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Responding to Tropical Storm Melissa, Oxygen Needs in West Africa, and More

Santa Barbara, California, Oct. 24 -- Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 573 shipments of requested medical aid to 49 U.S. states and territories and 16 countries worldwide . The shipme... Read More


In photos: Eight years of care for migrants in Mexico

Mexico, Oct. 24 -- After eight years of providing comprehensive care to thousands of migrants, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has concluded activities in the Mexican border cit... Read More


Cooperation saves lives: TB care in Iraq's communities and prisons

Iraq, Oct. 23 -- Umm Salam* sits on the ground outside her family's home in Sadr City, a crowded district of Baghdad, Iraq. She holds her granddaughter Zainab* close, wrapped in her abaya as she recal... Read More


Post-ceasefire, Palestinians in Gaza are still living in dire conditions

Palestine, Oct. 23 -- Despite the ceasefire announced earlier this month, more than a million Palestinians are still being forced to survive on a tiny patch of land in southern Gaza, where living cond... Read More


MSF resumes activities in Gaza City

Palestine, Oct. 22 -- After careful monitoring and assessment, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has partially resumed its activities in Gaza City, after being forced to leave on ... Read More


Democratic Republic of Congo: Cholera epidemic rapidly spreading across the country

New York, Oct. 21 -- One of the worst cholera outbreaks in a decade is spreading across Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the health care system remains unequipped to respond to and slow down an... Read More


The ceasefire is not the end of the extreme suffering in Gaza

Palestine, Oct. 21 -- Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is calling on governments around the world to drastically and urgently increase medical evacuations for thousands of patien... Read More


Europe's outsourcing of border control increases risks to migrants

Italy, Oct. 20 -- In September 2015, the photo of the drowned body of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi, who was found dead on a beach in Turkiye, stirred emotions worldwide. It also raised the question of how to... Read More


MSF calls for the immediate release of our detained colleague in Gaza

Palestine, Oct. 20 -- Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is deeply disappointed that Dr. Mohammed Obeid, a respected orthopedic surgeon and long-time MSF colleague, remains detaine... Read More


What will become of the thousands of rape survivors in DR Congo?

New York, Oct. 16 -- It is an alarming figure: In Salamabila, in the province of Maniema in central-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at least seven people on average are raped every day, ac... Read More