News from our projects

Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) officially launched medical activities in the equatorial Pacific island nation of Kiribati in October 2022. Our team there, including a paediatrician, midwife and general practitioner, support the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes.

Harrowing stories from patients being evacuated on Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) medical referral train show that the war in Ukraine is being conducted with an outrageous lack of consideration for civilian protection. 

Beset by the effects of climate change, the island nation of Kiribati now faces increasing child malnutrition and a shortage of specialists to treat them. Jacqui Thornton reports.

A humanitarian disaster is underway in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where around one million people have fled their homes in the past 12 months to escape fighting linked to the resurgence of the M23 armed group.

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported hospital in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, Sudan, has been looted.

There have been reports from El Geneina of widespread looting, destruction, and burning of property, including at camps where displaced people are living. Sylvain Perron, MSF deputy operations manager for Sudan, gave the following statement today.

Pregnant women from refugee communities in Malaysia have limited access to adequate maternal healthcare services, such as antenatal and postnatal care, skilled birth attendants, emergency obstetric care, and family planning services, leading to a high rate of maternal mortality. 

Over the past 48 hours, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has received a total of 136 wounded patients at the hospital it supports in El Fasher, North Darfur – 11 have died from their injuries.  

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are providing support to the provincial health services of Zambézia, Central Mozambique, in the large-scale response to an outbreak of cholera following  the second landfall of tropical cyclone Freddy in mid-March.

The MSF Academy in South Sudan provides comprehensive healthcare training for local healthcare workers, enabling them to deliver quality nursing, midwifery, and outpatient care to those in need in their communities.

As Syria marks 12 years of conflict, the impact of the earthquakes that struck parts of Syria and Türkiye on 6 February is pushing communities in northwest Syria to the brink and the healthcare system to its limits.