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Lead poisoning and gold processing in Zamfara state, Nigeria, Ap
Nigeria

Prevention is key to stop children from dying of lead poisoning

Almost 12 years after our teams first started intervening in the area, MSF has handed over its lead poisoning project to state authorities as no more children are dying of lead poisoning in Zamfara. Project Update - 7 Feb 2022
 
Cabo Delgado: A crisis far from over
Mozambique

Attacks and violence in Cabo Delgado displace thousands as cyclone season begins

As continued conflict forces thousands of people from their homes, cyclones and heavy rains further threaten an already extremely vulnerable people in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Project Update - 4 Feb 2022
 
Niger - Magaria Paediatric Unit
Niger

Working with the community to counter malaria and malnutrition

In 2018, 850 children were arriving at our paediatric ward in southern Niger every week, but with a new community-led approach to combat malaria and malnutrition, hospitalisations have dropped. Project Update - 3 Feb 2022
 
"We sit, we wait and we're scared": migrants' communities in Libya through the eyes of photographer Ricardo García Villanova
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Italy-Libya agreement: Five years of EU-sponsored abuse in Libya and the central Mediterranean

We urge the Italian government and EU to end all support for the system of returning migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to Libya and detaining them there. Project Update - 2 Feb 2022
 
 MSF clinic -  Zaatari camp
Jordan

MSF brings down the curtain on one of its largest interventions in the country

After nearly 10 years of responding to the myriad needs of Syrian refugees, from non-communicable diseases and war trauma surgery to COVID-19, we end our intervention in north Jordan. Project Update - 31 Jan 2022
 
Burkina Faso Crisis
Burkina Faso

Four things to know about the crisis in Burkina Faso

With months of violent tension in Burkina Faso culminating in military takeover on Monday 24 January, people are paying the price - here are four key things to know about the current crisis. Project Update - 28 Jan 2022
 
Children sit outside their tent
Yemen

Thousands desperate for food, water and shelter in conflict-hit Marib

As a seven-year-conflict continues to ravage Yemen, thousands of people have been displaced multiple times throughout the country, and now find themselves without food, water or shelter. Project Update - 27 Jan 2022
 
Rescue 2 - Rotation 7
Mediterranean migration

Hundreds of people require port of safety after multiple rescues from Central Mediterranean

MSF teams have rescued over 400 people who have fled horrendous conditions in Libya and risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea in search of safety. Project Update - 25 Jan 2022
 
Iraq : Treating COVID-19 in Baghdad
Iraq

The restless challenge of tackling COVID-19 in Iraq

Iraq's overwhelmed healthcare system remains fragile as COVID-19 continues to threaten the most vulnerable people in the country. Project Update - 21 Jan 2022
 
Rhoe camp, Ituri region, DR Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands of people in precarious conditions as violence set to repeat in Ituri

As cycles of violence return to Ituri province, tens of thousands of people have fled their homes and are living in precarious and dangerous conditions in displacement camps. Project Update - 19 Jan 2022
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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