Issues in focus

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organisation. Read more about our work providing medical humanitarian aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, natural disasters, healthcare exclusion and other medical emergencies.

Israel - Gaza War

Doctors Without Borders is responding to the Israel - Gaza war.

Sudan Conflict

What is Doctors Without Borders doing in Sudan? Learn more about how we are responding to the crisis there.

DRC Crisis

Learn how Doctors Without Borders is responding to crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Remember the Rohingya

Persecuted in Myanmar, living in containment in Bangladesh, living in fear of arrest in Malaysia and elsewhere.

Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar is in the midst of a humanitarian catastrophe, with widespread violence and limited access to essential healthcare.

Haiti Crisis

Haiti - State of emergency

Ukraine Crisis

Doctors Without Borders is responding to the conflict in Ukraine, providing emergency medical care to people in need.

Myanmar Earthquake

Learn how Doctors Without Borders is responding to the aftermath of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar

Climate Emergency

The climate crisis is a health and humanitarian crisis.

Extreme heat

The planet is getting hotter — and the health impacts are impossible to ignore. Why is this happening, who’s most at risk, and what can we do to pr...

Rainy season

Expect heavy rains and worse floods.

Tuberculosis

Using the new treatment guidelines, children can be free of tuberculosis within four months.

Cholera

Cholera cases are on the rise, we are currently responding in Haiti, Syria and Lebanon.

Our Work on Measles

Doctors Without Borders calls for urgent vaccination campaign to halt deadly measles outbreak in Western Equatoria state, South Sudan.

Infectious But Not Invincible

Millions of people still die each year from infectious diseases that are preventable or can be treated.

Malnutrition

In places like Afghanistan, Yemen, Nigeria, and South Sudan, malnutrition has already reached critical levels.

Mental Health: The Invisible Emergency

Mental healthcare and psychosocial support are crucial for overall health.

Mental health and migration

Migrant workers frequently encounter a variety of challenges, including social, economic, and environmental factors that can adversely affect their...

Innovation Saves Lives

We continuously innovate to ensure high-quality, evidence-based treatment for our patients in challenging, low-resource settings.

Trauma Surgery & Care

We provide surgery and trauma care to patients caught in conflict or with life-threatening conditions.

Methanol Poisoning

What is methanol? And how does methanol poisoning happen?