🔴 In June, our colleague Ashraf Afifi was wounded by an Israeli quadcopter while he was inside his family’s tent in Gaza, Palestine. He shares his testimony:

ℹ️ Looking for an overview of what we did in 2025?  Read our International Activity Report: 

We continue to support survivors of the earthquakes in Venezuela. Last week, we provided: 🏥 1,095 medical consultations 👥 229 psycho-education sessions 🗯️ 39 group and 19 individual mental health sessions

📢 Violence is still affecting people in Gaza, Palestine, every day. On 16 July, our teams at Al-Mawasi healthcare centre received four people injured in an airstrike by Israeli forces. We treated one man before referring him to another facility for more specialised treatment.

Where did our teams provide medical care in 2025?  🌎 In our International Activity Report, we go in depth about our responses in 70+ countries, each with their own unique challenges and successes. 

The Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo continues to spread at an unprecedented rate and into new areas, while efforts to control it remain insufficient.

“We are still chasing the outbreak instead of staying ahead of it.” Expanded international support is urgently needed to bring the Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo under control.

In Ukraine, attacks on the medical system are impacting people's ability to seek care, and medical staff’s ability to provide it.

Two months after the official declaration of the Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, efforts to control it remain insufficient. An urgent scale-up of the medical response is needed.

⚠️ Attacks on healthcare in Ukraine appear to constitute a deliberate strategy to destroy the medical system. "When hospitals are struck repeatedly, when ambulances are targeted with precision drones... this is not coincidence."

🚨 Attacks on healthcare in Ukraine are too consistent to be a random consequence of war, our new report indicates. Read here:

Last year, humanitarian responses around the world faced significant threats and challenges. Read our 2025 in review:

📸 Nigeria: One of our colleagues carries a box of diphtheria vaccines with a Ministry of Health staff member. These vaccines were being distributed across Kano state, as part of a mass vaccination campaign in June.

🚧 In the West Bank, Palestine, Israeli checkpoints and barrier walls are blocking Palestinians from essential services, like medical care. Ambulances are "delayed or blocked", and the road to care is often long and dangerous:

In south Lebanon, people continue to struggle with fear, loss, and uncertainty from months of war: 🗣️ "I was deeply saddened by the scenes I witnessed." 🗣️ "I hope everyone returns to their homes, livelihoods, and land..."

🚑 Mobile clinics 💬 Mental health support 💊 Medical supplies When an earthquake hit Mindanao, Philippines, last month, our teams began an emergency response to help communities recover.

“The greatest achievement, these days, is getting home safe and sound.” In the West Bank, Palestinians contend with Israeli checkpoints and settler violence while moving around. This blocks people from reaching their medical appointments:

After an earthquake, people need psychological first aid to cope with fear, trauma, and uncertainty. That’s why mental health support was a key aspect of our response to an earthquake in the Philippines last month. Learn more:

We strongly condemn the violence that resulted in two people being injured inside the premises of our field hospital in Gaza, Palestine, on the evening of 8 July 2026. Hospitals must remain a safe space where patients can receive care, and staff can work without fear.

“It is a deliberate policy of confining people, and of territorial fragmentation.” Across the West Bank, Palestine, Israeli restrictions continue to shape Palestinians' daily lives, including their ability to reach medical care.

Two weeks after earthquakes struck Venezuela, people's humanitarian needs continue to evolve. Our response is adapting, as well.   Learn about the mobile clinics we're running for displaced families ⬇️

One month ago, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Mindanao, Philippines, forcing thousands of families from their homes. We sent mobile clinics to provide care in remote communities ⬇️

“We arrived on the 5th. On the 6th, she died.”   In DRC, Florence Baginyo, who survived Ebola, describes how her sister fell ill and died from the disease, and her own illness and survival. Her story is a sign of hope amid what remains an urgent public health threat.

We're concluding our activities in Palma, Mozambique. In five years, our teams: 🩺 Provided 76,000 outpatient consultations 🦟 Treated 20,000 malaria cases 👶 Assisted in 4,100 deliveries

“A newborn baby needs safe milk, safe food, a safe home, and clean air to breathe... None of this exists today.” Three years of destruction and displacement in Gaza has left people without proper access to water, sanitation and hygiene, resulting in children getting sick with preventable diseases.

Emergency response ➡️ Health system reconstruction ➡️ Handover We launched activities in Palma, Mozambique, in 2021, after a deadly attack made care unavailable. Five years later, health centres have re-opened and we've now concluded our operations.

🚨 Kyiv, Ukraine, 2 July: Russian military attacks cause at least 20 deaths, injure at least 86 people, including three paramedics and three ambulance driver-technicians. We condemn the attacks, which endanger both civilians and civilian access to medical care.

Following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines in early June, communities in Mindanao were left without care they needed. We sent teams into these communities to provide medical and mental health support. 

"After the war [attack], we were the first ones to support the health units."  Five years ago, we began medical activities in Palma, Mozambique. Now, the district's health centres are functioning again, and we're handing over to the Ministry of Health. 

🎥 “No outbreak can be controlled without the trust and participation of the affected people.” That’s why our response to the Ebola disease outbreak in DRC goes beyond medical care. Esperanza Santos,  an emergency coordinator, explains how we’re engaging with communities:

On 30 June, we treated six wounded people at our emergency department in Khan Younis, Gaza, following an Israeli airstrike. Two children were among the patients received by our teams. Another child was killed in the same attack.

Community health workers are playing a critical role in the Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, helping people understand the disease. Augustin Kpagbo Ngodonza tells us about his work in Mongbwalu, a hotspot of the outbreak 👇

After powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, we began donating trauma kits to hospitals in Caracas and La Guaira. As the immediate trauma phase is coming to an end, we’re turning our focus to people who have been displaced. Learn more ⬇️

Seeking safety is not a crime.

Over 1 year, 215 people were treated for injuries from remnants of war at a hospital in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. Without improved trauma care, rehabilitation services, and clearance of contaminated land, people will continue to suffer life-altering injuries.

The seasonal peak for malnutrition is now underway in southern Afghanistan, and an alarming number of children have already been admitted so far this year. We’re worried that rising needs will continue to outpace the humanitarian response:

🚨 An alarming number of children are being admitted for severe malnutrition in southern Afghanistan. So far this year, admissions at the inpatient therapeutic feeding centre in Boost Provincial hospital have reached a monthly record high compared to the last 5 years:

Daily activities like farming, herding livestock, and playing outside should not put lives at risk. But in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, people continue to be injured and killed by explosive ordnance left from years of conflict:

Our teams are assessing how we can respond to the earthquakes that struck Venezuela.

Children with malnutrition in southern Afghanistan are often arriving at facilities in critical condition. “This reflects not only worsening food insecurity, but also the breakdown of systems designed to detect and treat malnutrition at an early stage.”

People continue to be injured and killed by explosive remnants of war in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. 📢 Urgent action is needed to accelerate the clearance of land contaminated by explosive ordnance and landmines, and to address gaps in specialised care:

Today marks five years since the brutal killing of our colleagues María, Tedros, and Yohannes in Tigray, Ethiopia. The Government of Ethiopia has shown no sign of concluding and sharing the outcomes of a credible and impartial investigation.

“Here, we’re reaching people who are completely excluded from the healthcare system, which is not adapted to their situation anyway.” Learn about our mobile clinic for women living in makeshift camps in Dunkirk, France:

My colleagues in Gaza are continuing to provide specialised rehabilitation care to patients, despite supply restrictions. I know that our late colleague Abood, my friend and the cornerstone of @msf.org physiotherapy work in Gaza, would have been alongside, innovating. I’m glad to see his legacy.

We are not directly affected by humanitarian funding cuts. But some of the communities we serve are.   Read our 2025 Year in Review to learn how gaps in aid have increased demand for some of our services:

Near Dunkirk, France, displaced women are living with the consequences of violence and exclusion from healthcare. In an interview with a midwife and psychologist, learn about our mobile clinic bringing care to women in makeshift camps:

As violence escalates in Citè Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, we’ve been forced to suspend our medical activities at the Isaïe Jeanty Maternity hospital:

Relentless Israeli attacks are hitting Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon. Civilians and medical and rescue workers must be immediately protected. Pierre Boulet-Desbareau, our emergency coordinator in Lebanon, shares more about the deadly conditions:

Complex trauma wounds need specialised care, including rehabilitation. Our colleagues in Gaza are adapting their physical therapy work because of supply restrictions. Mohammed Alyazji tells us about the alternative materials being used to meet patients’ needs ⬇️

Last year was marked by a series of humanitarian crises and ongoing conflicts. Amid anti-humanitarian rhetoric, our teams assisted people in 72 countries. ⏪ Read our full Year in Review here: