Doctors Without Borders
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Would you let your network know where to find us? This is just a snapshot of what we stand for as an emergency medical organization:
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One month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city of El Fasher, survivors describe mass killings, torture, and kidnappings for ransom while many remain missing or unable to flee. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-desperate-conditions-and-accounts-mass-violence-north-darfur
Sudan: Desperate conditions and accounts of mass violence in North Darfur
One month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city of El Fasher, survivors describe mass killings, torture, and kidnappings for ransom while many people remain missing or unable to flee.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
One month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city of El Fasher, survivors describe mass killings, torture, and kidnappings for ransom while many remain missing or unable to flee. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-desperate-conditions-and-accounts-mass-violence-north-darfur
Patients are "describing a real massacre. The testimonies are really hard to hear."
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/qa-wh...
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/qa-wh...
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
MSF’s emergency coordinator in Sudan describes the intense needs of people fleeing mass violence in the embattled city in North Darfur.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Patients are "describing a real massacre. The testimonies are really hard to hear."
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/qa-wh...
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/qa-wh...
What a two-week rotation at a hospital in Kherson, Ukraine looks like:
The medical team doesn't leave the hospital because it's too dangerous.
With near-daily bombing in the area, they create a basement shelter & gym, and deals with power cuts during surgery.
The full doc: https://bit.ly/4py4pcP
The medical team doesn't leave the hospital because it's too dangerous.
With near-daily bombing in the area, they create a basement shelter & gym, and deals with power cuts during surgery.
The full doc: https://bit.ly/4py4pcP
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What a two-week rotation at a hospital in Kherson, Ukraine looks like:
The medical team doesn't leave the hospital because it's too dangerous.
With near-daily bombing in the area, they create a basement shelter & gym, and deals with power cuts during surgery.
The full doc: https://bit.ly/4py4pcP
The medical team doesn't leave the hospital because it's too dangerous.
With near-daily bombing in the area, they create a basement shelter & gym, and deals with power cuts during surgery.
The full doc: https://bit.ly/4py4pcP
Starting now! Join our webinar on how slashed aid funding is impacting people around the world. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/event...
Aid shift: Standing up for global health in a time of turmoil
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have decades of experience responding to all kinds of emergencies, from wars to disease outbreaks to natural disasters. But 2025 brought an...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Starting now! Join our webinar on how slashed aid funding is impacting people around the world. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/event...
Join us for a live webcast event this Thursday, Nov 20, at 12pm ET: “Aid shift: Standing up for global health in a time of turmoil” will explore how slashed aid funding is impacting people around the world. Register here: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/event...
Aid shift: Standing up for global health in a time of turmoil
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have decades of experience responding to all kinds of emergencies, from wars to disease outbreaks to natural disasters. But 2025 brought an...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Join us for a live webcast event this Thursday, Nov 20, at 12pm ET: “Aid shift: Standing up for global health in a time of turmoil” will explore how slashed aid funding is impacting people around the world. Register here: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/event...
Patient empowerment is at the core of our diabetes project in Carnot.
Sharing patient stories to shed light on the realities of self-managing their health and living with this disease in CAR🔽 #worlddiabetesday https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/living-diabetes-central-african-republic
Sharing patient stories to shed light on the realities of self-managing their health and living with this disease in CAR🔽 #worlddiabetesday https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/living-diabetes-central-african-republic
Living with diabetes in Central African Republic
Patient empowerment is at the core of MSF’s diabetes project in Carnot, helping patients self-manage their health and thrive.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Patient empowerment is at the core of our diabetes project in Carnot.
Sharing patient stories to shed light on the realities of self-managing their health and living with this disease in CAR🔽 #worlddiabetesday https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/living-diabetes-central-african-republic
Sharing patient stories to shed light on the realities of self-managing their health and living with this disease in CAR🔽 #worlddiabetesday https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/living-diabetes-central-african-republic
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I’m moderating a panel of TB experts on the vlogbrothers youtube channel! Tune in on November 13th at 9 am EST.
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’m moderating a panel of TB experts on the vlogbrothers youtube channel! Tune in on November 13th at 9 am EST.
Ukraine: As winter approaches and attacks on power sources continue, the need for medical care will only grow. Hear from MSF Secretary General Christopher Lockyear as he shares on @cnn.com what he’s witnessed from his time in Dnipro: www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/t...
It will take ‘generations’ to get over the psychological trauma of the Ukraine war, says MSF Secretary General | CNN
Christopher Lockyear is in Dnipro, in Eastern Ukraine. He says the population there is “extremely worried going into winter,” as Russian attacks persist.
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ukraine: As winter approaches and attacks on power sources continue, the need for medical care will only grow. Hear from MSF Secretary General Christopher Lockyear as he shares on @cnn.com what he’s witnessed from his time in Dnipro: www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/t...
Clean energy = stronger, safer, greener health care.
MSF has worked for years to install hybrid solar panel systems in several health facilities across the Central African Republic, where only 1 in 7 people have access to electricity.
MSF has worked for years to install hybrid solar panel systems in several health facilities across the Central African Republic, where only 1 in 7 people have access to electricity.
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Clean energy = stronger, safer, greener health care.
MSF has worked for years to install hybrid solar panel systems in several health facilities across the Central African Republic, where only 1 in 7 people have access to electricity.
MSF has worked for years to install hybrid solar panel systems in several health facilities across the Central African Republic, where only 1 in 7 people have access to electricity.
A cargo shipment of medical supplies, tarps, and other essential non-food items reached Jamaica, to help people affected by the massive destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa.
We'll start working in St. James Parish and in St. Elisabeth Parish: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-s...
We'll start working in St. James Parish and in St. Elisabeth Parish: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-s...
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A cargo shipment of medical supplies, tarps, and other essential non-food items reached Jamaica, to help people affected by the massive destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa.
We'll start working in St. James Parish and in St. Elisabeth Parish: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-s...
We'll start working in St. James Parish and in St. Elisabeth Parish: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-s...
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It's live, our "Aid Without Borders" end of year fundraising event is open for registration on @Tiltify!
In Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan and more than 75 countries around the world, we rely on people like you to keep us independent. (1/2)
Register today!
tiltify.com/doctors-with...
In Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan and more than 75 countries around the world, we rely on people like you to keep us independent. (1/2)
Register today!
tiltify.com/doctors-with...
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's live, our "Aid Without Borders" end of year fundraising event is open for registration on @Tiltify!
In Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan and more than 75 countries around the world, we rely on people like you to keep us independent. (1/2)
Register today!
tiltify.com/doctors-with...
In Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan and more than 75 countries around the world, we rely on people like you to keep us independent. (1/2)
Register today!
tiltify.com/doctors-with...
Reposted by Doctors Without Borders
“It's some kind of blind violence. It's not only about taking the city, but it really looks now like some kind of revenge.” - Sylvain Pénicaud of @doctorswithoutborders.org, bearing witness to atrocities in the war in Sudan www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... @pbsnews.org
Sudan's brutal civil war escalates as paramilitary forces go on killing rampage
Sudan's civil war has entered a new and horrific phase as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have gone on a killing rampage after taking over the key city of El Fasher in western Darfur. Hundreds of th...
www.pbs.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“It's some kind of blind violence. It's not only about taking the city, but it really looks now like some kind of revenge.” - Sylvain Pénicaud of @doctorswithoutborders.org, bearing witness to atrocities in the war in Sudan www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... @pbsnews.org
The arrival numbers don’t add up, while accounts of large-scale atrocities are mounting.
"Where are all the missing people who have already survived months of famine and violence in El Fasher?" www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/urgen...
"Where are all the missing people who have already survived months of famine and violence in El Fasher?" www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/urgen...
Urgent: Mass atrocities in El Fasher as people remain in grave danger
There is no time to waste in helping survivors.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The arrival numbers don’t add up, while accounts of large-scale atrocities are mounting.
"Where are all the missing people who have already survived months of famine and violence in El Fasher?" www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/urgen...
"Where are all the missing people who have already survived months of famine and violence in El Fasher?" www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/urgen...
As the Rapid Support Forces advance into El Fasher, Sudan, after 500 days of siege, MSF teams in nearby Tawila are receiving people who’ve fled the fallen city. There are reports of mass killings and other atrocities, and MSF staff in Tawila are seeing many children with severe, acute malnutrition.
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
As the Rapid Support Forces advance into El Fasher, Sudan, after 500 days of siege, MSF teams in nearby Tawila are receiving people who’ve fled the fallen city. There are reports of mass killings and other atrocities, and MSF staff in Tawila are seeing many children with severe, acute malnutrition.
Deeply distressed by these reports of patients & their companions killed at Saudi Hospital.
We call for the URGENT protection of all civilians. We're working in Tawila, caring for people who've fled El Fasher. We stand in solidarity w/ Sudanese health workers. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
We call for the URGENT protection of all civilians. We're working in Tawila, caring for people who've fled El Fasher. We stand in solidarity w/ Sudanese health workers. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds at a hospital in Darfur, residents and aid workers say
Sudan’s paramilitary forces have reportedly killed hundreds at a hospital, including patients, after seizing the provincial capital of North Darfur
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Deeply distressed by these reports of patients & their companions killed at Saudi Hospital.
We call for the URGENT protection of all civilians. We're working in Tawila, caring for people who've fled El Fasher. We stand in solidarity w/ Sudanese health workers. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
We call for the URGENT protection of all civilians. We're working in Tawila, caring for people who've fled El Fasher. We stand in solidarity w/ Sudanese health workers. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
On Tuesday, October 28, the devastating Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica, causing flooding & widespread destruction. The hurricane is now affecting Cuba & other countries in the region. We are assessing the needs in the region & readying emergency teams & supplies. Learn more here: bit.ly/4qAoTmj
Hurricane Melissa: MSF is preparing to respond in Jamaica and other countries
We are assessing the needs in the region and readying emergency teams and supplies.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
On Tuesday, October 28, the devastating Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica, causing flooding & widespread destruction. The hurricane is now affecting Cuba & other countries in the region. We are assessing the needs in the region & readying emergency teams & supplies. Learn more here: bit.ly/4qAoTmj
Tapachula, a city on Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala, is hosting thousands of stranded migrants and asylum seekers living in increasingly precarious conditions.
Due to the tightening of US immigration policy, migrants are unable to continue traveling north.
Due to the tightening of US immigration policy, migrants are unable to continue traveling north.
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tapachula, a city on Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala, is hosting thousands of stranded migrants and asylum seekers living in increasingly precarious conditions.
Due to the tightening of US immigration policy, migrants are unable to continue traveling north.
Due to the tightening of US immigration policy, migrants are unable to continue traveling north.
Our teams in Tawila, Sudan stand ready to respond to more mass influxes of displaced and injured people fleeing El Fasher, North Darfur state.
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Our teams in Tawila, Sudan stand ready to respond to more mass influxes of displaced and injured people fleeing El Fasher, North Darfur state.
Let
Aid
In.
Did you see us in yesterday's Sunday edition of The New York Times? We’re calling for unrestricted and unconditional humanitarian aid delivery into and across the Gaza Strip.
Aid
In.
Did you see us in yesterday's Sunday edition of The New York Times? We’re calling for unrestricted and unconditional humanitarian aid delivery into and across the Gaza Strip.
October 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Let
Aid
In.
Did you see us in yesterday's Sunday edition of The New York Times? We’re calling for unrestricted and unconditional humanitarian aid delivery into and across the Gaza Strip.
Aid
In.
Did you see us in yesterday's Sunday edition of The New York Times? We’re calling for unrestricted and unconditional humanitarian aid delivery into and across the Gaza Strip.
Update: We've partially resumed our activities in Gaza City, after being forced to leave on September 24 by the intensified Israeli offensive.
October 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Update: We've partially resumed our activities in Gaza City, after being forced to leave on September 24 by the intensified Israeli offensive.
One of the worst cholera outbreaks in a decade is spreading across DRC, but the health care system remains unequipped to respond to and slow down an outbreak of this scale. A swiftly coordinated international humanitarian response is needed to contain the spread of the disease. bit.ly/3J96koD
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
One of the worst cholera outbreaks in a decade is spreading across DRC, but the health care system remains unequipped to respond to and slow down an outbreak of this scale. A swiftly coordinated international humanitarian response is needed to contain the spread of the disease. bit.ly/3J96koD
Dr. Mohammed Obeid has been detained for nearly a year, and has had no contact with his family.
MSF calls for the immediate release of our detained colleague in Israel: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-c...
MSF calls for the immediate release of our detained colleague in Israel: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-c...
October 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Dr. Mohammed Obeid has been detained for nearly a year, and has had no contact with his family.
MSF calls for the immediate release of our detained colleague in Israel: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-c...
MSF calls for the immediate release of our detained colleague in Israel: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-c...
One of the largest maternity hospitals in Haiti has re-opened.
This means safer deliveries, access to contraception, critical care for survivors of sexual violence, prenatal, and postnatal care. Work is ongoing to open two operating theaters. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...
This means safer deliveries, access to contraception, critical care for survivors of sexual violence, prenatal, and postnatal care. Work is ongoing to open two operating theaters. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...
Haiti: MSF supports the reopening of a major maternity hospital
The hospital is providing care for mothers and pregnant women in Port-au-Prince, where almost 60 percent of births take place without medical care.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
One of the largest maternity hospitals in Haiti has re-opened.
This means safer deliveries, access to contraception, critical care for survivors of sexual violence, prenatal, and postnatal care. Work is ongoing to open two operating theaters. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...
This means safer deliveries, access to contraception, critical care for survivors of sexual violence, prenatal, and postnatal care. Work is ongoing to open two operating theaters. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...
The announcement of the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza brings a welcome moment of relief for exhausted, starved, and grieving Palestinians and a great relief to the families of all hostages—but it comes after two years and over 67,000 lost lives. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/cease...
Ceasefire in Gaza: Humanitarian aid must reach Palestinians immediately
This ceasefire must be accompanied by an immediate, massive, and sustained scale-up of aid into and across the Strip.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The announcement of the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza brings a welcome moment of relief for exhausted, starved, and grieving Palestinians and a great relief to the families of all hostages—but it comes after two years and over 67,000 lost lives. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/cease...
Narin Fandoglu, an operations advisor with MSF based in Geneva, shares her vivid watercolor sketches from her visits to Sudan.
October 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Narin Fandoglu, an operations advisor with MSF based in Geneva, shares her vivid watercolor sketches from her visits to Sudan.