Ukraine: In Odessa, “everyone is preparing for the worst”
Carla Melki, emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has just returned from the port city of Odessa in sou...
War and conflict
Ukraine
Ukraine: Doctors Without Borders rushes emergency medical supplies to Kyiv by train
Around 6pm local time, Saturday 05 March, one of Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s Emergency Response teams in Ukraine met Ol...
War and conflict
Ukraine
Safe passage for civilians and access for humanitarian aid are urgently needed in Ukraine
Following the soul-wrenching reports we received from trapped Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff in Mariupol yesterday, we...
War and conflict
Ukraine
Ukraine: How Doctors Without Borders is trying to access the areas most affected by fighting
While the number of deaths and injuries rises in Ukraine and hundreds of thousands of people seek refuge in neighbouring countries, Doctors Without Bo...
War and conflict
Ukraine
Ukraine: Doctors Without Borders staff report dire conditions in Mariupol
The city of Mariupol is among the areas now heavily affected by the war in Ukraine.Multiple staff members of Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans F...
War and conflict
Ukraine
Doctors Without Borders mobilizes response in Ukraine and nearby countries
As hundreds of thousands of people are forced to escape, Doctors Without Borders is working on setting up emergency response activities in Ukraine and...
War and conflict
Ukraine
Statement: Doctors Without Borders assesses response as Ukraine conflict escalates
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams remain in Ukraine, and we are currently seeking ways to adapt our response as the confl...
War and conflict
Nigeria
Lassa fever: not only a neglected disease, but neglected patients too
Nigeria is one of the several West African countries where lassa fever is endemic, yet very little is known about it. Even though lassa fever is a lar...
Infectious diseases
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: 'My gut feeling told me that ‘something is terribly wrong’
Every year, thousands of Afghan women lose their lives during childbirth, and now even more women in the country are without health care. But at the h...
