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View of the patient triage area at the Budjala general referral hospital. MSF also deployed a team in the Budjala health zone in South Ubangi to support health authorities in the response against Mpox

Mpox vaccine access must be dramatically increased

News Aug 16, 2024

story Aug 14, 2024

Sudan: Last hospital in El Fasher risks closure amid intense bombardment

A woman waits in line at a feeding center in Zamzam camp, Sudan.

story Aug 20, 2024

Helping a health system recover from war in Tigray, Ethiopia

Health promotion officer Teka in front of Abiy Adi Hospital in Ethiopia.

story Aug 19, 2024

Holistic care for people who use drugs in Kiambu county, Kenya

Michael Karongo with his wife Mary Wairimu—his greatest supporter in his recovery journey—and their children in Kenya.

story Aug 16, 2024

Worst floods in living memory: Eastern Chad battered by heavy rain

A view of massive flooding in eastern Chad.

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Story | Jun 20, 2024

Four refugee crises happening in 2024

Whether due to persecution, instability, climate change, or natural disasters, more people than ever before are being uprooted from their homes around the world.

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Where the transition has no end

Story | Jun 14, 2024

“I could not bring her back”: A poem from aboard the Geo Barents

An MSF cultural mediator shares a poem she wrote after a tragic incident that claimed the life of a woman in the Mediterranean Sea.

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A handwritten poem from aboard the Geo Barents.

Story | Jun 11, 2024

What pieces of home would you take with you?

Survivors of the deadly Mediterranean Sea crossing share what precious items they took with them when they left home.

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A notebook, prayer beads, and wooden disk carried by a migrant in the Mediterranean Sea.

Story | Jun 10, 2024

Numbers on coffins: Lives and dreams lost in the deadly Mediterranean Sea

Survivors of a shipwreck near Cutro, Italy that claimed at least 94 lives last year reflect on the dashed dreams of loved ones who died making the treacherous sea crossing.

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A capsized boat in the Central Mediterranean Sea at night.

Alert Newsletter | Jun 07, 2024

Alert Summer 2024: Connecting Threads

Displacement, conflict, and the human stories that link us

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A Palestinian child fetches water from a distribution point in Rafah, Gaza.

Story | Jun 05, 2024

Refugees, migrants, asylum seekers, and IDPs: What’s the difference?

Whether due to war, political persecution, natural disasters, or poverty, millions of people are on the move across the world.

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A child stands next to a caregiver on the deck of a search and rescue ship.

Story | Apr 19, 2024

Saving lives is not a crime

Tommaso Fabbri, MSF’s former head of mission for search and rescue, on a legal case dismissed after seven years in limbo

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MSF search and rescue team rescues people from a boat in distress in the Central Mediterranean.

News | Apr 19, 2024

Italy: Charges dropped against rescues at sea

Though the court ruling sweeps away seven years of falsehoods, attacks on humanitarian search and rescue operations continue.

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MSF search and rescue teams rescue migrants from a capsized boat in the Central Mediterranean.

News | Mar 22, 2024

MSF search and rescue ship detained in Italy

The detention comes after the Libyan Coast Guard threatened MSF and attempted to obstruct a rescue in the Mediterranean Sea

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Detention Geo Barents

News | Mar 19, 2024

EU-funded Libyan Coast Guard obstruct MSF rescue operation

Two recent violent incidents highlight the lack of search and rescue capacity in the Central Mediterranean and authorities’ disregard for human lives.

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MSF search and rescue team rescues people from a boat in distress in the Central Mediterranean.

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Unrestricted donations enable MSF to carry out our programs around the world. While we try to honor requests to earmark, should we receive more gifts than we can use for a program, we will reallocate them where the needs are greatest.

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