Afghanistan: “Treating patients is our responsibility. There’s a lot of work on our shoulders.”
After months of fighting on the outskirts of Herat in Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, also known as the Taliban, took control of the ...
War and conflict
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Uncertainty, but still full hospitals
After the rapid transfer of power in Afghanistan there has been a big shift in the health context. Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (...
War and conflict
Afghanistan
OpEd: Will we talk to the Taliban? Why not, we always have
On Sunday, August 15, after months of intense fighting, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, also known as the Taliban) entered the capital city o...
War and conflict
South Sudan
South Sudan: A record of the consequences of violence since independence
On 9 July 2021, the Republic of South Sudan marked its tenth birthday. This significant milestone is also marred by the bloody legacy of its first dec...
War and conflict
Haiti
Haiti: Maintaining health care amid extreme violence and uncertainty
The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last week brought global attention to the current political turmoil in Haiti, but the country had already...
War and conflict
Yemen
Insha'allah: How I Find Hope on a Maternity Ward in Yemen
Obstetrician Sabrina shares the heartbreak and hope experienced by mothers and staff on a maternity ward in the city of Taiz, Yemen.
Maternal health
Child health
Women’s health
War and conflict
Yemen
Yemen: The struggle to access antenatal care in Al Qanawis
Like most other women in her village, Fatima, 17, had no access to antenatal care during her pregnancy. She recently gave birth to her second child in...
Maternal health
Women’s health
War and conflict
Myanmar
Doctors Without Borders office in Yangon becomes makeshift clinic amid Myanmar's collapsing health system
The violence and intimidation committed by security forces in Myanmar is creating a climate of fear and disrupting HIV patients' access to life-saving...
War and conflict
HIV/AIDS
Palestine
Gaza: “Night and day, what we are living through is terrifying”
The fighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups, principally Hamas, broke out once again after weeks of tensions in occupied Ea...
