Advertise with Googlier.com https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ en https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/venezuela-earthquakes-how-msf-responding <span>Venezuela earthquakes: How MSF is responding</span> <div class="field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">We have donated emergency trauma kits to treat thousands of people in hospitals in Caracas and La Guaira.</div> </div> <span><span>Leila Rafei</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-06-26T11:16:13-04:00" title="Friday, June 26, 2026 - 11:16am">June 26 2026, 11:16am</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-hero-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2026/06/MSF373092.jpg" width="2000" height="1500" alt="La Guaira – People displaced as needs increase"> </div> </div> <div class="field field--content-blocks field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>The day after the quakes struck, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams traveled from Caracas to La Guaira, one of the worst-hit areas, to assess the situation and respond. Since then, MSF teams have been providing care to survivors through mobile clinics, distributing emergency trauma kits, donating medical supplies, and supporting water and sanitation, particularly for those displaced.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="dual-cta"> <div class="dual-cta__card"> <div class="dual-cta__card-image"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/dual_cta_desktop/public/image_base_media/2026/06/MSF373088.jpg?itok=ri1zdx5s 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/jpeg" width="600" height="435"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/dual_cta_tablet/public/image_base_media/2026/06/MSF373088.jpg?itok=IxmodGG_ 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/jpeg" width="700" height="507"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/dual_cta_desktop/public/image_base_media/2026/06/MSF373088.jpg?itok=ri1zdx5s 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/jpeg" width="600" height="435"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/dual_cta_mobile/public/image_base_media/2026/06/MSF373088.jpg?itok=2FtoIYZ0 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/jpeg" width="443" height="321"> <img loading="lazy" width="700" height="507" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/dual_cta_tablet/public/image_base_media/2026/06/MSF373088.jpg?itok=IxmodGG_" alt="La Guaira – People displaced as needs increase"> </picture> </div> <div class="dual-cta__card-text"> <h2 class="dual-cta__card-title">How can I help MSF?</h2> <span class="dual-cta__divider"></span> <p class="dual-cta__card-description">By giving to MSF today, you'll help ensure we can respond to emergencies like the Venezuela earthquakes at a moment's notice.</p> <a href="https://give.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/816137/donate" class="dual-cta__card-link-btn button dual-cta__card-link--btn">Donate</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><h2>How is MSF responding in Venezuela?</h2><h3>Donating medical supplies</h3><p>As one of the only international aid organizations present in the first hours following the disaster, MSF was able to fill critical supply gaps when hospitals exhausted their emergency stocks. Our teams distributed emergency trauma kits and medical supplies to hospitals in Caracas and La Guaira, covering about 10,000 injured patients. We have donated 8.5 tons of emergency medical supplies.</p><p>MSF is also supporting the central morgue with a donation of 1,000 body bags, personal protective equipment (PPE), and disinfectant.&nbsp;</p><h3>Operating mobile clinics</h3><p>MSF runs mobile clinics in areas facing some of the greatest humanitarian needs and operational gaps, including the cities of Naiguatá and Catia La Mar in La Guaira state. Our 12-person team — which includes a medical doctor, a psychologist, a health promoter, an environmental health specialist, and nurses — is primarily treating cases of diarrhea, respiratory illnesses, and skin conditions. All of these illnesses spread easily in the poor, crowded conditions in shelters where displaced people are living, often without water and sanitation access. Over the past month, our teams have conducted 2,217 medical consultations.</p><p>MSF also maintains permanent mobile clinic teams in Playa Verde and Caracas.&nbsp;</p><h3>Supporting water and sanitation</h3><p>Water and sanitation are a key part of MSF’s earthquake response, helping to prevent disease outbreaks and allow people to live in dignified conditions with access to safe water, showers, and toilets. Our teams are monitoring for waterborne diseases as well as mosquito-borne illnesses such as <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/what-dengue-facts-how-help" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="762ceb13-8f34-47d2-b376-bea1924480ac" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="What is dengue? Facts &amp; how to help ">dengue</a>, Zika, and chikungunya. To reduce the risks, we are also assessing water sources, sanitation conditions, and disease surveillance needs in affected areas. Activities may include water trucking, chlorination of water supplies, emergency latrines, hygiene kit distributions, and regular mobile clinic visits to shelters and gathering sites.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mbt-container bg--light-gray"> <div class="mbt-inner-container mbt__media--left"> <div class="mbt__media-content video"> <div class="mbt__video-content"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="YouTube | Venezuela earthquake aftermath: June 29 update" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gM5Ebfn67Yw?autoplay=0&amp;start=0&amp;rel=0&amp;mute=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mbt__text-content"> <h2 class="heading-2 mbt__text-content__title">Venezuela earthquake aftermath: June 29 update</h2> <div class> <p class="caption caption-large mbt__text-content__desc"></p> </div> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gM5Ebfn67Yw" title="Venezuela earthquake aftermath: June 29 update" class="link-item link-bold mbt__text-content__link link-icon--right-arrow">Watch on YouTube</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><h2>What’s next in MSF’s earthquake response?</h2><p>As hospitals begin to move beyond the initial influx of trauma patients, our response is increasingly focused on displaced communities. Many of the nearly 18,000 displaced are living in informal settlements across Caracas, including in parks and stadiums, which may lack access to organized sanitation systems and reliable access to safe drinking water. While local residents and volunteer groups are distributing water informally, the needs remain significant.</p><p>From our experience with earthquake response, mental health first aid is also a critical need to address in the aftermath of a disaster.</p><p>Further, our teams are carrying out exploratory visits to identify areas and communities that may not yet be receiving assistance.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mbt-container bg--light-gray"> <div class="mbt-inner-container mbt__media--left"> <div class="mbt__media-content video"> <div class="mbt__video-content"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="YouTube | Powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela overnight" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fd47sk2e61U?autoplay=0&amp;start=0&amp;rel=0&amp;mute=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mbt__text-content"> <h2 class="heading-2 mbt__text-content__title">"People are in the streets"</h2> <div class> <p class="caption caption-large mbt__text-content__desc">Listen to MSF Medical Coordinator Halima Hussein describe the situation in Venezuela on June 25, 2026, following the powerful quakes.</p> </div> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd47sk2e61U" title="&quot;People are in the streets&quot;" class="link-item link-bold mbt__text-content__link link-icon--right-arrow">Watch on YouTube</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="email-sign-up email--bg-light"> <h2 class="heading-2 email__heading">Get breaking news from Venezuela and around the world</h2> <p class="caption email__caption"></p> <div class="email__form-container"> <div 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</div> <span><span>Leila Rafei</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-05-19T15:14:10-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - 3:14pm">May 19 2026, 3:14pm</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-hero-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2026/07/MSF372294.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" alt="Ebola Treatment Center in Mongbwalu Hospital"> </div> </div> Tue, 19 May 2026 19:14:10 +0000 Leila Rafei 97831 at https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/one-pieces-tony-tony-chopper-appointed-official-msf-supporter <span>ONE PIECE’s Tony Tony Chopper appointed as an official MSF supporter</span> <div class="field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">MSF launches a collaborative initiative with the beloved manga character known as Tony Tony Chopper</div> </div> <span><span>Leila Rafei</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-03-20T10:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, March 20, 2026 - 10:00am">March 20 2026, 10:00am</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-hero-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/Chopper%20Banner%20v2.png" width="1920" height="1200" alt="MSF x Chopper"> </div> </div> <div class="field field--content-blocks field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Chopper's dream is “to become a doctor who can cure everyone around the world.” As a ship doctor for the Straw Hats, Chopper's unwavering commitment to helping anyone suffering from injury or illness during their adventure has touched the hearts of readers and viewers worldwide.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="alert__wrapper"> <div class="alert-content alert-content--no-label "> <div class="alert__description"> <p>"Dear Chopper, thank you for joining MSF to save lives around the world! The belief in helping those in need of medical care, regardless of ethnicity or nationality, is something Chopper and MSF share. Please visit our projects and share what you see with many people. We hope that through Chopper, the number of people joining and supporting MSF will grow around the world."</p><div class="text--with-red-top-divider"><strong>Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim, MSF International President</strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>This belief resonates deeply with MSF’s principles. MSF is an international, independent medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency medical care to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters, and exclusion from health care. Operating in more than 70 countries, we deliver lifesaving assistance to people in crisis regardless of ethnicity, religion, nationality, or political affiliation. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence, neutrality, and impartiality. Chopper seems to embody these principles and values.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="alert__wrapper"> <div class="alert-content alert-content--no-label "> <div class="alert__description"> <p>"I am truly delighted that Chopper, the doctor of the Straw Hats, has been given the opportunity to play an active role on the global stage. He is originally a reindeer who became a "Human-Reindeer" after eating "Human-Human Fruit." Yet he dedicates himself to treating anyone who is injured or ill — whether human or animal, friend or foe.</p><p>Because of this compassion and determination, I believe he is a perfect fit to serve as a supporter of Médecins Sans Frontières, an organization that provides medical care on the front lines around the world, transcending borders, race, and religion. We hope you will support his activities.</p><p>Congratulations on your appointment, Chopper!"</p><div class="text--with-red-top-divider"><strong>Hiroyuki Nakano, editor-in-chief of ONE PIECE Media</strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Our shared stance and philosophy led to the MSF x Chopper collaboration, which aims to broaden understanding and interest in MSF's humanitarian medical activities.&nbsp;</p><p>"In this increasingly chaotic world, I intend to continue observing the work of those who come together around the core values of medical care and humanitarianism — both myself and Chopper," says Seiko Ito, an author and creator.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div> <div class="vbt__container"> <div class="vbt__content--video"> <div class="vbt__content--video-wrapper"> <iframe title="Tony Tony Chopper joins Doctors Without Borders!" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rOSAtoj4cTc" class="vbt__iframe"></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="vbt__content--video-details vbt__content--video-details-padding-high"> <h3 class="heading-3 vbt__content--video-title">Tony Tony Chopper joins Doctors Without Borders!</h3> <p class="caption caption-small vbt__text-content__desc">Wherever we go together, the principle remains the same: everyone deserves access to medical care, no matter who or where they are.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><h2>Learn more</h2><p>Read more about the MSF x Chopper collaboration at <a href="https://www.msf.org/chopper">msf.org/chopper</a>. Follow&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/choppers_op">@choppers_op</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/doctorswithoutborders/?hl=en">@doctorswithoutborders</a> on Instagram to keep learning along with Chopper as we roll out new activities and resources.</p><h6>COMING SOON</h6><p>Chopper is featured as the navigator in MSF’s introduction booklet, “What is Médecins Sans Frontières?” to help readers to learn about our activities.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="standout-media-container bg--light-gray standout-media-block--left"> <div class="standout-media-info"> <h2 class="heading-2 hz-listing__title">Meet Tony Tony Chopper</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Tony Tony Chopper is the doctor of the Straw Hats from ONE PIECE, the manga series created by Eiichiro Oda. Originally a blue-nosed reindeer, he became a "Human-Reindeer" after eating the "Human-Human Fruit" (Hito Hito no Mi). He carries the will of his mentor, Dr. Hiriluk, and aims to become a "Panacea" — a doctor who can cure any disease in the world.</p><p>Left: In a new illustration by Eiichiro Oda, Chopper raises the MSF flag high as he runs with a stethoscope around his neck. His bulging emergency medical backpack is modeled after those MSF actually uses, while his stance evokes the "running person" logo embodying the spirit of MSF.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="standout-media-image"> <div class="standout-media-image__inner"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_553_519/public/MSF361834-transparent.png?itok=lbfDjs-P 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/png" width="553" height="519"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_553_519/public/MSF361834-transparent.png?itok=lbfDjs-P 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/png" width="553" height="519"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_large_mobile_480x450/public/MSF361834-transparent.png?itok=eV4Uh-p4 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/png" width="480" height="450"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_large_mobile_480x450/public/MSF361834-transparent.png?itok=eV4Uh-p4 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/png" width="480" height="450"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_mobile_335x315/public/MSF361834-transparent.png?itok=i9JLTfo2 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/png" width="335" height="315"> <img loading="lazy" width="553" height="519" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_553_519/public/MSF361834-transparent.png?itok=lbfDjs-P" alt="MSF x Chopper illustration"> </picture> <span class="standout-media-image__caption">© Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha © MSF</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><h4>About MSF</h4><p>MSF is an international, independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, exclusion from health care, and natural hazards in over 70 countries. We offer assistance to people based on needs alone, irrespective of ethnicity, religion, gender, or political affiliation. When MSF witnesses serious acts of violence, neglected crises, or obstructions to our activities, we may speak out.</p><h4>About ONE PIECE</h4><p>Created by Eiichiro Oda, the manga series ONE PIECE made its debut on July 22, 1997, in issue 34 of Weekly Shonen Jump, a popular manga magazine. The series marked its 25th anniversary of continuous publication in July 2022.</p><p>The first volume of the manga was released on December 24, 1997, and Volume 57, released on March 4, 2010, set a new record in Japanese publishing history at the time by publishing 3 million copies in its first edition. Subsequent volumes have consistently maintained this milestone. On August 3, 2012, Volume 67 surpassed that record, reaching 4.05 million first-edition copies. As of March 4, 2026, the ONE PIECE manga has published over 600 million copies worldwide, and today the series has been published in over 60 countries and regions.</p><p>The anime adaptation first aired in 1999 on the Fuji TV network in Japan and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2024. After a three-month hiatus, the series is set to resume in April 2026 with the Elbaph Arc.</p><p>In August 2023, <a href="https://one-piece.com/op/guidetothevoyage/">Netflix released a globally exclusive live-action ONE PIECE series</a>, which received critical acclaim. Season 2 began streaming on March 10 and has already received a great deal of praise.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="email-sign-up email--bg-light"> <h2 class="heading-2 email__heading">We speak out. 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<span><time datetime="2026-03-19T14:15:02-04:00" title="Thursday, March 19, 2026 - 2:15pm">March 19 2026, 2:15pm</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-hero-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2026/03/MSF361149.jpg" width="2000" height="1125" alt="Dahye, South Beirut, March 14"> </div> </div> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:15:02 +0000 Leila Rafei 97746 at https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/war-ukraine-how-msf-helping <span>War in Ukraine: How MSF is helping</span> <div class="field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">Four years after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, civilians continue to bear the burden of the war’s devastation.</div> </div> <span><span>Leila Rafei</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-02-20T14:20:00-05:00" title="Friday, February 20, 2026 - 2:20pm">February 20 2026, 2:20pm</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-hero-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2023/02/MSB127235.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" alt="Doctors on Rails - MSF Medicalised train in Ukraine"> </div> </div> <div class="field field--content-blocks field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been on the ground in Ukraine throughout the war, providing medical care and humanitarian assistance including emergency and intensive care, ambulance referrals, and rehabilitation.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="standout-media-container bg--white standout-media-block--left"> <div class="standout-media-info"> <p class="eyebrow-container standout-media-block__eyebrow"> <span class="eyebrow_item">MSF response in Ukraine in 2025</span> </p> <h2 class="heading-2 hz-listing__title">By the numbers</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>10,722</strong> patient referrals, the majority for war-related injuries</p><p><strong>12,904</strong> emergency department admissions</p><p><strong>1,053</strong> surgeries</p><p><strong>552</strong> patients admitted to the ICU</p><p><strong>9,800+</strong> physiotherapy sessions</p><p><strong>3,580</strong> PTSD consultations</p><p><strong>45,322</strong> outpatient consultations</p><p><strong>3,612</strong> mental health consultations</p></div> </div> <div class="standout-media-content"> <div class="mega-accordion__expanded-content"> <div class="field field--name-field-content-expanded-section field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>3,211</strong> sexual and reproductive health consultations</p><p><strong>9,500</strong> mobile clinic consultations for internally displaced people — more than double the number in 2024</p><p>Over <strong>$1.6 million</strong> in donations of medicines, relief items, and other supplies to hospitals, partner organizations, and displaced people&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="expandable__button"> <a class="btn--expand btn--toggle-plus" href="javascript:void(0);" aria-label="View more">View more</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="standout-media-image"> <div class="standout-media-image__inner"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_553_519/public/image_base_media/2024/02/MSB166657.jpg?itok=dkGXGUyq 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/jpeg" width="553" height="519"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_553_519/public/image_base_media/2024/02/MSB166657.jpg?itok=dkGXGUyq 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/jpeg" width="553" height="519"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_large_mobile_480x450/public/image_base_media/2024/02/MSB166657.jpg?itok=rP3oA2cU 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="450"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_large_mobile_480x450/public/image_base_media/2024/02/MSB166657.jpg?itok=rP3oA2cU 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="450"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_mobile_335x315/public/image_base_media/2024/02/MSB166657.jpg?itok=5cS9FM6E 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/jpeg" width="335" height="315"> <img loading="lazy" width="553" height="519" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_553_519/public/image_base_media/2024/02/MSB166657.jpg?itok=dkGXGUyq" alt="MSF Emergency department Activity Manager, Dr. Khassan El-Kafarna, at Kostiantynivka hospital in Ukraine"> </picture> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-divider paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-divider paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="timeline-divider-card timeline--card-image"> <div class="timeline-divider--card-image--wrapper"> <div class="timeline-divider--card-image-contents"> <h1 class="timeline-divider--card-heading">Four years of war in Ukraine</h1> <h4 class="timeline-divider--card-sub-heading">The impact on health and humanitarian needs</h4> </div> <div class="timeline-divider--card-image--overlay"></div> <img src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2026/02/MSB191516.jpg" class="timeline-divider--card-image" alt="Staff examine the scale of destruction after an attack on MSF's office in Pokrovsk."> </div> <div class="timeline-divider--image-info"> <span class="timeline-divider--image-credit">Ukraine 2024 ©&nbsp;Yuliia Trofimova/MSF</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper layout-flexible-block"> <div class="layout-content-block"> <div class="layout--two-column"> <div class="layout-content__col-1"> <div class="layout-content__image-content"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/layout_flexible_image_525_392/public/Ukraine%20map%20Feb%202026%20%281%29.png?itok=cl75XRKb 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/png" width="525" height="392"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/layout_flexible_image_525_392/public/Ukraine%20map%20Feb%202026%20%281%29.png?itok=cl75XRKb 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/png" width="525" height="392"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/layout_flexible_image_525_392/public/Ukraine%20map%20Feb%202026%20%281%29.png?itok=cl75XRKb 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/png" width="525" height="392"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/layout_flexible_image_large_mobile_480x358/public/Ukraine%20map%20Feb%202026%20%281%29.png?itok=13vbnKLU 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/png" width="480" height="358"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/layout_flexible_image_mobile_335x250/public/Ukraine%20map%20Feb%202026%20%281%29.png?itok=UC1ZPzoY 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/png" width="335" height="250"> <img loading="lazy" width="525" height="392" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/layout_flexible_image_525_392/public/Ukraine%20map%20Feb%202026%20%281%29.png?itok=cl75XRKb" alt="Map of Ukraine."> </picture> </div> <div class="layout-content__text-content"> <p class="caption caption-small layout-content__image-caption"></p> <p class="caption caption-small layout-content__image-credit"></p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-content__col-2"> <div class="layout-content__body-content"> <p>Today, nowhere in Ukraine is safe. Increasing attacks have disrupted nearly every facet of daily life, particularly in the winter as many cope with extremely low temperatures <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/surviving-cold-without-electricity-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ddc10ee0-b44f-4fdb-9e59-9aa65c82ef48" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Surviving the cold without electricity in Ukraine">without electricity, heat, or running water</a>. As the war continues, the number of people in need of long-term rehabilitative care, including physiotherapy for amputations and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is growing, and putting additional strain on the health system.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="msf-accordion accordion-container content__wrapper" data-accordion-exapanded="0"> <h2 class="msf-accordion__heading">What's happening in Ukraine?</h2> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Displacement</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><span><span class="EOP SCXW29909017 BCX0">As of January 2026, 4.6 million people are internally displaced in Ukraine, with many living in crowded shelters. Last year alone,&nbsp;</span></span><span><a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/people-displaced-conflict-are-struggling-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="747b23b2-651d-4745-a106-e639bc278a84" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="People displaced by conflict are struggling in Ukraine"><span class="EOP SCXW29909017 BCX0">more than 190,000 people</span></a></span><span><span class="EOP SCXW29909017 BCX0">&nbsp;fled to safer areas within the country, and the Dnipropetrovsk region became a critical transit hub amid mass flight from frontline areas. Conditions inside shelters for displaced people vary: Some are in tents while others have been set up in former schools, train stations, and other public spaces.</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Damage to health infrastructure</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Since MSF teams refurbished hospitals in Dnipro and the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions in 2022 — enabling them to keep functioning as the war advanced — many of these hospitals have been damaged, destroyed, or abandoned. The proximity of shelling and bombardment has forced MSF teams to leave six hospitals and ambulance bases, and withdraw from a number of mobile clinic locations — disrupting people’s access to care and putting further strain on functioning facilities as needs continue to rise.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Health impacts of war</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>In addition to leaving thousands with war wounds, including amputations, the war has disrupted the continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions such as <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/diabetes" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cf65093b-e06d-489c-8d14-98a60354e6a6" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Diabetes">diabetes</a> and hypertension. It has also increased the need for mental health support as people <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/not-all-wounds-bleed-providing-care-people-ptsd-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4f21802a-c9da-4282-aed0-526387552e43" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Not all wounds bleed: Providing care for people with PTSD in Ukraine">grapple with ongoing violence and isolation</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Near the front lines in the east and south, where the health care system is struggling to cope with both emergency and longer-term medical needs caused by the war, MSF is seeing patients with <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/surviving-near-front-line-surgical-care-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="318a62bc-5782-47b0-90fc-a973f7aaa4f8" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Surviving near the front line: Surgical care in Ukraine">traumatic injuries</a> from shelling, bomb and shrapnel blasts, and landmines. At the same time, Ukraine’s weakened health system is also coping with emerging and exacerbated needs, including care for patients with non-communicable diseases and people injured in car accidents.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-divider paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-divider paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="timeline-divider-card timeline--card-image"> <div class="timeline-divider--card-image--wrapper"> <div class="timeline-divider--card-image-contents"> <h1 class="timeline-divider--card-heading">How MSF is responding in Ukraine </h1> <h4 class="timeline-divider--card-sub-heading">Providing care to people affected by war and displacement</h4> </div> <div class="timeline-divider--card-image--overlay"></div> <img src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2022/11/MSB127236.jpg" class="timeline-divider--card-image" alt="An MSF nurse monitors patients aboard MSF's medical evacuation train in Ukraine."> </div> <div class="timeline-divider--image-info"> <span class="timeline-divider--image-credit">Ukraine 2022 ©&nbsp;Andrii Ovod</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>MSF has run a variety of projects in Ukraine since 1999, providing drug-resistant <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/lessons-learned-tb-treatment-pilot-project-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1536f0c0-b02f-4e92-b6f3-4ae4b31b1946" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Lessons learned on TB treatment from a pilot project in Ukraine">tuberculosis (TB) treatment</a>, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/hivaids" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0e38dd57-e7a5-4072-b67f-c9f00bfaa830" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV/AIDS</a> care and mother-to-child transmission prevention, primary health care and <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/mental-health" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="dbe372ca-7cce-4d31-a84e-5bd5297f1f22" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Mental health">mental health</a> support, hepatitis C treatment, and other services. We currently operate with a team of 381 staff and work in areas including the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions, and in the cities of Vinnytsia and Cherkasy.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--three-statistics-in-columns paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="statistics-wrapper-full"> <div class="statistics-wrapper content__wrapper less-seven"> <div class="statistics-item less-seven"> <div class="statistics__number"> 45,322 </div> <div class="statistics__description"><p><strong>outpatient consultations</strong> provided</p></div> </div> <div class="statistics-item less-seven"> <div class="statistics__number"> 12,904 </div> <div class="statistics__description"><p><strong>emergency department </strong>admissions</p></div> </div> <div class="statistics-item less-seven"> <div class="statistics__number"> 3,580 </div> <div class="statistics__description"><p><strong>PTSD consultations</strong> in Vinnytsia</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>MSF has run a variety of projects in Ukraine since 1999, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/lessons-learned-tb-treatment-pilot-project-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1536f0c0-b02f-4e92-b6f3-4ae4b31b1946" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Lessons learned on TB treatment from a pilot project in Ukraine">treating drug-resistant tuberculosis</a>, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/hivaids" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0e38dd57-e7a5-4072-b67f-c9f00bfaa830" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV/AIDS</a> care and prevention of mother-to-child transmission, primary health care and <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/mental-health" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="dbe372ca-7cce-4d31-a84e-5bd5297f1f22" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Mental health">mental health</a> support, hepatitis C treatment, and other services. We currently operate with a team of 381 staff working in areas including the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions, and in the cities of Vinnytsia and Cherkasy.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="msf-accordion accordion-container content__wrapper" data-accordion-exapanded="0"> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Emergency and intensive care</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>In Kherson, MSF helped set up an <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/surviving-near-front-line-surgical-care-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="318a62bc-5782-47b0-90fc-a973f7aaa4f8" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Surviving near the front line: Surgical care in Ukraine">emergency department</a> in one of the city’s major hospitals, where our teams also support the intensive care unit (ICU) and traumatology surgery. In 2025, our teams admitted 12,904 patients to the emergency department, carried out 1,053 surgeries, and admitted 552 patients to the ICU.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Ambulance referrals</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Near the front lines in the east and south, MSF <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/transit-survival-msf-ambulances-aid-ukraines-war-wounded" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b6cc2c45-eb0c-42b6-9135-429dd85532fc" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="In transit for survival: MSF ambulances aid Ukraine’s war-wounded">ambulance teams evacuate patients</a> from overburdened facilities and transport them to hospitals in safer areas in central and western Ukraine for appropriate and specialized care. MSF currently has seven ambulances and one dedicated four-patient ambulance truck, which are used to <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/30-increase-ambulance-referrals-shows-ongoing-devastation-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2244655e-d991-45b2-a321-afbecb780f9a" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="30 percent increase in ambulance referrals shows ongoing devastation in Ukraine">refer patients</a> in critical condition. In 2025, our ambulances referred 10,722 patients, 60 percent of whom had war-related injuries.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Early rehabilitation</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>MSF teams are supporting seriously injured post-surgery patients with <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/helping-ukrainian-soldier-adjust-life-new-body" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f90ccddd-4096-41ac-a687-721d0781779f" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Helping a war-wounded patient in Ukraine adjust to life with a new body">specialized physiotherapy and post-operative care</a>, as well as psychological support. Our teams also provide training on early rehabilitation. Without adequate, early post-surgery care, patients’ recovery may remain incomplete or take much longer than necessary, with potentially severe complications affecting their lives and weighing on an overwhelmed system.&nbsp;</p><p>In Cherkasy, MSF runs an <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/physiotherapy-and-mental-health-support-ukraines-war-wounded" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="816fd384-4a4e-446c-81cd-4914681c9e1a" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Physiotherapy and mental health support for Ukraine’s war-wounded">early rehabilitation project for war-wounded patients</a>. Our teams in Ministry of Health hospitals provide timely, immediate support to post-operative patients with war-related trauma using a multidisciplinary approach entailing <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/physiotherapy-and-mental-health-support-ukraines-war-wounded" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="816fd384-4a4e-446c-81cd-4914681c9e1a" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Physiotherapy and mental health support for Ukraine’s war-wounded">physiotherapy</a>, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/why-mental-health-crucial-successful-recovery-ukraines-war-wounded" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6b479291-098c-45d4-b6e1-3198369f3a8c" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Why mental health is crucial in successful recovery for Ukraine’s war-wounded">psychological support</a>, and nursing care. In 2025, MSF provided comprehensive early rehabilitation care to 795 patients.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Support for PTSD</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>In 2023, MSF started providing <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/how-psychologists-ukraine-are-healing-ptsd-learnings-us-veterans" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c332883b-41a3-4795-808d-7d8214a014bf" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="How psychologists in Ukraine are healing PTSD with learnings from US veterans">specialized</a> psychotherapeutic services for people <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/how-live-ptsd-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b43c0a96-2362-4fea-a25d-cbeceb970915" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="How to live with PTSD in Ukraine">experiencing war-related PTSD symptoms</a> in Vinnytsia, where MSF offers psychological sessions for both patients and members of their support network at a custom designed mental health center. Our specialists provide patients with techniques to help reduce and prevent the worsening of symptoms, improve coping skills and interpersonal functionality, and decrease the consequences of traumatic stress.</p><p>A specially trained mental health promotion team conducts community engagement and mobilization activities through partnerships with key organizations and other health providers in Vinnytsia. We also train health staff including doctors, psychologists, and social workers from partner organizations.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Mobile clinics</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>MSF mobile clinic teams comprising doctors, nurses, clinical officers, psychologists, and health promoters are supporting communities by providing medical consultations, psychological support, medical and non-medical donations, and training for health care staff to improve the capacity of the health care system.&nbsp;</p><p>Between 2022 and 2025, MSF teams in Ukraine provided more than 370,000 outpatient consultations through mobile clinics serving shelters and communities with <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/my-town-fire-ukrainians-flee-front-lines-donetsk" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="70e22ff8-3dda-4813-aac7-a9d5223fbb8e" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="“My town is on fire”: Ukrainians flee front lines in Donetsk">limited or no access to health care</a>, often due to the destruction of medical facilities and pharmacies in the war.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>TB treatment</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Prior to the full-scale invasion, MSF ran a significant program supporting the Ministry of Health in tuberculosis (TB) care, as Ukraine has had a <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/lessons-learned-tb-treatment-pilot-project-ukraine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1536f0c0-b02f-4e92-b6f3-4ae4b31b1946" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Lessons learned on TB treatment from a pilot project in Ukraine">high burden of the disease</a> for years. TB can make a remarkable resurgence in war zones, as the violence can break down TB control programs. MSF has been conducting active screenings in parts of Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, where there has been a high historical incidence of TB and where active screening programs have collapsed or ceased to function.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mbt-container bg--dark-gray"> <div class="mbt-inner-container mbt__media--left"> <div class="mbt__media-content "> <div class="mbt__image-content"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/media_besides_text_666_520/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF358264.jpg?itok=6iBCjRQT 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/jpeg" width="666" height="520"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/media_besides_text_666_520/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF358264.jpg?itok=6iBCjRQT 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/jpeg" width="666" height="520"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/media_besides_text_tablet_768x600/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF358264.jpg?itok=-FnhntMx 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/jpeg" width="768" height="600"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/media_besides_text_large_mobile_480x375/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF358264.jpg?itok=1M2ujCwy 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="375"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/media_besides_text_mobile_335x261/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF358264.jpg?itok=vqYIWh5U 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/jpeg" width="335" height="261"> <img loading="eager" width="666" height="520" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/media_besides_text_666_520/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF358264.jpg?itok=6iBCjRQT" alt="A displaced woman holds her dog in a shelter in Ukraine."> </picture> <span class="mbt__caption"> Ukraine 2026 ©&nbsp;Julia Kochetova </span> </div> </div> <div class="mbt__text-content"> <h2 class="heading-2 mbt__text-content__title">What's left after the flames</h2> <div class> <p class="caption caption-large mbt__text-content__desc">From a shelter in Dnipro, displaced women share their stories of home, loss, and the impact of four years of full-scale war in Ukraine.</p> </div> <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/whats-left-after-flames-four-years-full-scale-war-ukraine" title="What's left after the flames" class="link-item link-bold mbt__text-content__link link-icon--right-arrow">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="email-sign-up email--bg-light"> <h2 class="heading-2 email__heading">We speak out. 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That’s why Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strives to create inclusive health settings where LGBTQI+ people and other vulnerable groups can access the care they need without fear of discrimination.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:59:02 +0000 Leila Rafei 97394 at https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/conflict-dr-congo-whats-happening-how-help <span>Conflict in DR Congo: What’s happening &amp; how to help</span> <div class="field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">Fighting in eastern DR Congo has rapidly escalated in 2025, displacing hundreds of thousands as humanitarian needs skyrocket. </div> </div> <span><span>Leila Rafei</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-20T13:00:00-05:00" title="Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 1:00pm">February 20 2025, 1:00pm</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-hero-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2025/01/MSB220365.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" alt="People fleeing the conflict in North and South Kivu"> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in DRC are witnessing how this latest escalation of violence is impacting people’s lives and compounding the humanitarian crisis, particularly in camps where displaced people are sheltering. As the conflict continues to unfold, here’s what to know about what’s happening in eastern DRC and how to help.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--content-blocks field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="card-carousel"> <header class="card-carousel__header"> <h2> DR Congo at a glance </h2> <div class="card-carousel__nav"> <button class="card-carousel__prev"> <svg width="18" height="10" viewBox="0 0 18 10" fill="none"> <path d="M1.44351 0.778176L9.22168 8.55635L16.9999 0.778176" stroke="white" stroke-width="2" /> </svg> </button> <button class="card-carousel__next"> <svg width="18" height="10" viewBox="0 0 18 10" fill="none"> <path d="M1.44351 0.778176L9.22168 8.55635L16.9999 0.778176" stroke="white" stroke-width="2" /> </svg> </button> </div> </header> <div class="card-carousel__wrapper"> <div class="card-carousel__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--statistic-card paragraph--view-mode--default"> <article class="carousel-card carousel-card--statistic"> <header class="carousel-card__header"> <h3 class="carousel-card__title">Displacement</h3> </header> <div class="carousel-card__body"> <div class="carousel-card__text"> <h4 class="carousel-card__statistic"> 8.4 million </h4> <p> people are internally displaced across DRC today, including 500,000 displaced by the current escalation in the east </p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="card-carousel__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--image-card paragraph--view-mode--default"> <article class="carousel-card carousel-card--image"> <div class="carousel-card__body"> <figure class="image"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_desktop/public/DRC-map3.png?itok=Y9VRdPvn 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/png" width="586" height="440"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_desktop/public/DRC-map3.png?itok=Y9VRdPvn 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/png" width="586" height="440"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_desktop/public/DRC-map3.png?itok=Y9VRdPvn 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/png" width="586" height="440"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_mobile/public/DRC-map3.png?itok=Jt0W1wsK 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/png" width="450" height="338"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_mobile/public/DRC-map3.png?itok=Jt0W1wsK 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/png" width="450" height="338"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_mobile/public/DRC-map3.png?itok=Jt0W1wsK 1x" type="image/png" width="450" height="338"> <img loading="lazy" width="586" height="440" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_desktop/public/DRC-map3.png?itok=Y9VRdPvn" alt="Eastern provinces of Democratic Republic of Congo."> </picture> <figcaption class> <span> </span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="card-carousel__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--numbered-list-card paragraph--view-mode--default"> <article class="carousel-card carousel-card--numberd"> <header class="carousel-card__header"> <h3 class="carousel-card__title">Facts about DR Congo</h3> </header> <div class="carousel-card__body"> <div class="carousel-card__text"> <div class="carousel-card__bullet-box"> <span class="carousel-card__bullet"> 1 </span> <p>Second-largest country in Africa, about the size of Western Europe </p> </div> <div class="carousel-card__bullet-box"> <span class="carousel-card__bullet"> 2 </span> <p>One of five conflict zones with the highest numbers of serious violations against children </p> </div> <div class="carousel-card__bullet-box"> <span class="carousel-card__bullet"> 3 </span> <p>75 percent of the population live on less than $2.15 per day </p> </div> <div class="carousel-card__bullet-box"> <span class="carousel-card__bullet"> 4 </span> <p>Childhood vaccine coverage in DRC is the lowest in 30 years </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="card-carousel__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--image-card paragraph--view-mode--default"> <article class="carousel-card carousel-card--image"> <div class="carousel-card__body"> <figure class="image"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_desktop/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221912.jpg?itok=GBjr0QUo 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/jpeg" width="586" height="440"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_desktop/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221912.jpg?itok=GBjr0QUo 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/jpeg" width="586" height="440"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_desktop/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221912.jpg?itok=GBjr0QUo 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/jpeg" width="586" height="440"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_mobile/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221912.jpg?itok=DBT48xJM 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/jpeg" width="450" height="338"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_mobile/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221912.jpg?itok=DBT48xJM 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/jpeg" width="450" height="338"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_mobile/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221912.jpg?itok=DBT48xJM 1x" type="image/jpeg" width="450" height="338"> <img loading="lazy" width="586" height="440" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_card_desktop/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221912.jpg?itok=GBjr0QUo" alt="MSF staff member talks to displaced people in DR Congo. "> </picture> <figcaption class> <span> An MSF staff member talks with internally displaced people in Bulengo camp, located next to Goma. <span class="caption-separator"> | </span> DR Congo 2025 © Daniel Buuma </span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="card-carousel__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--statistic-card paragraph--view-mode--default"> <article class="carousel-card carousel-card--statistic"> <header class="carousel-card__header"> <h3 class="carousel-card__title">Food insecurity</h3> </header> <div class="carousel-card__body"> <div class="carousel-card__text"> <h4 class="carousel-card__statistic"> 2.7 million </h4> <p> face severe food insecurity in North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri provinces </p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="card-carousel__footer"> <div class="card-carousel__nav"> <button class="card-carousel__prev"> <svg width="18" height="10" viewBox="0 0 18 10" fill="none"> <path d="M1.44351 0.778176L9.22168 8.55635L16.9999 0.778176" stroke="white" stroke-width="2" /> </svg> </button> <button class="card-carousel__next"> <svg width="18" height="10" viewBox="0 0 18 10" fill="none"> <path d="M1.44351 0.778176L9.22168 8.55635L16.9999 0.778176" stroke="white" stroke-width="2" /> </svg> </button> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><h2>What's happening in DR Congo?</h2><div class="text--with-red-top-divider">&nbsp;</div><p>Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been the site of a decades-long protracted conflict, with armed groups fighting to access and control its natural resources like gold, copper, lithium, and oil. Civilians have been caught in between, facing attacks, repeated displacement, and increasingly dire conditions in camps, particularly around Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="msf-accordion accordion-container content__wrapper" data-accordion-exapanded="0"> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><h3>Conflict is resurging in the east, reaching Goma</h3></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> Since January 2025, fighting between M23/AFC (Alliance Fleuve Congo), the Congolese army, and their respective allies has escalated. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Since January 2025, fighting between M23/AFC (Alliance Fleuve Congo), the Congolese army, and their respective allies has escalated. M23 has been progressively taking over territory in eastern DRC since 2022, and the fighting intensified in January 2024, causing mass casualties and displacement. The conflict has impacted people’s access to health care, food, and other basic needs, triggering mass waves of displacement and raising the risk of disease outbreaks.&nbsp;</p><h4>2025 escalation</h4><p>M23/AFC is now in control of parts of North Kivu, including Goma, and has quickly continued its advance into South Kivu, capturing the strategic towns of Kalehe and Kavumu. As a result of the fighting, many people—including those who were already displaced—are <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/dr-congo-msf-calls-dignified-and-voluntary-returns-displaced-people" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a5a1eb27-8ba1-4110-a850-6b3c3b1e3e55" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="DR Congo: MSF calls for dignified and voluntary returns for displaced people">now on the move again</a>. &nbsp;</p><p>Despite the hostilities, MSF teams continue to provide medical assistance to affected communities through regular and emergency projects in North and South Kivu. &nbsp;</p><p>Armed clashes with the M23/AFC are also taking place in other parts of North Kivu, such as Masisi and Mweso, where we are carrying out medical activities, as well as in South Kivu, where M23/AFC have also made progress in recent weeks, taking over the town of Kalehe and moving the front line to just a few kilometers away from Kavumu. Fighting in the region is ongoing and continues to trigger population movements further south.</p><h4>MSF response in Goma</h4><p>In the first days of the escalation in Goma, the fighting forced MSF to partially reduce activities in some displacement camps and temporarily withdraw some staff from several medical facilities and offices in Goma, however we continued to care for the wounded at Kyeshero Hospital. After several days of violence and looting in Goma, the situation de-escalated somewhat, allowing MSF teams to resume activities in and around Goma. These activities include:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>supporting Kyeshero and Virunga hospitals in treating wounded people;</li><li>collecting and distributing blood bags for overwhelmed hospitals;&nbsp;</li><li>returning to several displacement sites to support local health centers; expand or re-establish cholera treatment units and special clinics for survivors of sexual violence; provide food, water, and fuel for water pumping stations; and empty latrines and install hand-washing facilities. &nbsp;</li></ul><p>Priorities at this stage remain caring for the wounded and reducing the risk of cholera outbreaks, which is a concern due to unsafe water sources, inadequate sanitation, and displacement. MSF teams continue to assess humanitarian needs every day, both in the camps and in the city of Goma, as the impact on the population is enormous. The next few days will allow us to assess the next steps.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><h3>People are repeatedly being displaced</h3></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> Over 8 million people are internally displaced across DRC, including 500,000 who have been displaced by the current fighting since January 2025. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Over 8 million people are internally displaced across DRC, including 500,000 who have been displaced by the current fighting since January 2025. &nbsp;The situation for displaced people was already dire before the current escalation, particularly in the camps around Goma. Over the years they have grown more crowded and living conditions have deteriorated further, with severely limited access to basic needs such as proper shelter, food, water, sanitation facilities, and health care. Displaced people living in these conditions face high risk of falling ill.</p><p>For people leaving the camps, MSF is particularly concerned about the level of access to health services when they arrive in their new location. After several years of war, many health facilities have been looted or abandoned and will be unable to provide adequate medical care to those who need it, either now or in the longer term. The situation in the places people have fled is likely to be equally disastrous if NGOs, UN agencies, and authorities fail to provide the minimum level of essential services.</p><p>To ensure a minimum level of health care for displaced people in areas of return, MSF has set up mobile clinics on roads leading out of Goma to the east and the north. MSF teams are also carrying out assessments in the areas to which people are returning.</p><p>Many of the already-displaced people living in these camps are fleeing yet again, as the fighting has taken place in and around Goma. While many are returning to their places of origin—where they originally fled from—others are fleeing across the border to other countries, such as <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/burundi" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="305d25ab-9f9d-4c91-a8cd-0a56e3cef31c" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Burundi">Burundi</a>. That’s why, in addition to our response within DRC, MSF has <a href="https://x.com/MSF/status/1891771122338722040">sent a team</a> to Burundi’s Citiboke province to assess needs and provide emergency assistance for arriving refugees.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--full-screen-width-image paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="content__wrapper full-screen__content large-image-wrapper boxed-width-container"> <figure class="image"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221764.jpg?itok=9tFVVog4 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1340" height="893"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221764.jpg?itok=9tFVVog4 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1340" height="893"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_tablet_768x512/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221764.jpg?itok=MG0t9cRw 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/jpeg" width="768" height="512"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_large_mobile_480x320/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221764.jpg?itok=PdzLAndD 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/jpeg" width="780" height="520"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_mobile_335x250/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221764.jpg?itok=R4zwMhl_ 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="410"> <img loading="lazy" width="1340" height="893" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221764.jpg?itok=9tFVVog4" alt="The Bulengo camp for displaced people, located near Goma, DR Congo."> </picture> <div class="image__text full-screen__text"> <span class="image__meta"> <figcaption class="figcaption__full-width"> The Bulengo camp for displaced people, located near Goma. <span class="caption-separator"> | </span> DR Congo 2025 ©&nbsp;Daniel Buuma </figcaption> </span> </div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><h3>Humanitarian needs are growing</h3></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> The international humanitarian response has been inadequate and far too slow to meet the severity of the situation and fast-growing needs. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>The humanitarian situation in eastern DRC was already dire before the current escalation. The international humanitarian response has been inadequate and far too slow to meet the severity of the situation and fast-growing needs, with underfunding, ineffective coordination, and lack of emergency preparedness in areas close to the front lines. In <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/four-questions-about-whats-going-eastern-dr-congo" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="eb6b5f72-d12f-4438-924e-30a6ed405db1" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Four questions about what’s going on in eastern DR Congo">some areas</a>, MSF has been alone in addressing medical and humanitarian needs, which far outweigh our capacity to respond. &nbsp;</p><p>Since January 2025, humanitarian needs have been skyrocketing even more. MSF teams have witnessed some people dismantling humanitarian facilities and taking with them anything that could potentially be of use: chairs, metal sheeting, tarpaulins, ropes and so on. &nbsp;</p><p>Humanitarian organizations must be guaranteed access to all places of return, and returnees must be able to access essential health services, including support for survivors of sexual violence. Failure to provide these services risks exacerbating people’s health needs.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--full-screen-width-image paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="content__wrapper full-screen__content large-image-wrapper boxed-width-container"> <figure class="image"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/image_base_media/2025/01/MSB220302.jpg?itok=9kgkjPxb 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1340" height="893"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/image_base_media/2025/01/MSB220302.jpg?itok=9kgkjPxb 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1340" height="893"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_tablet_768x512/public/image_base_media/2025/01/MSB220302.jpg?itok=Se-uTD15 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/jpeg" width="768" height="512"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_large_mobile_480x320/public/image_base_media/2025/01/MSB220302.jpg?itok=R8dzBm3Z 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/jpeg" width="780" height="520"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_mobile_335x250/public/image_base_media/2025/01/MSB220302.jpg?itok=I_D72DiA 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="410"> <img loading="lazy" width="1340" height="893" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/image_base_media/2025/01/MSB220302.jpg?itok=9kgkjPxb" alt="People fleeing the conflict in North and South Kivu"> </picture> <div class="image__text full-screen__text"> <span class="image__meta"> <figcaption class="figcaption__full-width"> Displaced people flee to Goma as fighting takes place nearby. <span class="caption-separator"> | </span> DR Congo 2025 © Moses Sawasawa </figcaption> </span> </div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><h2>Health risks facing Congolese people</h2><div class="text--with-red-top-divider">&nbsp;</div><p>People in DRC have faced acute health needs for years, such as <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/ebola" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="88f513bb-2ac6-48c3-bb75-8d08b60dfaf3" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Ebola">Ebola</a>, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/hivaids" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0e38dd57-e7a5-4072-b67f-c9f00bfaa830" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV</a>, and recurrent <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/cholera" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f2854773-3077-4e48-910c-58a0fef50f18" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Cholera">cholera</a> outbreaks. The conflict has exacerbated the health threats people face in the east, including by causing direct harm to civilians through war-related injuries, increasing the risk of disease outbreaks, and making health care more difficult to access.</p><p>MSF has worked in DRC for 40 years, providing medical and <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/mental-health" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="dbe372ca-7cce-4d31-a84e-5bd5297f1f22" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Mental health">mental health</a> care, water and sanitation support, humanitarian relief, and training and other capacity-building activities to strengthen local health response. We respond to disease outbreaks including <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/measles" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="334ab892-5617-4f8d-b082-7d57936452e5" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Measles">measles</a>, cholera, and <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/mpox" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e8ea5c5d-ba73-4a3d-9606-e0b90fb3e5c8" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Mpox">mpox</a>, treat children with <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/malnutrition" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c2e2d193-6936-4385-b170-7b974436888e" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Malnutrition">malnutrition</a> at our inpatient and outpatient therapeutic feeding centers, and have emergency teams on standby throughout DRC, ready to respond to unanticipated disasters.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="msf-accordion accordion-container content__wrapper" data-accordion-exapanded="0"> <h2 class="msf-accordion__heading">Medical needs in DR Congo</h2> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Cholera</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> Cholera is endemic to eastern DRC, with recurrent outbreaks across all three provinces. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Cholera is endemic to eastern DRC, with recurrent outbreaks across all three provinces. The risk is especially high in camps where displaced people live without access to drinking water and nonfunctional or nonexistent latrines, and following floods. MSF has responded to several cholera outbreaks in the region, including in Minova, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/dr-congo-msf-treats-over-1500-people-cholera-rutshuru" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="94ec9a43-116e-49e9-87cb-596334743c9c" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="DR Congo: MSF treats over 1,500 people for cholera in Rutshuru">Rutshuru</a> territory, and in and around Goma, by setting up cholera treatment centers, oral rehydration points, and isolation units, and distributing clean drinking water.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Food insecurity &amp; malnutrition</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> Despite being rich with fertile agricultural land, DRC is one of the most food-insecure countries in the world, with more than 23 million people experiencing food insecurity across the country. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Despite being rich with fertile agricultural land, DRC is one of the most <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/when-does-hunger-become-famine" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="68d70dc7-803e-49a6-b069-a843e6f8aff9" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="When does hunger become famine?">food-insecure</a> countries in the world, with more than <a href="https://www.wfp.org/countries/democratic-republic-congo">23 million</a> people experiencing food insecurity across the country, including an estimated 2.7 million in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu alone. Food shortages have led to a significant increase in prices, while checkpoints on roads impede access to farmland, leaving crops abandoned. These factors contribute to <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/dr-congo-violence-masisi-territory-causes-severe-malnutrition" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a8449771-0b40-4974-9642-b6d2975b5886" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="DR Congo: Violence in Masisi territory causes severe malnutrition ">rising</a> malnutrition rates in DRC.</p><p>MSF teams have seen worrying levels of malnutrition among children in many of our projects in eastern DRC. In 2023, monthly admissions of children for malnutrition doubled, with an average of 800 per month.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Measles</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> DRC has faced persistent epidemics for years and high fatality rates due to inadequate routine vaccinations and supplementary immunization. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Measles cases <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/why-measles-remains-mass-killer-dr-congo" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7394371c-0a81-4b75-942b-51a8507062b8" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Why measles remains a mass killer in DR Congo">surged</a> in DRC in 2024. DRC has faced <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/fighting-one-worlds-most-contagious-diseases-dr-congo" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6e07c04e-9a2b-4307-8d33-bfbdb0c7407a" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Fighting one of the world's most contagious diseases in DR Congo">persistent</a> epidemics for years and high fatality rates due to inadequate routine vaccinations and supplementary immunization. In 2023, over 300,000 measles cases were recorded, resulting in nearly 6,000 deaths. Children are particularly vulnerable; from 2018 to 2020, 8,000 children died from measles during the largest outbreak ever documented in DRC. Despite the persistent threat of measles, vaccine coverage remains insufficient in the country.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Mpox</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> DRC experienced an mpox outbreak in 2024 affecting all provinces in the country, with a genetic mutation first identified in South Kivu causing uninterrupted human-to-human transmission of the virus. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>The first case of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in a human was identified in DRC in 1970, and the disease continues to affect communities there. The risk is particularly high in areas where the natural environment is conducive to its spread, such as dense woodlands where people rely on hunting and fishing for food. &nbsp;</p><p>DRC experienced an mpox outbreak in 2024 affecting all provinces in the country, with a genetic mutation first identified in South Kivu causing uninterrupted human-to-human transmission of the virus. On August 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general <a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/14-08-2024-who-director-general-declares-mpox-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern">declared</a> that the surge of mpox cases in DRC and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. On September 13, WHO announced that the <a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/13-09-2024-who-prequalifies-the-first-vaccine-against-mpox">MVA-BN vaccine</a> is the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its prequalification list. The MVA-BN vaccine can be administered to people over 18 years old as a two-dose injection given 4 weeks apart.</p><p>In response to the 2024 mpox outbreak, MSF mobilized emergency teams across the country to support local health authorities.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Sexual &amp; gender-based violence</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> MSF teams in DRC have seen alarming rates of sexual violence as reported by our patients, especially in camps around Goma. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>MSF teams in DRC have seen <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/why-sexual-violence-rise-gomas-displacement-camps" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e004ce45-1b56-434e-ace8-c950cd15d267" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Why sexual violence is on the rise in Goma’s displacement camps">alarming</a> rates of <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/sexual-and-gender-based-violence" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6a00dc8b-25bb-425d-a32f-21581ce745da" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Sexual and gender-based violence">sexual violence</a> as reported by our patients, especially in camps around Goma. Most assaults are perpetrated against women searching for food or wood outside the camps, driven to venture out due to lack of access to basic supplies. Our teams treated more than 22,000 survivors of sexual violence in North and South Kivu’s Minova health zonein 2023, and continue to see high numbers of cases at the facilities where we work throughout the region. This represents only the survivors who sought care from MSF; the true number of survivors is likely far higher due to stigma and barriers to accessing care. &nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>War wounds &amp; trauma</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> As the fighting intensifies near cities, civilians are in increasing jeopardy. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>As the fighting intensifies near cities, civilians are in increasing jeopardy. MSF teams are treating patients with gunshot wounds and injuries from explosions, including <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/small-voices-youngest-victims-conflict-ituri-dr-congo" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a9465922-e489-437d-9ffe-4cd28461d83f" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Small voices: The youngest victims of conflict in Ituri, DR Congo">children</a>. At MSF's center specializing in trauma surgery and post-surgical care at Salama Hospital in Bunia, one-third of the 863 patients treated by the end of 2023 were direct victims of the violence.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="email-sign-up email--bg-light"> <h2 class="heading-2 email__heading">We speak out. 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"> </picture> <div class="image__text full-screen__text"> <span class="image__meta"> <figcaption class="figcaption__full-width"> Riziki, a mother of five, was displaced from Rubaya in Masisi territory and has lived in Bulengo camp for two years. She was told last week to leave within three days, but she plans to stay. <span class="caption-separator"> | </span> DR Congo 2025 © Daniel Buuma </figcaption> </span> </div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="msf-accordion accordion-container content__wrapper" data-accordion-exapanded="0"> <h2 class="msf-accordion__heading">Challenges impacting people's health</h2> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Low vaccination coverage</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> Vaccination coverage among children under 5 years old in DRC is currently the lowest in about 30 years. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p><a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/vaccination" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3cd2bd81-8bf3-4054-93d5-96052c39efeb" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Vaccination">Vaccination</a> coverage among children under 5 years old in DRC is currently the lowest in about 30 years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Low coverage, along with a shortage of medicines and medical supplies and poorly functioning health structures, has increased the risk of disease outbreaks in DRC for years, but the current escalation has worsened the threat by forcing more people into crowded, unsanitary camps as they flee the violence. &nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Lack of access to health care</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> Even before the recent escalation of violence, DRC’s health care infrastructure was fragile with insufficient funding and a lack of resources. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Even before the recent escalation of violence, DRC’s health care infrastructure was fragile with insufficient funding and a lack of resources. The conflict has made health care even more difficult to access, forcing staff and patients to abandon facilities near the fighting and restricting people’s ability to reach care through checkpoints and impassable roads. The facilities that remain functional are overwhelmed and undersupplied, with several patients sharing beds. Some have been <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/dr-congo-patient-killed-drodro-hospital-attack" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="611276d7-eb3c-459a-b2b1-00ad69ddcd87" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="DR Congo: Patient killed in Drodro hospital attack">attacked</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/village-protecting-mothers-and-babies-dr-congo" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="43548ef6-0eb0-402e-afc0-6f576242af96" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="The village protecting mothers and babies in DR Congo">Pregnant women</a>, particularly those with high-risk pregnancies or complications, are at particular risk, often delaying or foregoing seeking care due to difficulty getting to health facilities. DRC has some of the highest rates of maternal and neonatal deaths in the world.</p><p>To strengthen local health care infrastructure and improve the quality of medical care throughout DRC, MSF teams are training local medical staff, improving the quality of biomedical equipment, supporting the referral system, donating medical equipment, and constructing health infrastructure.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Logistical &amp; geographic obstacles</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> People living in remote areas of DRC often have to travel dozens of miles through the bush to reach health facilities, delaying care. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>People living in remote areas of DRC often have to travel dozens of miles through the bush to reach health facilities, delaying care. These remote areas are also difficult for health workers to access during vaccination campaigns. Further, it’s sometimes not possible to transport medical supplies like vaccines by foot, because they require refrigeration.&nbsp;</p><p>MSF teams use motorcycles and canoes to reach remote communities, but the gaps in care remain.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Water &amp; sanitation needs</p></button> <p class="ac-preview-content"> Extreme weather events linked with climate change and longer rainy seasons increase the risk of diseases in DRC by causing floods and damaging water infrastructure. </p> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Extreme weather events linked with <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/focus/climate-change-emergency" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="38ed9660-43f1-4edd-9db5-327937c68e2b" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Climate emergency">climate change</a> and longer rainy seasons increase the risk of diseases in DRC by causing floods and damaging water infrastructure. Cholera and skin infections thrive in settings with a contaminated water supply, while mosquitoes that spread diseases like malaria and dengue, which breed in standing water, proliferate.</p><p>To curb the spread of disease in camps, MSF provides clean drinking water and constructs and improves water and sanitation infrastructure, including latrines and showers. MSF built a <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/turning-taps-gomas-makeshift-camps" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="34f755b6-ee91-44c4-82fd-83489e1e34d4" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Turning on the taps in Goma’s makeshift camps ">water pumping and chlorination station</a> on the shores of Lake Kivu that processes up to 2 million liters (more than 500,000 gallons) of water each day and distributed hundreds of thousands of gallons of potable water each day to camps around Goma in 2023. We also built a 2-mile pipeline to connect Lushagala camp to a water treatment plant in Bulengo, and installed a platform to distribute up to 200,000 liters (more than 50,000 gallons) of water per day in Rusayo. In response to the <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/congo-river-floods-leave-families-no-means-support" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c70fb889-2dd4-4223-ae5e-314894e9f8f4" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Congo River floods leave families with no means of support">Congo River floods</a> in early 2024, MSF teams installed latrines, showers, and lighting; and distributed tents and drinking water to people affected.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--full-screen-width-image paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="content__wrapper full-screen__content large-image-wrapper boxed-width-container"> <figure class="image"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221460.jpg?itok=RUDz64cn 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1340" height="893"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221460.jpg?itok=RUDz64cn 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1340" height="893"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_tablet_768x512/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221460.jpg?itok=pcuMTgNf 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/jpeg" width="768" height="512"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_large_mobile_480x320/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221460.jpg?itok=XjQkBs0Z 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/jpeg" width="780" height="520"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_mobile_335x250/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221460.jpg?itok=KMfTR2u2 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="410"> <img loading="lazy" width="1340" height="893" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/image_base_media/2025/02/MSB221460.jpg?itok=RUDz64cn" alt="An MSF health promotion team holds an awareness-raising session on good hygiene practices to reduce the risk of contracting cholera for residents of Kashaka camp, DR Congo."> </picture> <div class="image__text full-screen__text"> <span class="image__meta"> <figcaption class="figcaption__full-width"> An MSF health promotion team holds an awareness-raising session on good hygiene practices to reduce the risk of contracting cholera for residents of Kashaka camp near Goma. <span class="caption-separator"> | </span> DR Congo 2025 ©&nbsp;Daniel Buuma </figcaption> </span> </div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><h2>Where we provide aid in eastern DR Congo</h2><div class="text--with-red-top-divider">&nbsp;</div><p>Even as the situation in and around Goma evolves rapidly, MSF teams continue to provide vital assistance to people still living in camps. This includes providing medical care, malnutrition treatment, cholera treatment, and care for survivors of sexual violence. MSF is also distributing clean water and food and reinforcing sanitation in the camps. &nbsp;</p><p>Our teams also operate in cities and communities throughout DRC where people are settled, including in the eastern provinces affected by the conflict.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="msf-accordion accordion-container content__wrapper" data-accordion-exapanded="0"> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>North Kivu</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><ul><li>In the city of Goma, we support two health facilities providing medical care and psychosocial support for children in street situations, and sex workers. &nbsp;</li><li>In Walikale territory, MSF supports pediatrics and maternal care at the general referral hospital, provides partial support for seven health centers, and offers care for survivors of sexual violence at a dedicated clinic.</li><li>In Rutshuru territory, MSF supports the general referral hospital and six health centers providing pediatric care, family planning, and treatment for malnutrition and victims of sexual violence.</li><li>In the Sake area, MSF provides vaccinations, cholera response, and constructs latrines in camps.</li><li>In Kibirizi, Binza, Masisi, and Mweso health zones, we support hospitals and health centers in emergency room care, pediatrics, family planning, nutrition, and care for victims of sexual violence. We provide malnutrition care at therapeutic feeding centers in Masisi and Mweso.</li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Ituri</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><ul><li>In Bunia, MSF set up a center specializing in trauma surgery and post-surgical care at Salama Hospital and supports Kishinji Health Center, which provides care for both local and displaced people and referrals of severe cases to Minova General Referral Hospital.</li><li>In Drodro and Angumu, Ituri province, MSF supports two Ministry of Health hospitals, 12 health centers, three advanced health posts, and 20 community care sites.</li><li>MSF teams are rehabilitating the health center at Blukwa'Mbi to transform it into a referral center that can provide specialist medical care. It includes a solar-powered operatic theater.</li><li>In Bambo health zone, MSF supports the emergency room, pediatrics, intensive therapeutic nutritional unit, and treatment for victims of sexual violence at the general referral hospital. &nbsp;</li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>South Kivu</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>In Minova health zone, MSF supports Kishinji Health Center, which provides care for both local and displaced people and referrals of severe cases to Minova General Referral Hospital. We also support three health centers where we treat children for malnutrition and survivors of sexual violence.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mbt-container bg--dark-gray"> <div class="mbt-inner-container mbt__media--left"> <div class="mbt__media-content video"> <div class="mbt__video-content"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="YouTube | Violence in eastern DRC: &quot;All they've ever known is war&quot;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zFzW6aeYaA0?autoplay=0&amp;start=0&amp;rel=0&amp;mute=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mbt__text-content"> <h2 class="heading-2 mbt__text-content__title">Violence in eastern DRC: "All they've ever known is war"</h2> <div class> <p class="caption caption-large mbt__text-content__desc">MSF field communications manager Sam Bradpiece describes what patients are experiencing through photographs he took during his time in eastern DRC.</p> </div> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFzW6aeYaA0" title="Violence in eastern DRC: &quot;All they've ever known is war&quot;" class="link-item link-bold mbt__text-content__link link-icon--right-arrow">Watch on YouTube</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="bullet-box"> <div class="bullet-box__header"> <h2 class="heading-2 bullet-box__heading">Timeline: 2025 escalation</h2> </div> <div class="bullet-box__description"> <p>The conflict between M23/AFC, the Congolese armed forces, and their respective allies has changed rapidly this year. Here are some key moments.</p> </div> <div class="bullet-box__bullets"> <div class="field field--name-field-list-items field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="bullet-card"> <div class="bullet-card__body"> <div class="bullet-card__description"> <h3 class="heading-3 bullet-card__heading">MSF treats casualties amid major clashes in Masisi territory</h3> <time class="bullet-card__time" datetime="January 3-6">January 3-6</time> <p>Fighting between M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by its allies, takes place in Masisi territory, North Kivu province, sending mass casualties to health facilities where MSF teams treat the wounded, including Masisi General Reference Hospital and Nyabiondo Reference Health Center. According to OCHA, more than 100,000 are displaced in less than a week in Masisi territory.</p> <div class="bullet-card__read-more"> <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/dr-congo-msf-responds-after-new-m23-clashes" title class="link-item link-bold link-icon--right-arrow bullet-card__read-more-link">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="bullet-card"> <div class="bullet-card__body"> <div class="bullet-card__description"> <h3 class="heading-3 bullet-card__heading">Civilians hit in fighting near Masisi General Referral Hospital</h3> <time class="bullet-card__time" datetime="January 16">January 16</time> <p>Intense gunfire breaks out in the immediate vicinity of Masisi General Referral Hospital in North Kivu. Two civilians are hit, with one dying and the other receiving treatment from Ministry of Health and MSF doctors.&nbsp;</p> <div class="bullet-card__read-more"> <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/dr-congo-msf-responds-after-new-m23-clashes" title class="link-item link-bold link-icon--right-arrow bullet-card__read-more-link">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="bullet-card"> <div class="bullet-card__body"> <div class="bullet-card__description"> <h3 class="heading-3 bullet-card__heading">Reports of shelling, shooting, and looting in Goma</h3> <time class="bullet-card__time" datetime="January 27">January 27</time> <p>Violence in Goma causes widespread panic and displacement. MSF teams at Kyeshero Hospital receive injured people referred by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from the overcrowded Ndosho Hospital.</p> <div class="bullet-card__read-more"> <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/what-know-about-intensified-conflict-dr-congo" title class="link-item link-bold link-icon--right-arrow bullet-card__read-more-link">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="bullet-card"> <div class="bullet-card__body"> <div class="bullet-card__description"> <h3 class="heading-3 bullet-card__heading">MSF appeals for humanitarian access in eastern DRC</h3> <time class="bullet-card__time" datetime="January 29">January 29</time> <p>As armed clashes rage in Goma, MSF teams continue to treat the influx of wounded patients at Kyeshero Hospital in the city. Non-essential staff are relocated out of Goma as of Wednesday morning while MSF prepares to send new teams into Goma.</p> <div class="bullet-card__read-more"> <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-appeals-humanitarian-access-eastern-dr-congo" title class="link-item link-bold link-icon--right-arrow bullet-card__read-more-link">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="bullet-card"> <div class="bullet-card__body"> <div class="bullet-card__description"> <h3 class="heading-3 bullet-card__heading">Thousands flee to Burundi</h3> <time class="bullet-card__time" datetime="February 18">February 18</time> <p>As thousands flee DRC to neighboring Burundi, MSF teams in Citiboke assess needs and provide people with emergency assistance.&nbsp;</p> <div class="bullet-card__read-more"> <a href="https://x.com/MSF/status/1891771122338722040" title class="link-item link-bold link-icon--right-arrow bullet-card__read-more-link">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="bullet-card"> <div class="bullet-card__body"> <div class="bullet-card__description"> <h3 class="heading-3 bullet-card__heading">Movements blocked in Uvira as violence spreads in South Kivu</h3> <time class="bullet-card__time" datetime="February 19">February 19</time> <p>Armed clashes and looting block all movement, including of ambulances, in Uvira, South Kivu. MSF teams closely assess the situation in the province and explore ways to scale up our emergency response in areas in and around Minova, Bukavu, and Uvira.&nbsp;</p> <div class="bullet-card__read-more"> <a href="https://x.com/MSF_USA/status/1892303962604249139" title class="link-item link-bold link-icon--right-arrow bullet-card__read-more-link">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="bullet-card"> <div class="bullet-card__body"> <div class="bullet-card__description"> <h3 class="heading-3 bullet-card__heading">Gunshots hit MSF base in Masisi, wounding two</h3> <time class="bullet-card__time" datetime="February 20">February 20</time> <p>The gunfire wounds an MSF staff member, Jerry Muhindo Kavali, and a child sheltering in the compound. MSF strongly condemns the shootings. Tragically, two days later, Jerry dies from his wound.</p> <div class="bullet-card__read-more"> <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/dr-congo-msf-staff-base-hit-bullets-critically-injured" title class="link-item link-bold link-icon--right-arrow bullet-card__read-more-link">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph--toc-jump-links__content"> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Leila Rafei 96922 at https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/we-dread-nightfall-stories-gaza <span>"We dread nightfall": Voices from Gaza</span> <div class="field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">Stories of living and working under bombardment and siege in Gaza. </div> </div> <span><span>Leila Rafei</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-01-02T14:23:47-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - 2:23pm">January 2 2024, 2:23pm</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-hero-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2023/10/MSB173550.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" alt="Crisis in Gaza"> </div> </div> Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:23:47 +0000 Leila Rafei 96530 at https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/our-response-israel-gaza-war <span>How MSF is responding to the war in Gaza</span> <div class="field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">This is not a ceasefire: Israeli forces continue to strike Gaza while blocking the flow of essential medical and humanitarian supplies.</div> </div> <span><span>Taylor Darnall</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-10-14T19:50:39-04:00" title="Saturday, October 14, 2023 - 7:50pm">October 14 2023, 7:50pm</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-hero-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2025/08/MSB242929.jpg" width="2000" height="1350" alt="'This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing'"> </div> </div> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 23:50:39 +0000 Taylor Darnall 96387 at https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-crisis-response <span>Sudan crisis response</span> <div class="field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">How MSF is responding to one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.</div> </div> <span><span>Leila Rafei</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-10-04T08:36:48-04:00" title="Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 8:36am">October 4 2023, 8:36am</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-hero-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2025/10/MSB244876.jpg" width="2000" height="1335" alt="MSF activities in El Geneina, West Darfur"> </div> </div> <div class="field field--content-blocks field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Since the fighting broke out in April 2023, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have been responding to the medical and humanitarian consequences in hospitals, clinics, and camps across the country. Our teams provide surgical and emergency care, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/malnutrition" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c2e2d193-6936-4385-b170-7b974436888e" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Malnutrition">malnutrition</a> treatment, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/maternal-health" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8d8c9483-d87b-4dd3-8c08-723f88f765ce" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Maternal health">maternal</a> and <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/focus/child-health-initiatives" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4fc72ccf-8e6d-4cce-adba-37b9a291e68e" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Children’s health">pediatric</a> care, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/mental-health" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="dbe372ca-7cce-4d31-a84e-5bd5297f1f22" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Mental health">mental health</a> support, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/vaccination" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3cd2bd81-8bf3-4054-93d5-96052c39efeb" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Vaccination">vaccination</a>, and other critical services people urgently need. &nbsp;</p><p>We also support Sudanese refugees and returnees in <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/chad" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="05c79fcd-eede-4d5d-ba3d-a60ca5e94bd7" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Chad">Chad</a> and <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/south-sudan" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ddcafeba-3d86-4484-b531-514ec02e3cd7" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a>, where many live in dire conditions and have limited access to basic needs like food and water.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--three-statistics-in-columns paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="statistics-wrapper-full"> <div class="statistics-wrapper content__wrapper greater-six"> <div class="statistics-item greater-six"> <div class="statistics__number"> 253,512 </div> <div class="statistics__description"><p>emergency room presentations</p></div> </div> <div class="statistics-item greater-six"> <div class="statistics__number"> 236,494 </div> <div class="statistics__description"><p>vaccinations</p></div> </div> <div class="statistics-item greater-six"> <div class="statistics__number"> 846,216 </div> <div class="statistics__description"><p>outpatient consultations</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>The suffering in Sudan is not just a humanitarian crisis — it’s a political failure on a collective global scale. The humanitarian response is underfunded, deprioritized, and stalled by a lack of political will, both internationally and within Sudan. Influential international actors must urgently apply diplomatic pressure on those financing, arming, or politically supporting the warring parties in Sudan. All responsible parties must uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="msf-accordion accordion-container content__wrapper" data-accordion-exapanded="0"> <h2 class="msf-accordion__heading">Sudan crisis FAQ</h2> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>What’s happening in Sudan?</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>The war in Sudan has created one of the biggest humanitarian and displacement crises in the world, but it is receiving little international attention. Warring parties and their allies are inflicting severe suffering, attacking and killing civilians in blatant disregard of international humanitarian law. Both the SAF and RSF have attacked humanitarian and medical aid, while the country’s health system, already fragile before the conflict started, is struggling to cope with the medical needs under overwhelming pressure. A massive scale-up of aid is crucial but has failed to materialize. Here's what to know:</p><h5>It’s led to the world’s largest displacement crisis.</h5><p>The war in Sudan has forced 14 million people to flee their homes since it started in April 2023, including more than 9 million internally displaced and 4.5 million who have fled to other countries. In Darfur, displaced families have been sheltering in abandoned buildings like schools and orphanages, while those across the border in eastern Chad live in sprawling desert camps where water and other basic needs are scarce. &nbsp;</p><h5>Sudan's health system has collapsed.</h5><p>Sudan’s health system is operating under extreme strain, bearing the weight of more than three years of war and its medical consequences. Shortages of essential medicines, staff, and medical equipment are compromising the quality of care and limiting the ability of health care facilities to respond to growing needs. But for many communities, even primary health services are becoming increasingly difficult to access, let alone specialized care.</p><p><a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/focus/attacks-health-care" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2df6429e-e830-433d-8bb3-4e68cf5ecd76" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Attacks on health care">Attacks on health care</a> have only compounded the challenges communities face in accessing medical services. Since the war started on April 15, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 217 attacks on health care in Sudan, leaving 2,052 health workers and patients dead and 810 injured. When care cannot be delivered safely or impartially, civilians lose access to essential medical services and the <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/qa-health-services-are-under-attack-sudan" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="821203d3-d919-407e-9503-0e9845013830" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Q&amp;A: Health services are under attack in Sudan ">health system is further weakened</a>. That’s why protecting health workers and facilities is essential for any meaningful access to care.</p><h5>Sexual violence has become widespread.</h5><p><a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/sexual-and-gender-based-violence" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6a00dc8b-25bb-425d-a32f-21581ce745da" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Sexual and gender-based violence">Sexual violence</a> has become a defining feature of this conflict. <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/no-safe-place-women-and-girls-darfur" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9be3c7c3-e08b-4a7d-b44d-d07c99f9b95f" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="No safe place for women and girls in Darfur">Survivor testimonies</a> and MSF medical data indicate widespread, systematic attacks primarily affecting women and girls, who then face significant barriers to care, including stigma and limited protection services. Impunity, displacement, collapsing community support systems, lack of access to health care, and gender inequalities are allowing these abuses to continue across the country.</p><p>MSF responds to the needs of survivors and has worked to improve access to care by reinforcing referral pathways through four community-based centers in displacement camps.</p><h5>Humanitarian funding cuts are causing visible harm.</h5><p>Our teams in Sudan are witnessing the immediate impacts of international humanitarian funding cuts, including the disruption of national vaccination programs, water provision, sexual and reproductive health services, and mental health programs, as well as shortages of food and nutritional supplements. Hospitals are closing, with threats of further shutdowns, and an increasing number of patients are struggling to access care as the remaining facilities become increasingly overburdened.</p><p>MSF urges the donor community to increase their support and funding for Sudan to sustain a humanitarian response.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>How is MSF responding in Sudan?</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>MSF has more than 1,700 staff working across 10 of Sudan’s 18 states, running two hospitals and two clinics as well as supporting an additional 13 hospitals and 18 primary health care centers. Between January and July 2026, our activities included:</p><ul><li><strong>403,793</strong> outpatient consultations</li><li><strong>72,303</strong> emergency room visits</li><li><strong>2,290</strong> surgical procedures</li><li><strong>13,209</strong> admissions to inpatient and outpatient therapeutic feeding programs</li><li><strong>46,085</strong> admissions to hospitals</li><li><strong>3,176</strong> violence-related cases</li><li><strong>14,838</strong> deliveries assisted</li><li><strong>3,778</strong> individual mental health consultations</li><li><strong>69,076</strong> group mental health sessions</li><li><strong>3,519</strong> cholera cases</li><li><strong>1,827</strong> sexual violence cases&nbsp;</li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--full-screen-width-image paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="content__wrapper full-screen__content large-image-wrapper boxed-width-container"> <figure class="image"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/MSF377305.png?itok=6plu6A76 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/png" width="1340" height="893"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/MSF377305.png?itok=6plu6A76 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/png" width="1340" height="893"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_tablet_768x512/public/MSF377305.png?itok=BdYb0pIV 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/png" width="768" height="512"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_large_mobile_480x320/public/MSF377305.png?itok=A9TUrLxO 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/png" width="780" height="520"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_mobile_335x250/public/MSF377305.png?itok=Fjw8mzyE 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/png" width="550" height="410"> <img loading="lazy" width="1340" height="893" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_1340_893/public/MSF377305.png?itok=6plu6A76" alt="Map of MSF activities in Sudan, July 2026."> </picture> <div class="image__text full-screen__text"> <span class="image__meta"> <figcaption class="figcaption__full-width"> </figcaption> </span> </div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><h5>Khartoum state</h5><p>In Khartoum state, MSF continues to deliver essential medical services at four major hospitals and primary health centers. Our teams support emergency and surgical care, maternal and pediatric services, treatment for infectious diseases and malnutrition, and epidemic response activities throughout<strong> Omdurman, Khartoum city, Bahri, </strong>and<strong> Jabal Awliya</strong>. &nbsp;</p><h5>Blue Nile</h5><p>MSF runs the malnutrition ward at the main hospital in Blue Nile state; other activities include responding to epidemics, providing mental health support, conducting health promotion, and supporting primary health care in camps for displaced people. In <strong>Karama camp</strong>, which currently hosts over 110,000 displaced people, MSF provides outpatient care, reproductive health services, health promotion, environmental health activities, and support for the provision of safe drinking water and vector control measures to prevent the transmission of insect-borne diseases.</p><h5>Gedaref</h5><p>In Gedaref state, MSF provides emergency care, outpatient and inpatient care, maternity services, and treatment for chronic and infectious diseases, including <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/cholera" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f2854773-3077-4e48-910c-58a0fef50f18" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Cholera">cholera</a>. Our teams in Gedaref also work in camps for displaced people, supporting their access to health care. We also run two projects treating people for <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/kala-azar" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="90badfb5-5daa-407a-97d5-c18acb49fa61" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Kala azar">kala azar</a>, as Gedaref is a global hotspot for the disease.</p><h5>White Nile</h5><p>In White Nile state, our teams focus on emergency preparedness and response, strengthening community surveillance, and supporting referral pathways to help people reach care quickly during outbreaks. We also support two rapid response teams with investigations of potential disease outbreaks, early diagnosis, and case management or referrals to health facilities. &nbsp;</p><h5>North &amp; South Kordofan</h5><p>In North Kordofan, following months negotiating access with the authorities, MSF launched an <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-msf-launches-emergency-response-north-kordofan" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0b05c996-8ffd-468a-a7c2-c202b1e238a0" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Sudan: MSF launches emergency response in North Kordofan">emergency response in <strong>El Obeid</strong></a>, the state’s capital, in January. This followed an assessment conducted in late 2025, which identified huge health and humanitarian needs. We are currently assessing health needs in the community and water, sanitation, and hygiene needs in the main hospitals and in displacement camps. &nbsp;</p><p>In South Kordofan, MSF has launched an emergency intervention based in <strong>Abu Jubeiha</strong> in response to waves of displaced people moving through the town. Our teams are focusing on environmental health and vaccination activities in displacement sites. The team is also rehabilitating the hospital’s emergency department, with plans to position staff and support emergency care in the ER. MSF will also form an integral part of the state’s outbreak response.</p><h5>Central &amp; West Darfur</h5><p>In Central and West Darfur states, MSF supports four hospitals and a primary health care center with a comprehensive package of care adapted to each location, including in <strong>Foro Baranga, Zalingei, </strong>and<strong> El Geneina</strong>. We are also working in <strong>Rokero</strong>, a <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/neglected-communities-sudans-jebel-marra-mountains-need-urgent-support" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="48e4ffcd-8c0a-4ff4-91a5-854f1d9cced3" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Neglected communities in Sudan's Jebel Marra mountains need urgent support">hard-to-reach area in the northern Jebel Marra</a> (Marra Mountains), an area controlled by SLA-AW, an armed group that has declared itself neutral. MSF teams in hospitals provide emergency and inpatient services, maternity care, treatment for malnutrition and common childhood illnesses, responses to cholera and measles, mental health support, and assistance for survivors of sexual violence, among other activities. In some areas, MSF also provides surgery and supports outpatient consultations to expand access to health care for remote communities.</p><h5>North Darfur</h5><p>In North Darfur state, reported <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/drone-strikes-repeatedly-hit-civilian-areas-sudan" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9e69597a-0829-448d-9fae-0195893a02db" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Drone strikes repeatedly hit civilian areas in Sudan">drone strikes have intensified</a> in recent months, including <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/drone-strikes-cause-mass-casualties-chad-sudan-border" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cda12cf9-09c1-4afc-bb15-aad37b64fa5c" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Drone strikes cause mass casualties at Chad-Sudan border">attacks</a> affecting the towns of <strong>Tina</strong> and <strong>Karnoi</strong>, further increasing risks for civilians and complicating humanitarian access. After suspending activities in <strong>Zamzam camp</strong> in February 2025, MSF shifted its focus to <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-darfur-hospitals-receive-nearly-100-wounded-people-one-day" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a6504adf-fab4-4c52-bd75-06f49f0816c4" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Sudan: Darfur hospitals receive nearly 100 wounded people in one day">emergency assistance in <strong>Tawila</strong></a>, where we operate a 200-bed hospital providing emergency, maternal, pediatric, mental health, nutritional, and surgical care in an area with 600,000 to 800,000 displaced people. The facility has a general outpatient department, including a nutrition clinic. We also distribute water and provide care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. Our teams play a critical role in <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-war-fueling-its-worst-cholera-outbreak-years" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d2d61391-5896-4726-b551-6e13b52da3d6" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Sudan war is fueling its worst cholera outbreak in years">responding to outbreaks</a>, including cholera and <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/you-cant-play-if-you-get-sick-measles-vaccination-el-geneina-sudan" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e947be83-a331-4257-8f5c-43d306b8ba9a" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="“You can’t play if you get sick”: Measles vaccination in El Geneina, Sudan">measles</a>. MSF is currently the only organization with the operational capacity to mount a large-scale epidemic response in the area. &nbsp;</p><h5>South Darfur</h5><p>In South Darfur state, very few international organizations are present and access to health care is severely constrained. MSF supports Nyala Teaching Hospital with pediatric emergency and inpatient care, neonatology, and inpatient malnutrition treatment for severely malnourished children with complications. We also provide primary health care, nutritional support, care for survivors of sexual violence, sexual and reproductive health care, and other community-based services in and around <strong>Nyala</strong>, including areas hosting many displaced people. In <strong>Kas</strong> and <strong>South Jebel Marra</strong>, MSF supports hospital and primary health care services, including emergency care, pediatric and maternal care, nutritional support, care for survivors of sexual violence, and sexual and reproductive health care, as well as outreach activities in remote communities. MSF has played a significant role in revitalizing water systems in South Darfur by repairing infrastructure, including water networks that were heavily damaged during active fighting and community-based hand pumps.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>What are the medical and humanitarian needs MSF is seeing in Sudan?</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>The war has had catastrophic consequences for people’s health, with food insecurity, widespread sexual violence, and recurring disease outbreaks raising the health risks and putting further pressure on hospitals facing critical supply and staffing shortages. At the same time, bureaucratic restrictions and administrative barriers hinder the ability of humanitarian organizations like MSF to reach people in need.</p><ul><li><strong>Food insecurity and malnutrition:</strong> Over the course of the war, food insecurity and malnutrition have reached catastrophic levels in parts of Sudan, such as Zamzam camp in North Darfur, once the largest displacement site in the country. Acute malnutrition is on the rise, compounding the risk of death from otherwise treatable illnesses. Between January and July 2026, MSF teams admitted 13,209 patients to inpatient and outpatient therapeutic feeding programs across Sudan.</li><li><strong>Disease outbreaks: </strong>MSF has witnessed recurrent outbreaks of deadly, yet preventable, diseases across Sudan, including measles in Darfur, hepatitis E in Jazeera, and cholera in Khartoum and White Nile states. These surges are claiming the lives of the most vulnerable, especially children and pregnant women. The lack of availability and access to vaccinations has left many children unvaccinated, heightening the risks. In 2025, we treated 9,520 patients for measles and 40,800 for cholera.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Surgery and emergency care: </strong>The war has put intense pressure on hospitals with surgery and emergency departments as patients arrive with catastrophic injuries caused by explosions, bullets, and stabbings. In recent months, MSF has observed the <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/drone-strikes-repeatedly-hit-civilian-areas-sudan" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9e69597a-0829-448d-9fae-0195893a02db" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Drone strikes repeatedly hit civilian areas in Sudan">extensive use of drones</a> by both RSF and SAF, with strikes increasingly occurring far beyond front lines and targeting logistical infrastructure and populated civilian areas. &nbsp;</li><li><strong>Maternal and pediatric care: </strong>Due to the scarcity of functional health care facilities, pregnant women in Sudan often seek care only after experiencing complications, which creates great risks for women and their newborns. And with the loss of livelihoods and disrupted access to food and clean water, many pregnant women arrive at hospitals malnourished. This also affects the health of their babies, who are often born preterm and malnourished as a result. These babies are frequently admitted to observation units to ensure their survival and well-being. In 2025, MSF assisted 34,400 births in Sudan. So far in 2026, we have assisted 14,838 deliveries.&nbsp;</li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>What is MSF calling for in Sudan?</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><ul><li><strong>A massive scale-up of aid</strong> is urgently needed, and unhindered humanitarian access must be granted. &nbsp;</li><li><strong>Attacks on civilians must stop now. </strong>Those responsible must take immediate, concrete steps to stop the suffering, protect civilians, and ensure accountability for ongoing violations.</li><li><strong>Safe passage must be guaranteed</strong> for civilians seeking care. &nbsp;</li><li><strong>Diplomatic pressure must be applied </strong>to those financing, arming, or politically supporting the warring parties. Influential international actors must also ensure that all responsible parties uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law. &nbsp;</li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>How long has MSF worked in Sudan?</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>MSF has been present in Sudan since 1979, witnessing historic changes and escalating needs in response to the rapid shifts in the country’s political and social dynamics, which in turn impact health needs.&nbsp;</p><p>Our intervention began shortly before the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), which was fought primarily between the north and south of Sudan and was one of Africa's longest civil wars. MSF was actively involved in providing medical care to war-affected communities dealing with massive displacement, famine, and the outbreak of diseases. With the independence of South Sudan in 2011, MSF continued operations in both countries, adapting to the shifting dynamics of conflict and the division of resources.&nbsp;</p><p>When the war broke out in April 2023, many activities were either stopped or shifted to respond to the emerging needs and emergencies across the country. Some activities continued—in Darfur, for example—thanks to the efforts of our locally hired MSF staff, who continued to work despite the extremely difficult personal and environmental circumstances.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>What does it mean to be an independent and impartial medical humanitarian organization?</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>MSF provides medical care to anyone who needs it, regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation. We are calling on all parties to the conflict to ensure the safety of civilians, medical facilities, and personnel. Hospitals must remain a sanctuary for people seeking care. &nbsp;</p><p>To facilitate our humanitarian and medical work, we speak to all parties to the conflict to request safe, rapid, and unimpeded access to civilians who require medical care and to ensure the safety and security of our staff. This is why our independence and impartiality are essential to our work in all the places we operate across the globe.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/who-we-are" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fd5d7322-0e4f-49bb-a1d6-974164e623f2" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Who we are">Learn more about the principles that guide our work &gt;</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="standout-media-container bg--white standout-media-block--left"> <div class="standout-media-info"> <p class="eyebrow-container standout-media-block__eyebrow"> <span class="eyebrow_item">MSF response in Sudan</span> </p> <h2 class="heading-2 hz-listing__title">By the numbers</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>846,216</strong> outpatient consultations</p><p><strong>253,512</strong> emergency presentations</p><p><strong>236,494</strong> vaccinations</p><p><strong>15,066</strong> admissions to inpatient therapeutic feeding centers for malnutrition</p><p><strong>3,614</strong> surgical interventions</p><p><strong>28,990</strong> deliveries</p><p><strong>23,397</strong> mental health consultations</p><p><strong>12,098</strong> measles cases treated</p><p><strong>41,753</strong> cholera cases treated</p><p><strong>4,216</strong> sexual violence consultations</p><p><strong>95,596</strong> hospitalizations</p><p><strong>7,707</strong> victims of intentional physical violence treated</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="standout-media-image"> <div class="standout-media-image__inner"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_553_519/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF357850.jpg?itok=jYHSyneT 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1600px)" type="image/jpeg" width="553" height="519"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_553_519/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF357850.jpg?itok=jYHSyneT 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1599px)" type="image/jpeg" width="553" height="519"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_large_mobile_480x450/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF357850.jpg?itok=MH3PEaQQ 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1169px)" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="450"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_large_mobile_480x450/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF357850.jpg?itok=MH3PEaQQ 1x" media="all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="450"> <source srcset="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_mobile_335x315/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF357850.jpg?itok=YaFPcYpV 1x" media="all and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px)" type="image/jpeg" width="335" height="315"> <img loading="lazy" width="553" height="519" src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/styles/standout_mbt_553_519/public/image_base_media/2026/02/MSF357850.jpg?itok=jYHSyneT" alt="A girl gets a measles vaccination in Sudan. "> </picture> <span class="standout-media-image__caption">Sudan 2026 © Cindy Gonzalez/MSF</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div> <div class="vbt__container"> <div class="vbt__content--video"> <div class="vbt__content--video-wrapper"> <iframe title="&quot;I remember the streets of Khartoum as places of life and laughter.&quot;" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV0EltQAee8" class="vbt__iframe"></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="vbt__content--video-details vbt__content--video-details-padding-low"> <h4 class="heading-4 vbt__content--video-title">"I remember the streets of Khartoum as places of life and laughter."</h4> <p class="caption caption-small vbt__text-content__desc">During his visit to Khartoum, MSF International President Javid Abdelmoneim highlights the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, his personal experience as an emergency doctor there, and the need for more international support.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-divider paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--timeline-divider paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="timeline-divider-card timeline--card-image"> <div class="timeline-divider--card-image--wrapper"> <div class="timeline-divider--card-image-contents"> <h1 class="timeline-divider--card-heading">How we're helping in neighboring countries</h1> <div class="timeline-divider--card-text"> The war in Sudan has sparked the world’s largest displacement crisis, with more than 9.1 million internally displaced in addition to 4.5 million who have fled to other countries. Our teams provide support for refugees and returnees in neighboring Chad and South Sudan, where many live in poor conditions with limited access to basic needs. </div> </div> <div class="timeline-divider--card-image--overlay"></div> <img src="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/image_base_media/2026/04/MSB247733.jpg" class="timeline-divider--card-image" alt="MSF staff distribute soap to prevent and control cholera in Adré, Chad."> </div> <div class="timeline-divider--image-info"> <span class="timeline-divider--image-caption">MSF staff distribute soap to prevent and control cholera in Adré.</span> <span class="timeline-divider--image-caption-vertical-line"></span> <span class="timeline-divider--image-credit">Chad 2025 ©&nbsp;Léa Gillabert/MSF</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="msf-accordion accordion-container content__wrapper" data-accordion-exapanded="0"> <h2 class="msf-accordion__heading">Support for refugees and returnees from Sudan</h2> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>Chad</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Over the past three years of war, <a href="https://data.unhcr.org/en/situations/sudansituation">nearly a million people</a> have fled Sudan into neighboring Chad, including 700,000 who have crossed through the border town of <strong>Adré</strong> alone. Many arrive in fragile condition after undertaking the long and dangerous journey from Sudan’s Darfur region and require immediate assistance. More than 80 percent of those fleeing to Chad are women and children. &nbsp;</p><p>In border areas like Adré, what were initially intended as temporary reception sites have evolved into large, long-term settlements where thousands of people are living in precarious conditions and rely on humanitarian support. Many of the places refugees are living in Chad already had limited access to essential services, and the arrival of large numbers of refugees has only compounded the pressure. In <strong>Metché camp</strong> in eastern Chad, where MSF and Action Contre la Faim are the only health care providers, only 8 liters (slightly more than 2 gallons) of water are available per person daily — well below the 20-liter (5.3 gallons) emergency minimum. This has forced families to drink directly from unsafe water sources. Consequently, the number of patients with diarrhea surged from 634 in the first half of 2025 to 1,044 in 2026.</p><p>MSF teams work in camps across eastern Chad, including Adré, Metché, and <strong>Aboutengue</strong>, helping to fill critical gaps in health care and access to water and sanitation. We provide medical services including vaccination, trauma care, malnutrition treatment, maternal care, and treatment for diseases like malaria and cholera. We also support water and sanitation by drilling boreholes, constructing latrines, and distributing clean water.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ac "> <h3 class="ac-header"> <button class="ac-trigger" aria-expanded="false"><p>South Sudan</p></button> </h3> <div class="ac-panel"> <div class="field field--name-field-accordion-content-block field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph__wysiwyg-text"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="body-text "><p>Since April 2023, more than <a href="https://data.unhcr.org/en/situations/sudansituation">1.3 million refugees and returnees</a> have fled across Sudan’s southern border into South Sudan, a country unprepared to absorb such large numbers of people. Many end up at the <strong>Renk transit site</strong>, located on the border, which was intended to be a temporary stopover for people fleeing the war but has become a sprawling settlement, with poor living conditions and limited access to services. With much of the country facing ongoing insecurity, attacks on health care, intercommunal violence, flooding, and economic decline, the humanitarian situation is deteriorating further.</p><p>Health facilities are struggling to cope with such a massive and sustained influx of displaced people. In 2025 alone, MSF opened 12 emergency projects in response to cholera outbreaks, <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/malaria" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7aade6cb-a104-4cbc-a7dc-73077c4d66a3" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Malaria">malaria</a> peaks, flooding, and displacement linked to violence — more than double the number of emergency responses launched in 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>Following the eruption of war in Sudan, MSF launched a project in Renk in May 2023. Our teams support Renk Hospital's pediatric, nutritional, and maternity services; respond to disease outbreaks and massive influxes of wounded people; and run mobile clinics in refugee settlements scattered throughout Renk County. &nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph--toc-jump-links__content"> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="content__wrapper"> <div class="email-sign-up email--bg-light"> <h2 class="heading-2 email__heading">We speak out. 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