chbat has recently returned from northern Nigeria, where MSF supports the Ministry of Health to provide comprehensive emergency obstetrics and neonatal care in Jahun General Hospital. Since 2008…
Bassel

Gaza: Dire living conditions continue despite ceasefire

More than one million people are still being forced to survive on a tiny patch of land, and in dangerous living conditions, in southern Gaza, Palestine. This displacement, along with the massive destruction of civilian infrastructure and…
Mental health

South Sudan: “I was sick, not a criminal”

When 33-year-old Samat started experiencing symptoms of mental illness, he had few places to turn to. For World Mental Health Day this month, the MSF mental health team in Malakal, South Sudan, shares Samat's story and explain their…
gaza

Gaza: Doctors Can’t Stop Genocide, World Leaders Can

More than one million people in Gaza are facing renewed terror, after receiving an emergency order to evacuate Gaza City, ahead of a major ground offensive by the Israeli military. For many, escape is impossible – the elderly, critically…
plumpy nut

Nigeria: "This is an emergency"

Across Northern Nigeria, a devastating nutrition crisis is unfolding. Katrin Kisswani, a nurse and President of MSF Belgium, has just returned from Kebbi, a state in the northwest of the country. Here, she shares what the team is witnessing…
Al Nao

Sudan: The hospital that became a lifeline

Since the war in Sudan began in April 2023 and reached Khartoum state, Al-Nao hospital, located in Omdurman city, has become a humanitarian anchor for thousands of people. The hospital ran with minimal service at the beginning of the war,…
water

Gaza: MSF condemns Israeli attack on MSF water distribution site

On the afternoon of Monday, 15 September, Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water truck while it was distributing 10,000 liters of drinking water in the neighborhood of Sheikh Radwan, in the…
maternity

Afghanistan: Reflecting on the decline in women's health

Sarah Chateau, longtime MSF program manager, looks back on four years since the change of power in Kabul. Interwoven with photographs of public events and MSF’s care, she reflects on the many restrictions placed on women, including MSF’s…