MSF teams are assessing the needs in Venezuela after deadly earthquakes We have donated emergency trauma kits to treat hundreds of people in hospitals in Caracas and La Guaira. Leila Rafei June 26 2026, 11:16am Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams from Caracas, the capital city, immediately went to La Guaira, one of the worst-hit cities, to assess the situation to see if and how we can support the response. A damaged building in Caracas on June 25. | Venezuela 2026 © MSF We have donated emergency trauma kits to treat hundreds of people in hospitals in Caracas and La Guaira.
Severe malnutrition on the rise among children in southern Afghanistan The crisis is linked in part to sweeping funding cuts that have severely impacted health programs across the country. Leila Rafei June 25 2026, 1:04pm The crisis has been driven in part by sharp reductions in international funding last year, including significant US cuts that have severely impacted health programs across the country . The emergency is compounded by recurrent droughts and disrupted food supplies.
MSF at Pride: Gilead must increase global access to HIV prevention medicine HIV isn’t waiting – why is Gilead? Kate Rankin June 24 2026, 10:20am Lenacapavir is a long-acting injectable form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) administered just twice a year that is nearly 100 percent effective in preventing people from acquiring HIV. It is especially valuable for people who often face stigma, discrimination, and exclusion from health care, including gay men and other men who have sex with men, transgender people, and sex workers.
The physical and mental challenges of living with HIV in India Stigma, misinformation, and long distances to access care can make seeking HIV treatment a challenge in India. Kate Rankin June 23 2026, 10:12am Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing holistic care to people living with advanced HIV care at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Patna, a city in Bihar state, India . Patients with advanced HIV have an extremely high mortality rate, with complex treatment needs including nutrition , infection, mental health , and psychosocial support. Nisha*, patient living with HIV “There is hope, and there is life beyond the diagnosis” Living with HIV has been a difficult journey, but it has also taught me a lot about strength, hope, and the importance of support.
Alert Summer 2026: How MSF works Care on the front lines Leila Rafei June 22 2026, 6:42pm Alert is a biannual magazine published by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF USA) that features ground reporting from our work around the world. Below are excerpts from the Summer 2026 issue (Vol. 27, No.
Armed violence in Port-au-Prince's Cité Soleil has forced Doctors Without Borders to suspend all operations at the Isaïe Jeanty Maternity Hospital after gunfire damaged the facility and made it impossible for staff to operate safely. The closure leaves thousands of women, particularly in a neighborhood of 300,000 people, with virtually no access to safe reproductive healthcare, forcing many to give birth in dangerous home conditions.
Safety and security for migrant women living in tents in France Organizations have seen an increase in the number of women migrants since 2025, and many are subjected to violence during their journey as well as in displacement in France. Kate Rankin June 18 2026, 10:46am Among them are a growing number of isolated women who are vulnerable to violence , and are actively excluded from the French health care system. Isolated in remote areas of the camps, their access to health care services is limited, particularly for sexual and reproductive health.
Game-changing HIV prevention drug must be available for $40 per year — everywhere Gilead must do more to ensure enough lenacapavir is available worldwide to turn the tide on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Kate Rankin June 17 2026, 9:20am Gilead, which controls the production and distribution of this game-changing medicine, currently sells it at very high prices to a very limited set of countries, has severely restricted supply to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and refuses to sell it directly to MSF . Lenacapavir: Two Shots.
Statement on MSF investigation into staff abuse allegations in Chad MSF is committed to providing a working and care environment free from exploitation, abuse, and harassment. Leila Rafei June 16 2026, 1:49pm Over several months, the investigations identified 59 allegations of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse, involving different employment categories including contract staff, daily workers, external contractors, and suppliers. While some of the 59 allegations were corroborated by the review, others remained unverified, as in some cases neither victims nor perpetrators could be identified.
Ebola disease outbreak outpaces emergency response in DR Congo One month after the outbreak was declared, surveillance, diagnosis, contact tracing, and community engagement are severely lacking. Kate Rankin June 15 2026, 10:07am Despite recent efforts to scale up the response , it remains insufficient. MSF calls on all stakeholders and authorities involved in the response to urgently facilitate the movement of health workers and supplies so the response can match the scale of the outbreak.
Afghanistan: MSF staff detained amid growing restrictions on women Since 2021, women have been increasingly erased from public life in Afghanistan, with severe restrictions on their movement and access to public life. Leila Rafei June 12 2026, 12:39pm She was accused of not complying with the dress code imposed on women in the country. She was detained for two days and finally released on June 8 after having to sign — along with her husband and other family members — a written commitment to wear a specific type of dress imposed by the ministry in the future.
Why play therapy is essential to a child’s recovery Play therapy is a valuable tool in treating children, and strengthens caregiver bonds and coping skills. Kate Rankin June 10 2026, 4:48pm Most pediatric patients in Kule are treated in the inpatient therapeutic feeding center, where children with different levels of malnutrition receive specialized nutritional care. Complementing this care with play-based psychosocial support helps ensure that children receive not only lifesaving treatment, but also the emotional and developmental support they need to recover and grow.
How snakebites turn deadly in Yemen Access to effective and affordable treatment for this deadly neglected disease remains severely limited. Leila Rafei June 8 2026, 9:59am At Abs Hospital in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate, many snakebite patients arrive after traveling long distances from remote villages. Often, their health has already deteriorated significantly.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are operating mobile clinics and restoring water and sanitation systems in Dahiyeh, south Beirut, where repeated Israeli airstrikes have destroyed health facilities, roads, and public infrastructure. Thousands of residents have been displaced multiple times since March 2026, and MSF warns that intensifying strikes across south Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley threaten to multiply humanitarian crises and erode health system capacity.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has announced multi-year environmental sustainability initiatives across its global health operations, including installation of 92+ solar power systems, waste management plans at half its projects, and training for drivers on fuel efficiency. The organization aims to reduce its carbon footprint while maintaining medical service quality in remote and conflict-affected regions.
Drone strikes attributed to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces are causing mass casualties in border towns along Chad-Sudan frontier, with patients arriving at Tiné Hospital in eastern Chad bearing severe burns, blast trauma, and multiple injuries. Since early May, 116 wounded have been treated at the facility following near-daily strikes; a single May 24 attack on a busy market killed at least 3 and wounded 35. Medical staff report an alarming shift toward targeting of civilians, particularly women and children, in a region already hosting over 900,000 Sudanese refugees.
MSF's hospital in Haiti's Cité Soleil neighborhood reopened its emergency department and sexual violence services on June 1 after closing for three weeks due to armed clashes that wounded over 40 people and forced evacuation of more than 800 civilians seeking refuge. The hospital, which typically serves 150 outpatient consultations daily and maintains 80% inpatient bed occupancy, sustained bullet damage to multiple buildings and represents one of few healthcare lifelines for the area's 300,000 residents.
Israeli forces continue to kill and maim people in Lebanon MSF calls on Israeli authorities to guarantee the protection of civilians, medical and rescue personnel, and health facilities. Leila Rafei May 28 2026, 12:56pm Jeremy Ristord, MSF head of mission in Lebanon, said today: “Despite the so-called ceasefire , we are currently witnessing an alarming situation in southern Lebanon. There is ongoing Israeli military escalation expanding northwards, and large-scale forced displacement orders are impacting most of the south of the country.
Two countries, one injury: Obstetric fistula in Nigeria and Somalia Obstetric fistula is a devastating yet preventable condition that continues to affect women with limited access to pre- and postnatal care. Kate Rankin May 28 2026, 8:22am On the other side of the African continent, Hodan* walked into Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa, southwestern Somalia , after suffering for eight years from urinary incontinence caused by a difficult delivery. She had been married as a teenager in a village on the rural outskirts of Bur Hakaba.
How rains turn deadly in northern Nigeria As the rainy season comes to Zamfara, MSF is responding to worsening diseases, food insecurity, and more. Leila Rafei May 27 2026, 10:32am Between May and September each year, daily survival becomes a struggle as flooding, outbreaks of infectious diseases, and worsening food insecurity converge. For communities already affected by years of insecurity, the consequences are devastating.
Haitian migrants search for opportunity in Mexico Without safe routes, many migrants are choosing to travel in groups for safety in their search for work and dignity. Kate Rankin May 26 2026, 11:50am For years, the city of Tapachula, Mexico , was a transit point for people traveling north to seek refuge in the United States. Since January 2025, the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies, on top of regional pressure to curb migration , have transformed Mexico into a country of containment.
An Ebola outbreak driven by the Bundibugyo virus is spreading across northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with over 500 suspected cases and 130+ suspected deaths. The outbreak has reached Goma, a densely populated capital in North Kivu province, and two confirmed cases have appeared across the border in Uganda. Unlike previous DRC outbreaks, the Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or treatment, forcing response efforts to focus on symptom management and isolation.
Médecins Sans Frontières is responding to an active Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo caused by the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved vaccine or treatment. As of May 19, 2026, authorities reported over 500 suspected cases and more than 130 deaths, with confirmed cases in North Kivu province including the city of Goma, and two confirmed cases across the border in Uganda. The outbreak is complicated by ongoing regional conflict, displacement, and limited diagnostic capacity.
South Sudan's warring parties are conducting escalating attacks on civilians and health facilities, leaving more than 760,000 people without medical care. Doctors Without Borders documented 12 direct attacks on its staff and facilities since January 2025, including deliberate bombing of hospitals in Old Fangak and Lankien, alongside forced displacement, widespread sexual violence, and obstruction of humanitarian access across six states.
Urgent action needed to ensure more children in conflict zones are vaccinated The global strategy to make sure people everywhere have access to the vaccines they need is failing to adequately avert preventable disease in conflict-affected areas. Leila Rafei May 18 2026, 12:30pm Immunization Agenda 2030 is a World Health Organization (WHO) strategy to vaccinate more people worldwide. However, there are still major gaps in vaccination coverage and efforts in fragile, conflict, and vulnerable settings like many of those in which MSF operates, for reasons including: political, administrative, bureaucratic, and logistical barriers blocking the delivery of vaccine supplies like disrupted supply chains; security issues restricting access to remote areas where teams would previously carry out vaccination campaigns; inadequate funding for supplies and workers; and the destruction of health facilities where people could previously get vaccinated.
Q&A: Health services are under attack in Sudan MSF international president Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim discusses how the war in Sudan is destroying health care access. Kate Rankin May 18 2026, 11:27am Dr.
An Ebola outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain has killed more than 80 people and infected at least 246 across three health zones in DRC's Ituri province, with the virus crossing into Uganda after a Congolese man died there on May 14. MSF is mobilizing a large-scale emergency response, warning that the rapid spread and lack of approved vaccines or treatments makes the situation extremely concerning.
MSF has condemned the killing of two Lebanese paramedics in a drone strike on May 12 as they responded to an earlier attack in southern Lebanon, part of a broader pattern of 161 recorded attacks on healthcare infrastructure since early March that have left 110 dead and 252 injured — including 15 attacks after a ceasefire declared on April 17 that has not stopped the fighting.
More than 6.5 million Somalis — roughly one in four — are facing acute food insecurity as four consecutive failed rainy seasons devastate harvests and water supplies, while Somalia's 2026 humanitarian response plan sits at just 10.9% funded. The World Food Programme has cut emergency food assistance from 2 million to around 600,000 recipients, over 70 health facilities in Puntland have closed, and MSF says its Baidoa facility is already overwhelmed treating severely malnourished children at the very start of the lean season.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was forced to evacuate its hospital in Cité Soleil, Haiti and suspend all medical activities after intense gang fighting erupted on May 10, leaving over 40 gunshot victims treated in 12 hours, a security guard shot inside the hospital compound, and more than 800 civilians seeking refuge — with no other hospitals operational in the affected area.
World Bank funding cuts worsen health crisis in DR Congo The recent withdrawal of international funding has caused shortages of medicines, vaccines, and nutritional supplies in South Kivu. Kate Rankin May 7 2026, 11:13am This has had immediate consequences on access to vital care, particularly for pregnant women and newborns in Minova, in the territory of Kalehe. The withdrawal of World Bank funding through the Multisectoral Nutrition and Health Project (PMNS) does not affect Minova alone.
The devastating impact of Israel’s manufactured malnutrition crisis in Gaza An analysis of medical data by MSF finds increased miscarriages, premature birth, and infant mortality linked with malnutrition. Leila Rafei May 6 2026, 2:46pm Between late 2024 and early 2026, our teams at four health facilities MSF runs or supports recorded higher levels of miscarriage as well as prematurity and mortality among infants born to mothers affected by malnutrition during their pregnancy, and observed a sharp increase in disrupted treatment for malnourished children. MSF links these outcomes to Israel’s blockade of essential goods and attacks on civilian infrastructure , including medical facilities .
A ceasefire in name only: Israeli attacks continue daily in Lebanon The destruction of Lebanese homes and villages has not stopped, as thousands of people remain displaced. Kate Rankin May 6 2026, 12:44pm Israeli forces are conducting daily airstrikes that have killed and injured hundreds of people . Evacuation orders continue to be issued, leading to the forcible displacement of thousands, while the complete destruction of homes and villages has not ceased . Hospitals in southern Lebanon, where Doctor Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are collaborating with the Ministry of Public Health to treat patients, continue to receive wounded people. "We have seen a range of severe injuries since the start of the nominal ceasefire,” says Dr.
ONE PIECE’s Tony Tony Chopper appointed as an official MSF supporter MSF launches a collaborative initiative with the beloved manga character known as Tony Tony Chopper Leila Rafei March 20 2026, 10:00am Chopper's dream is “to become a doctor who can cure everyone around the world.” As a ship doctor for the Straw Hats, Chopper's unwavering commitment to helping anyone suffering from injury or illness during their adventure has touched the hearts of readers and viewers worldwide. "Dear Chopper, thank you for joining MSF to save lives around the world! The belief in helping those in need of medical care, regardless of ethnicity or nationality, is something Chopper and MSF share.
MSF responds to conflict in the Middle East Civilians, hospitals, and other essential infrastructure must be protected at all times. Leila Rafei March 19 2026, 2:15pm While recent ceasefire announcements in Iran and Lebanon have brought some fragile relief, the situation remains uncertain, with urgent medical and humanitarian needs. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to the direct and indirect consequences of the conflict throughout the region.
War in Ukraine: How MSF is helping Four years after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, civilians continue to bear the burden of the war’s devastation. Leila Rafei February 20 2026, 2:20pm Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been on the ground in Ukraine throughout the war, providing medical care and humanitarian assistance including emergency and intensive care, ambulance referrals, and rehabilitation. MSF response in Ukraine in 2025 By the numbers 10,722 patient referrals, the majority for war-related injuries 12,904 emergency department admissions 1,053 surgeries 552 patients admitted to the ICU 9,800+ physiotherapy sessions 3,580 PTSD consultations 45,322 outpatient consultations 3,612 mental health consultations 3,211 sexual and reproductive health consultations 9,500 mobile clinic consultations for internally displaced people — more than double the number in 2024 Over $1.6 million in donations of medicines, relief items, and other supplies to hospitals, partner organizations, and displaced people View more Four years of war in Ukraine The impact on health and humanitarian needs Ukraine 2024 © Yuliia Trofimova/MSF Today, nowhere in Ukraine is safe.
Doctors Without Borders emphasizes the importance of creating inclusive health care spaces for LGBTQI+ communities, highlighting barriers such as discrimination, unequipped providers, and criminalization that discourage people from seeking necessary care.
Conflict in DR Congo: What’s happening & how to help Fighting in eastern DR Congo has rapidly escalated in 2025, displacing hundreds of thousands as humanitarian needs skyrocket. Leila Rafei February 20 2025, 1:00pm Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in DRC are witnessing how this latest escalation of violence is impacting people’s lives and compounding the humanitarian crisis, particularly in camps where displaced people are sheltering. As the conflict continues to unfold, here’s what to know about what’s happening in eastern DRC and how to help.
"We dread nightfall": Voices from Gaza Stories of living and working under bombardment and siege in Gaza. Leila Rafei January 2 2024, 2:23pm November 13, 2025 Part of his childhood will always carry the scars of what happened Mohammad Al Hawajri, MSF operating theater nurse "Just when we thought we had endured the worst, the genocide brought new terror to our doorstep: On June 27, 2025, an airstrike hit the street beside our home. Our youngest son, Omar, was standing by the door when a piece of shrapnel tore through his leg.
How MSF is responding to the war in Gaza The humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains catastrophic, with ongoing attacks, limited supplies, and dire living conditions. Taylor Darnall October 14 2023, 7:50pm Since October 2023 more than 72,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 172,000 wounded. Over 2,000 health and humanitarian workers have been killed, including 15 of our own Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleagues .
Sudan crisis response How MSF is responding to one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. Leila Rafei October 4 2023, 8:36am Since then, people have been enduring extreme violence that has devastated every aspect of their lives. As the war destroys infrastructure, displaces communities, and blocks the movement of aid, millions of people are now facing acute food insecurity and recurring disease outbreaks, in addition to psychological trauma.