Doctors Without Borders

24 Jan 2025

Hi Bluesky community! We're excited to be here to share important humanitarian stories. 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:

doctorswithoutborders.orgStrikes are disrupting access to health care in YemenPatients, medical facilities, and humanitarian workers must be protected.

15h

Yemen Update: Yesterday, a strike hit less than 500 feet from Mokha General Hospital, where our teams are working in the maternity & pediatric wards. Staff and patients are safe, but with every strike, fewer patients are coming to access care. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/strik...

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doctorswithoutborders.orgChildren are left behind in the current Ebola outbreak responseNearly 1 in 4 confirmed Ebola patients in North Kivu is a child under the age of 5, yet children continue to face major barriers to accessing innovative medical tools.

Doctor Rupa Narra explains: Children are paying a devastating price in the Ebola outbreak unfolding in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. There needs to be a child-centered approach at the heart of medical care, operational planning, and research efforts.

wbur.fmPediatrician on treating the youngest Ebola patientsThe virus disproportionally impacts children.

Dr. Jean Junior on treating some of the most vulnerable patients in this Ebola outbreak: “If you can’t save a child, at the very least you can honor that child and that family by showing that [you] care…, [and] doing everything in [your] power to treat [the] child...” ➡️ https://wbur.fm/4i74JNy

doctorswithoutborders.orgThree years on, Israeli forces are strangling GazaPalestinian civilians suffer from the ongoing violence and blockade of essential supplies.

"Even the cream we need to treat scabies has been restricted by the Israeli authorities.” https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/three-years-israeli-forces-are-strangling-gaza

The Ebola outbreak in North Kivu province, eastern DR Congo has escalated dramatically since early September. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/ebola-outbreak-spreading-wildfire-across-north-kivu

Israeli forces demolished 12 homes, as well as water tanks and animal shelters earlier this week in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, Palestine. This was third mass demolition in Masafer Yatta just this month.

MSF has donated mattresses, blankets, and other items to people whose homes were destroyed.

We have witnessed how demolitions by Israeli forces have affected 69 families in Hebron in the last six months alone, and these numbers keep rising. Israeli authorities must stop demolitions, forcible transfer, and all measures that force Palestinians from their homes.

"They didn't even warn us — they just came and demolished everything. One soldier told them: 'Demolish it completely, I don't want to find anything left.' But whatever they do, we will stay here and try by any means to rebuild our home," said a Doctors Without Borders/MSF community health worker.

18 Sept

While transmission is slowing in parts of Ituri province, Ebola is spreading into new and less-prepared areas, making containment increasingly difficult. The latest: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/ebola-dr-congo-outbreak-not-shrinking-it-moving

16 Sept

Over the last week, our teams treated 22 people with shrapnel wounds or injuries from explosions. Today, our teams at Al Zawayda field hospital treated eight people wounded in an Israeli airstrike. Three were children.

16 Sept

Yesterday, an Israeli strike hit a displacement camp in Khan Younis. Our teams at Al Attar health care clinic treated three people, including two children.

16 Sept

These attacks are part of a continuing pattern: On September 11, our teams at Al Attar treated 11 others injured in airstrikes. On September 13, an Israeli airstrike hit a car next to an MSF bus, injuring one of our staff. Once again, Israeli forces are showing that nowhere is safe in Gaza.

A Doctors Without Borders bus carrying 10 humanitarian staff was damaged on September 13 when an Israeli airstrike targeted a nearby vehicle in Gaza City. One MSF staff member was injured in the strike. The bus was clearly identified as an MSF vehicle, with a large sticker visible on its roof.

We keep struggling, day after day, while knowing that in a fraction of a second, you could be injured or even killed,” said Dr. Awni Al Jaafarawi, MSF physician.

Once again, Israeli forces have shown a blatant disregard for the safety of humanitarian and medical personnel. Civilians, health care workers, and humanitarian staff must be protected.

“After a 24-hour shift, while we were heading home or to whatever was left of it, I was looking out the window when, out of the blue, a flash of fire, the smell of gunpowder, screams, and shattered glass came through my window. ...

11 Sept

Eleven people with injuries from explosions and shrapnel arrived at the Doctors Without Borders Al Attar health care center in Khan Younis today, after an airstrike by Israeli forces hit near a displacement camp. Two of the wounded were transferred to Nasser Hospital for specialized care.

11 Sept

Airstrikes by Israeli forces continue every day in Gaza, killing and wounding Palestinians. Between September 6 and 9, Israeli forces issued 18 so-called evacuation orders and struck a building less than 250 feet from an MSF clinic. Nowhere is safe.

10 Sept

Across southern Lebanon, Israeli forces are continuing to damage and destroy water infrastructure. Access to water is a basic right that Israel must respect. People must be allowed to return to their homes and rebuild their lives, livelihoods, and dignity. More: https://bit.ly/4hhs3c5

For more than a week, the Russian military has conducted intense missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and its immediate surroundings around the clock. Between August 27 and September 3, at least 51 people were killed and nearly 100 injured in the Kyiv region.

Almost constant air raid alerts and explosions are also taking a severe psychological toll. "It's very draining. People are trying to carry on with their work, but this sense of exhaustion is very noticeable, and people are getting more and more tired."—Lesia Martseniuk, mental health supervisor.

doctorswithoutborders.orgUkraine: Deadly Russian attacks on civilians in KyivMSF condemns Russia’s strikes on civilian infrastructure and residential areas.

MSF condemns the Russian armed forces' strikes on civilian infrastructure and residential areas. 🔗 www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/ukrai...

"I saw the ground shaking, I saw my own blood flowing." An MSF patient was wounded during a recent drone attack on a food warehouse. He sustained injuries to both legs and lacerations from shrapnel across his body. MSF is providing him with physiotherapy care and psychological support.

bit.lyUrgent needs persist three weeks after earthquake in ColombiaThe most critical gaps remain in areas that have long faced poverty, barriers to health care, and the presence of armed groups.

2 Sept

Colombia earthquake update: The initial emergency is over, but the response is far from it. MSF teams are working in regions where needs remain greatest, including historically neglected Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities. More: https://bit.ly/464wAs0

doctorswithoutborders.orgA timeline of the Rohingya crisisYears after the mass exodus of Rohingya people from Myanmar, their future looks as uncertain as ever. Learn more about the history of the crisis.

25 Aug

A timeline of the Rohingya crisis: Their struggles over successive cycles of violence and persecution have long been an underreported crisis. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/timeline-rohingya-crisis

doctorswithoutborders.orgMSF condemns Israeli military decision to deny investigation into the killings of our staff in GazaThe decision makes clear that there is no prospect of accountability within the Israeli legal system for the killings of our staff, nor for the genocide against Palestinians.

20 Aug

MSF condemns Israeli military decision to deny investigation into the killings of our staff in Gaza https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-condemns-israeli-military-decision-deny-investigation-killings-our-staff-gaza

18 Aug

How do we slow the spread of Ebola disease? “The community always needs to be involved. But on top of that, we need more resources... [When] there's no response, this builds time for rumors and myths to grow, for the community to be more at risk, and for more families to be affected and die.”

theworld.orgResponders in DRC hunt Ebola door to door as cases surpass 4,000 - The World from PRXWith more than 4,000 cases reported in Democratic Republic of Congo, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say responders need to shift focus to door-to-door disease tracking. The Worl...

10 Aug

People need to know what the risks are. They need to know how to protect themselves, their families, and be able to work in a safe environment. Community engagement is pivotal ⬇️ Ebola latest via @theworld.org https://bit.ly/3TEqtI9

doctorswithoutborders.orgMSF urges immediate action as Ebola disease outbreak spreads in DR CongoEvery day lost allows the virus to stay one step ahead and more lives to be needlessly taken.

5 Aug

Latest on Ebola: It’s not slowing down. Our teams are working tirelessly, but we are still seeing this outbreak spread at an unprecedented rate. Read why this outbreak has been so hard to contain: ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4fGMqPk

4 Aug

🎥 The full picture: Imagine if a critical and effective HIV prevention medicine (lenacapavir) was more widely available. But instead, Gilead has priced the medicine out of reach, restricts its supply to certain countries, and refused to sell it directly to MSF. So people called it out.

doctorswithoutborders.orgLenacapavir: Two Shots. $40. Everywhere.A gamechanger in HIV prevention is now here: lenacapavir (LEN), an injection which only needs to be given twice a year and is nearly 100% effective in

27 July

🫶 People over profit! Calling on #Medsky #sciencesky - add your name to our call for global access to a HIV prevention breakthrough. Tell Gilead, the drug company that manufactures lenacapavir: Drop the price⬇️ https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/campaigns/access-to-LEN

23 July

Only 38 survivors. People described terrifying conditions at sea. We call for urgent action to prevent further deaths on the Atlantic migration route. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/atlantic-migration-urgent-action-needed-prevent-more-deaths

doctorswithoutborders.orgNeeds remain urgent two months into the Ebola disease outbreakAdditional health and humanitarian actors must step up as the outbreak continues to spread at an alarming rate.

15 July

In just two months, the current Ebola disease outbreak — caused by the Bundibugyo virus — has become the third-largest Ebola outbreak and the fastest-growing on record. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/needs-remain-urgent-two-months-ebola-disease-outbreak

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12 July

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9 July

We are so grateful for our community. You all make it possible to help support such a meaningful cause like @doctorswithoutborders.org. The importance of their work is immeasurable, and we could not do this without you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. #SGDQ2026 @greeblesss.bsky.social

7 July

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doctorswithoutborders.orgPASTEUR Act is not the way to curb AMRRecently reintroduced in the US House and Senate, this legislation will do little to increase access to antimicrobials and address resistance in the places MSF runs medical programs.

30 June

This is not the way to successfully fight antimicrobial resistance. Drug resistance is a global problem, not just a national one. Here's what's happening with the PASTEUR Act. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-p...

26 June

No one should be denied access to health care simply because of who they are or who they love. Dignity should be at the center of receiving health care: LGBTQI+ patients should feel welcomed, safe, and listened to, and get the care they need.

17 June

A drug exists that is nearly 100% effective at preventing HIV and only needs to be taken twice a year. It's called lenacapavir. But Gilead, the company that controls it, isn't making enough available for the world. We know Gilead can make lenacapavir more accessible.

17 June

We're calling on Gilead to make lenacapavir available and priced <$40 for all low- and middle-income countries. Now. Join our campaign: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/access-to-LEN

Health care is under attack in Lebanon despite a so-called ceasefire. In Lebanon, military escalation continues, causing civilian casualties, mass displacement, and shrinking access to health care.

Almost every day paramedics are killed, ambulances are hit, and rescue teams are forced to adapt their work out of fear of being struck. These attacks reflect a grave failure to protect the medical mission and are severely constraining care. This must stop.

We call for the immediate protection of civilians, health care workers, ambulances, and medical facilities and an end to forced displacement.

Health care is under attack in Lebanon despite a so-called ceasefire. In Lebanon, military escalation continues, causing civilian casualties, mass displacement, and shrinking access to health care.

Sudden and repeated Israeli displacement orders have forced more than 1 million people from their homes, leaving those unable to flee trapped and exposed.

doctorswithoutborders.orgTwo countries, one injury: Obstetric fistula in Nigeria and SomaliaObstetric fistula is a devastating yet preventable condition that continues to affect women with limited access to pre- and postnatal care.

Obstetric fistula is a horrible injury that happens during labor. It can cause chronic pain, recurring infections and women often face stigma. Here's what free surgical repair can do: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/two-countries-one-injury-obstetric-fistula-nigeria-and-somalia

doctorswithoutborders.orgHow snakebites turn deadly in YemenAccess to effective and affordable treatment for this deadly neglected disease remains severely limited.

9 June

Health risks like snakebite can be especially deadly in Yemen. Venomous snakes are common in many rural areas, and reaching medical care can take hours or even days. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/how-snakebites-turn-deadly-yemen