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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 9h

In Kenema, Sierra Leone, play is more than fun—it’s healing.

📸 At our mother and child hospital, play therapy helps children regain confidence, overcome developmental delays, and build lifelong mental health resilience.

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 1d

📸 This is what a day looks like for our mental health awareness team in Kashmir.

They are moving between health centres and going into communities to connect people with the support they need, and raise awareness about the importance of mental health.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 1d

Many men don’t seek mental health care when they need it. Learn how our colleagues are encouraging men to reach out for support ⬇️

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Dr Javid Abdelmoneim @intlpresident.msf.org · 4d

I’ll never forget the feeling of returning to Tigray, Ethiopia, at the end of the war in 2022, to restart services around Shire and Sheraro. At that time, people would wait for more than a day to see a doctor.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 1d

In Tigray, Ethiopia, we have a team supporting people through the psychological trauma they experienced during the region’s conflict.

They are trying to destigmatise care: “We are trying to create the awareness that seeking counselling is normal.”

Ethiopia: Mental health care cannot wait in Tigray | MSF

Three years since the cessation of hostilities in Tigray, Ethiopia, people are living with the psychological impacts of trauma without widely available support.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 2d

👋 Meet Kemoh Kargbo, play counselor at our mother and child hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone! He helps children regain their strength after illness:

“Play can really benefit children’s development and mental well-being. It fosters confidence, and lays a vital foundation for their mental health.”

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 2d

Nearly 9,500 unaccompanied minors have arrived in Italy so far this year after crossing the Mediterranean. Many of them carry heavy mental trauma.

▶️ In Agrigento, our team offers psychological support, creative spaces, and a safe place where they can feel like children again.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 2d

In Tigray, Ethiopia, stigma is a major barrier for people seeking mental health care.

Many of our patients, like Azmera, were hesitant to receive counselling. Now, she speaks about its benefits: “When I come here, I feel free, calm, and good.”

Ethiopia: Mental health care cannot wait in Tigray | MSF

Three years since the cessation of hostilities in Tigray, Ethiopia, people are living with the psychological impacts of trauma without widely available support.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 3d

Our teams visited the village of Khallet Athaba, in the Palestinian West Bank, where few buildings are left standing after demolitions.

Frederieke van Dongen, humanitarian affairs manager in the West Bank, shares what she heard from residents ⬇️

West Bank: Homes in Masafer Yatta communities have been reduced to rubble | MSF

Frederieke van Dongen describes the daily struggles that residents in communities of Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank of Palestine, experience.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 3d

We’ve concluded our project for migrants in Reynosa and Matamoros, Mexico. We see the legacy of this project in the care provided to thousands of people, and in “strengthening care models that can be replicated in other contexts of mobility and violence.”

MSF concludes work in Reynosa and Matamoros after eight years of care for migrants | MSF

We have concluded our project for migrants in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, in Mexico, due to a decrease in people attempting to migrate north.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 3d

In Kenema, Sierra Leone, play is more than fun—it’s healing.

📸 At our mother and child hospital, play therapy helps children regain confidence, overcome developmental delays, and build lifelong mental health resilience.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 3d

On 30 September, a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck central Philippines, claiming at least 72 lives and injuring hundreds more.

📍 Just a day later, our teams reached remote communities in northern Cebu to distribute safe drinking water.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 4d

We welcome the ceasefire in Gaza.

It must be accompanied by an immediate, massive, and sustained scale-up of aid into and across the Strip:

Ceasefire in Gaza: Humanitarian aid must flow immediately | MSF

The ceasefire in Gaza must be accompanied by an immediate scale-up of aid into and across the Strip.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 4d

👋 Meet Helina Tsegaye! She is a counsellor with us in Tigray, Ethiopia. Helina shares an important message for #WorldMentalHealthDay: “Mental health care saves lives.”

Read about her work supporting people who are living with trauma from conflict ⬇️

https://msf.me/Tigray-mental-care

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 4d

We’re concluding our response to sexual violence in Salamabila, Maniema province, Democratic Republic of Congo. We consider the objectives of the project achieved:

“We wanted to ensure that more women dared to seek care, and that is a victory…”

DRC: Organisations must continue response on sexual violence emergency in Maniema | MSF

As we come to the planned end of our response to sexual violence in Maniema, DRC, we are urging the authorities, donors, and humanitarian partners to ensure continuity of care.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 5d

As less people are crossing the Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama, we have now concluded our activities in Panama.

Learn how we supported and treated people who experienced violence while migrating ⬇️

MSF concludes activities for migrants in Panama | MSF

After almost four years in Panama, we have ended activities in the country following a decrease in migration flows.

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Dr Javid Abdelmoneim @intlpresident.msf.org · 5d

@msf.org is sharing shocking statistics about the need for trauma care in Port-au-Prince, Haiti – not a new feature since I was there in 2010 but staggering in scale today.

Between Jan and June, our teams assisted 2,600 survivors of sexual violence:

People and the health system are trapped in escalating violence in Haiti | MSF

Our teams in Haiti continue to treat victims and survivors of violence, while the health system struggles to cope with people's needs.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 5d

After 7 years of continuous care, we're finishing our project for victims and survivors of sexual violence in Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo.

The model of care we developed for the area is effective, and “must not disappear with [our] departure.”

DRC: Organisations must continue response on sexual violence emergency in Maniema | MSF

As we come to the planned end of our response to sexual violence in Maniema, DRC, we are urging the authorities, donors, and humanitarian partners to ensure continuity of care.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 5d

We began our project in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros in 2017 to respond to the poor living conditions and great health needs of people stranded in northern Mexico.

After 8 years of this work, we have finished this project:

MSF concludes work in Reynosa and Matamoros after eight years of care for migrants | MSF

We have concluded our project for migrants in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, in Mexico, due to a decrease in people attempting to migrate north.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 6d

In the nearly 4 years we provided care to migrants in Panama, our teams conducted over 163,000 outpatient consultations and treated 1,900+ survivors and victims of sexual violence.

We have now concluded our activities in Panama:

MSF concludes activities for migrants in Panama | MSF

After almost four years in Panama, we have ended activities in the country following a decrease in migration flows.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 6d

Since 2019, we treated 16,000+ victims and survivors of sexual violence in the Salamabila region of Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo. Our project is ending this month, and we are urging that survivors have continuity of holistic care:

DRC: Organisations must continue response on sexual violence emergency in Maniema | MSF

As we come to the planned end of our response to sexual violence in Maniema, DRC, we are urging the authorities, donors, and humanitarian partners to ensure continuity of care.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 6d

We’ve concluded our work in Bombali, Sierra Leone, after 5 years of providing care for tuberculosis. Between 2020 and 2025, we:

🔬 tested 30,800+ people for tuberculosis, and
💊 treated 8,500+ people for the disease

MSF concludes years of medical support in Tonkolili and Bombali | MSF

We have concluded our work in Tonkolili and Bombali, after years of providing care to newborns and mothers, as well as people with tuberculosis.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 7d

We've concluded our project for migrants in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, in Mexico, after 8 years of providing care.

Our teams continue to work elsewhere in Mexico:

MSF concludes work in Reynosa and Matamoros after eight years of care for migrants | MSF

We have concluded our project for migrants in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, in Mexico, due to a decrease in people attempting to migrate north.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 7d

We’ve concluded our work in Tonkolili, Sierra Leone, after almost a decade of providing care. Since 2016, we:

👶 supported in delivering 34,000+ babies
🦟 treated 373,000+ cases of malaria

Read about the projects:

MSF concludes years of medical support in Tonkolili and Bombali | MSF

We have concluded our work in Tonkolili and Bombali, after years of providing care to newborns and mothers, as well as people with tuberculosis.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 7d

After almost 4 years of providing medical care to migrants in Panama, we have concluded our activities in the country following a significant decrease of people crossing the Darién jungle.

Read about the closure:

MSF concludes activities for migrants in Panama | MSF

After almost four years in Panama, we have ended activities in the country following a decrease in migration flows.

www.msf.org

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