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    Syria: Mental wounds remain deep a year after the earthquakes
    Syria
    Syria: Mental wounds remain deep a year after the earthquakes
    People in northwest Syria continue to struggle with the mental health impacts of more than a decade of war, compounded by the devastating earthquakes ...
    Natural disasters
    Mental health
    Afghanistan: Doctors Without Borders is responding to earthquakes in Herat
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan: Doctors Without Borders is responding to earthquakes in Herat
    At 11:10 am local time on Saturday, October 7, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan, followed by three subsequent aftershocks. As of ...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Libya: Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna
    Libya
    Libya: Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna
    Two weeks after Storm Daniel caused devastating floods that engulfed Derna and killed thousands in a few hours, search and rescue operations are about...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Mental health
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders prepares for medical response in Derna
    Libya
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders prepares for medical response in Derna
    As Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Libya begin medical activities in the cities of Derna and Susah one week after th...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders teams assess needs in Storm Daniel aftermath
    Libya
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders teams assess needs in Storm Daniel aftermath
    A Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team has arrived on 13 September 2023 evening from Misrata to Tobruk, east Libya and is due...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Morocco struck by a powerful earthquake
    Morocco
    Morocco struck by a powerful earthquake
    A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco on September 8, 2023 night. More than 300, 0000 people were affected and at least 2,000 people have...
    Natural disasters
    Kenya: A day in an outreach activity - Triple burden of measles, malaria and malnutrition in a family
    Kenya
    Kenya: A day in an outreach activity - Triple burden of measles, malaria and malnutrition in a family
    Bringing life-saving medical services closer to the villages holds profound significance for those living far from healthcare facilities. In March 202...
    Measles
    Malaria
    Malnutrition
    Cyclone Mocha: Aid efforts severely hampered by new restrictions
    Myanmar
    Cyclone Mocha: Aid efforts severely hampered by new restrictions
    “About 85 per cent of my camp is in ruins after Cyclone Mocha wreaked havoc here. All hut-like houses are destroyed. People who live in houses like th...
    Natural disasters
    Refugees
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    HIV/AIDS
    Hepatitis C
    Year in Review 2022
    Year in Review 2022
    War, violence, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, rising inflation and spiralingprices; these are all factors that contributed to an overall increa...
    War and conflict
    Natural disasters
    Climate emergency
    Cholera