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...
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
Nigeria
Nigeria: fears of outbreaks grow in Maiduguri following severe flooding
Doctors Without Borders calls for urgent additional support for massive flooding in Maiduguri, Nigeria, especially in terms of water, sanitation, and ...
Natural disasters
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...
