Using solar panels to power hospitals means lower costs and uninterrupted care. That’s why we upgraded the power system at Mudug hospital in Somalia.  Mohsin Rafiq explains why this change is better for our patients and the environment 👇

Welcome to the workshop of our Kunduz trauma centre in Afghanistan, where our logistics team makes medical devices that help people with their mobility, on site and for lower cost. Check out how they make a pair of crutches from start to finish 👇

Welcome to Sitsandziwe clinic, our facility in Eswatini where people can access sexual and reproductive care, as well as mental health support. Join Maysa Hassan for a tour and learn about our services 👇

Safe abortion care is healthcare.

Esther Karume takes us to Abaiang, Kiribati, where she leads health screenings for women of child-bearing age, testing blood sugar levels and blood pressure to identify risks early and protect both mother and child 👇

👋 Meet Kemoh Kargbo, play counselor at our mother and child hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone!  He helps children regain their strength after illness: “Play can really benefit children’s development and mental well-being. It fosters confidence, and lays a vital foundation for their mental health.”

Seeking safety is not a crime.

Dr Salah Eltahir is a surgeon in Somalia, working at our new fistula care unit in Baidoa. He tells us what fistula is, and why comprehensive treatment is so important 👇

🤖 AI isn’t just for writing emails- it's for diagnosing tuberculosis, too!   Check out how our team in Tondo, Philippines, uses AI-assisted radiography to interpret x-rays quickly and accurately ⬇️

In Kenema, Sierra Leone, play is more than fun—it’s healing.   📸 At our mother and child hospital, play therapy helps children regain confidence, overcome developmental delays, and build lifelong mental health resilience.

👋 Meet Helina Tsegaye! She is a counsellor with us in Tigray, Ethiopia. Helina has an important message to share: “The brain is part of the body; just as the stomach can get sick, so can the mind. It is important to seek professional help when needed. Mental health care saves lives.”

👋 Meet Nombuso Ntshalintshali, our laboratory manager at Sitsandziwe clinic in Eswatini! Her lab uses a ‘test and treat’ approach, giving fast, accurate results for sexually transmitted infections so that patients can get targeted medications that reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance.

Measles cases are rapidly rising across Central, South, and West Darfur, Sudan. Our teams are treating patients, and know that “countless lives could be saved” if an urgent measles vaccination campaign is launched:

Dr Zaid Seni sat down with us to discuss the legacy of our work in Beira, Mozambique, where we spent 11 years providing care to people living with HIV ⬇️

The city of El Fasher quickly became one of the most violent flashpoints in the raging war in Sudan. We spoke with people from the city who are now living in Chad, to hear what El Fasher was like before the war, and what forced them to flee:

Dr Zaid Seni worked with us in Mozambique for six years, providing care to stigmatised community members in Beira. Now that our work in Beira has finished, he looks back at the 11 years we spent providing HIV care in the city ⬇️

Khader has a medical condition which requires a special formula for his nutrition. Living in Gaza, he has now gone two years without this formula, causing his medical condition to worsen. Khader’s mother describes what it’s like to wait for his medical evacuation:

100,000+ people fled their homes in northern Mozambique a few weeks ago. The places where they are staying lack adequate shelter, sanitation services, and access to food. How our teams are responding:

Throughout the war in Sudan, Noor, Mohammed, Mawahib, and Nasr have seen their city, El Fasher, bombed, besieged, and destroyed. Today, from a refugee camp in Chad, they use their phones to bear witness to the suffering in their neighbourhoods.

“The shells didn’t differentiate between who was a civilian, or who was a small child.” In our latest documentary, people from El Fasher, Sudan, describe what it was like living in the city before the war started, and what forced them to flee ⬇️

As part of an emergency response in northern Mozambique, where 100,000+ people fled their homes in recent weeks, our teams are providing: 🩺 Consultations 🤰 Maternity services 🧠 Mental health support More on our activities:

“Things were okay back then. There was treatment, even if it was little. But now, there is nothing.” Hanan, a mother from Gaza, Palestine, describes what it is like waiting for her to be medically evacuated:

Cyclone Ditwah caused devastating floods and landslides across Sri Lanka. We’re delivering tents and heavy plastic sheeting for people to use as shelter. More from our colleague, David Croft 👇

A few weeks ago, 100,000+ people were forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique. Here’s how our team is responding ⬇️

Seeking safety is not a crime.

For nearly three years, we worked with communities in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Brazil to address high rates of malaria and mental health concerns ⬇️

In the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, we adapted our medical work to respect the traditional knowledge of the people who protect Brazil’s forests. Read how we worked with cultural mediators to provide care to communities in the area:

Our new emergency service at Gwoza General hospital in Nigeria is run out of a rehabilitated facility, where patients can receive care in a resuscitation room, wound-dressing room, and separate observation rooms for men and women.

Sam Bradpiece recently returned from Democratic Republic of Congo. 📸 Using his own photography, he explains how conflict is playing into overlapping crises in the country’s eastern region ⬇️

🎨 We’re commemorating 40 years of humanitarian action in Colombia. Since the eruption of the Nevado del Ruíz Volcano in 1985, our colleagues have been providing medical care to people affected by natural disasters, violence, and epidemics in rural and urban areas.

In August, we launched emergency medical activities at Gwoza General hospital in Borno state, Nigeria ⬇️

Yesterday, I briefed the UN Security Council about the eastern region of the DRC. I urged the Council to find the will to insist that civilians are not expendable, and that their rights to safety and dignity are non-negotiable. Read my full address: https://msf.me/UNSC-address

For nearly three years, we worked in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Brazil, bringing culturally sensitive care closer to communities ⬇️

A psychologist working with us in Hebron, in the West Bank of Palestine, explains why Palestinians live in a state of preparation for loss:

In a briefing, Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, our International President, urged the UN Security Council to turn their understanding of the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo into the will to meaningfully protect civilians. Read his full address:

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, @intlpresident.msf.org, is briefing the UN Security Council on the staggering amount of violence that our colleagues are witnessing in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Join now and watch live ⬇️

I’m in New York, ready to brief the UN Security Council about the staggering levels of violence that my @msf.org colleagues are witnessing in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tune in live for my speech at 10am EST/ 4pm CET 👇 https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k128ujpf65

In the first half of the year, we treated 3,600 people for violence-related injuries in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. While there is no simple explanation for the violence across the region, there is a commonality: civilians pay the highest price.

We are outraged by an airstrike on Mrauk-U general hospital, one of the few functioning medical facilities in Rakhine state, Myanmar, on 10 December.  We call on all parties to the conflict to uphold the principles of international humanitarian law.

“I was born in war. It’s all I have ever known.” The eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for three decades. In our medical work, we see how often civilians are paying the heaviest price of this continuous violence.

In the West Bank of Palestine, fear of violence is not new. It is “a long, grinding, generational trauma” that people are forced to live through ⬇️

The eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo is an arena for several overlapping conflicts, where civilians are often paying the heaviest price.

Our colleague, who works with us as a psychologist in the West Bank of Palestine, sees how the anticipation of violence creates anxiety in nearly every one of their patients. She explains this “state of readiness” that people have been forced to live in:

Communities in South Sudan face overlapping crises: 🔴 conflict 🔴 flooding 🔴 disease outbreaks 🔴 severe shortages of medical staff and medicines. National and international funding and assistance must be urgently scaled up to support health and humanitarian needs.

🎥 Simi Basheer describes how our teams are responding to people and communities affected by Cyclone Ditwah in and around Colombo, Sri Lanka.

On the night of 4 December, Russian forces carried out a major aerial attack in the city of Sloviansk, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. A blast hit only metres from our staff house.

More than 20 years ago, the world mobilised for Darfur, Sudan. Today, world leaders shouldn’t look away from the plight of El Fasher. We cannot let El Fasher become a milestone of horrific violence. Read more from me and @msf.org on @aljazeera.com:

People in South Sudan are being left behind in crisis:  • Escalating violence • Gaps in healthcare • Decreasing aid funding National and international funding and assistance must be urgently scaled up. Our new report 👇

Dr Salah Eltahir is a surgeon in Somalia, working at our new fistula care unit in Baidoa. He tells us what fistula is, and why comprehensive treatment is so important 👇

📸 We're working with patients in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh to overcome challenges of managing type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Self-monitoring blood glucose meters and clay pot storage for insulin are bringing care closer to home, so people don’t have to travel so often to the clinic.