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After nine months of relentless war, people’s access to healthcare in Gaza continues to worsen, particularly for those most vulnerable when healthcare is unavailable, such as pregnant women and children. 

The numbers tell a heart-breaking story: nearly half of all deaths in children under five have an underlying link to malnutrition, and it prevents nearly every fourth child from growing and developing properly.

After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders-supported Turkish Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan – including threats made against the lives of MSF staff – MSF has taken the decision to evacuate its team from the hospital. 

There is a repeated trauma of displacement for people in Gaza: for those who have managed to survive the relentless onslaught of bomb blasts, shelling and gunfire, staying alive has meant moving continually from place to place with whatever basic items they can manage to carry.

With the shutting down of European Gaza Hospital due to new evacuation orders, Nasser Hospital becomes the last comprehensive hospital remaining in south Gaza, and risks being overwhelmed.

Of the more than 69,000 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff in 2023, many thousands are nurses. Here, four MSF nurses from northwest Syria share a bit about their experiences: what a good day looks like, stories from their work, and some of the challenges they have overcome. 

Since the beginning of the war in Sudan over a year ago, almost 680,000 people have crossed the border to seek refuge in South Sudan. Thousands of families are stuck in dire conditions, lacking food, water and shelter.

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.

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.