MSF International

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation.

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🎨 During mental health sessions, our colleagues in Gaza ask children to draw what is on their minds. These drawings show their reality of violence and fear, and memories of safety and play:

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On the evening of 15 October, Israeli settlers violently assaulted our colleague during a targeted attack on his village in the south of the West Bank, Palestine.

We condemn all attacks against civilians and call for the protection of Palestinian communities, patients, and healthcare workers.

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On 16 October, a drone strike hit Almawashi market in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, killing at least four people, including a child.

Wounded people were brought to the Ministry of Health Nyala Teaching hospital, which we support. Medical teams treated eight people.

This market was hit on the busiest day of the week — making civilian casualties inevitable. Once again, we call on the Sudanese Armed Forces, and all parties to the conflict, to show respect for civilian lives and stop attacks on markets and other civilian areas. Civilians must be spared from this hideous violence.

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Dr Rupa Narra is a paediatrician who just returned from North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, where she worked for 6 weeks in an Ebola treatment centre.

She shares her concern about the number of children being affected by the current Ebola disease outbreak ⬇️

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MSF’s Joanne Lillie speaks with Siobhán Moran-McFarlane about the women she met during a recent visit to South Sudan, where childbirth and common childhood illnesses can become life-threatening emergencies when healthcare is out of reach.
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🎥 “… I came to know that seeking help is not a weakness.”

In Syria, years of war, displacement and uncertainty have had a lasting impact on people’s mental health. Three of our colleagues reflect on the stigma surrounding mental health and why asking for help matters:

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Ebola disease is deadly for all age groups, but children are particularly vulnerable, with the youngest facing the highest risk of death.

In DRC, the Ebola response needs a child-centred approach to medical care, planning, and research ⬇️
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Since our founding in 1971, we’ve grown to a global movement delivering emergency medical care in over 70 countries. Thanks to our 7 million individual donors, we provide care where it’s needed.

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Today 16 October, before midday, a drone strike hit Almawashi market in Nyala, South Darfur, killing at least four people, including a child.
Wounded were brought to the Ministry of Health Nyala Teaching Hospital, which MSF supports. Medical teams are treating eight people.

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📢 Children must be included in ongoing and future studies on the current Ebola disease outbreak in DRC.

“Children cannot continue to wait for data generated in adults before benefiting from advances in Ebola care and prevention”:
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Since completing mental health counselling sessions herself, Nasrine Jalal has been volunteering in her community in Zalingei, Sudan.

She encourages people to seek support by reminding them that no one has to face difficult times alone.

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Children are being left behind in the research of innovative medical tools for the current Ebola disease outbreak in DRC.

Children are also disproportionately impacted by the outbreak, with the youngest facing the highest risk of death.
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Aida is a cervical cancer patient in Malawi. Sometimes, she had to leave home at four in the morning to reach care. 

Now, our teams bring palliative care to her doorstep.

Read about other women who, like Aida, now receive palliative care closer to home:
https://t.co/HhfwPmMIsc

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Seeking safety is not a crime.

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In Malawi, women with cervical cancer sometimes travel for hours to reach care. As their condition worsens, that journey becomes unmanageable. 

📸 Read about how our teams are responding:
https://t.co/HhfwPmMIsc

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📍Kayna, DRC

A mobile team has arrived in this area of North Kivu province to support the Ebola disease response. We’re implementing infection prevention and control measures, providing patient care, and carrying out awareness-raising activities.

Learn more from our colleague, Clarisse Amunazo⬇️

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In Greece, our team of psychologists work with people seeking safety, helping them cope with their trauma as they adapt to new realities, care for their families, and look for ways to rebuild their lives ⬇️

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In Malawi, women with cervical cancer need palliative care to improve their quality of life and preserve their dignity.

But the worse their condition gets, the less they can travel to reach care. That's why our teams travel to them instead.

📸 Read our photo story:
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🔴 Trapped
🔴 Unsafe
🔴 Deprived of autonomy

These are words that people seeking safety in Greece have used to describe their feelings to our psychologists. These feelings are often brought on by the environment at reception facilities: https://t.co/LE6skagU76

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The ongoing escalation in the south of Yemen is adding new pressure to an already overstretched medical system.

To respond, we’re supporting health facilities and running mobile clinics. 

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