“When I hear loud noises, it’s like I’m back in Myanmar. The sounds bring back all the fear – the fear that someone will come, that I’ll be taken, or ...
War and conflict
Rohingya refugee crisis
Bangladesh
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
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
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...
War and conflict
Sudan
Sudan: Doctors Without Borders Report Highlights High Death Toll of Pregnant Women and Children in South Darfur
Driven to oblivion: the toll of conflict and neglect on the health of mothers and children in South Darfur reveals the number of maternal deaths in ju...
War and conflict
Canada
Rohingya voices: A harrowing journey from Myanmar and Malaysia to Canada
For many years, Sandar Lynn Rashid and her husband Mohd Ayas Hashim, both members of the persecuted Rohingya minority, volunteered for Doctors Without...