Bangladesh: Doctors Without Borders calls for unhindered aid and protection for Rohingya refugees
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – Since the beginning of the year Rohingya refugees have been arriving in Bangladesh after escaping escalating violence in Mya...
War and conflict
Rohingya refugee crisis
Philippines
The Philippines: Houses, rice fields submerged by Tropical Storm Trami
In Bula, Camarines Sur, Doctors Without Borders reaches the hardest-hit communities, where clean drinking water is one of the most urgent needs.
Natural disasters
South Sudan
“It feels like no one cares about Sudan.”
Dr. Bashir has worked in several Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières projects in Sudan, including supervising medical activities at the...
War and conflict
Refugees
Bangladesh
Providing medical and sanitation support following devastating floods in Bangladesh
In mid-September, the floodwaters had barely subsided in Noakhali, in southern Bangladesh, when the devastating consequences began to unfold. Among th...
Natural disasters
Greece
Greece: The struggle of healing in poor living conditions
First-hand piece by the Doctors Without Borders mental health and social worker team on Lesvos Island, Greece.
Mental health
Refugees
Myanmar
Will I have the chance to meet them again?
On a rainy day in July 2023, I met Htwe*, a Rakhine patient living in an IDP camp in Buthidaung, Rakhine state in Myanmar. Her family had lost their h...
War and conflict
Rohingya refugee crisis
Lebanon
Lebanon: "We are in a safe place, for now."
After intense airstrikes over the weekend and throughout the past week, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Lebanon have...
War and conflict
Myanmar
Doctors Without Borders suspends medical services in Hpakant, Kachin State
Doctors Without Borders is alarmed by a sudden escalation in the security situation in Hpakant, Kachin state. We are hearing reports from our colleagu...
War and conflict
Lebanon
Lebanon: Following widescale bombings, humanitarian needs are escalating
Following the widescale Israeli bombings of multiple areas in Lebanon on Monday 23 September, Doctors Without Borders is gradually stepping up its res...