Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

The inpatient malnutrition ward of Mudug Regional hospital in Somalia has been operating beyond capacity, with over 1,300 children admitted in the first half of the year. Children are arriving to the ward later and sicker, after health facilities within communities have closed across Mudug region. MSF calls on donors, UN agencies, and health authorities to restore and scale up malnutrition treatment at the general healthcare level across Mudug.

Home Yemen War and conflict As conflict engulfs Mocha, health workers keep hospital open In Yemen, the escalation of the conflict and the rapid advance of Ansar Allah forces on the western coast have had a profound impact on Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) activities. From Aden, Lou Cormack, MSF Country Coordinator in Yemen, explains the situation. “Our teams have been present in Mocha and the surrounding area since 2018.

On Monday, 31 August, the Oyvon, a search and rescue vessel operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), rescued 18 people in distress on the central Mediterranean Sea. Most were Eritrean, and 12 were unaccompanied minors, including one young girl. The rescue took place within the Maltese search and rescue zone, and the survivors were brought to Trapani, Sicily, which the Italian authorities designated as the place of safety on Tuesday, 1 September.

As war is driving people's health needs in Sudan, humanitarian aid funding cuts are leaving people without lifesaving care. As more clinics close, people are forced to take longer, more dangerous journeys to reach care. Governments and institutional donors must protect funding for essential health services, and provide flexible transitional financing where facilities are at risk of closure.

In eastern Chad, near the border with Sudan, more than 117,000 refugees live in the Ouré-Cassoni camp. As new families continue to arrive after fleeing the war in Sudan, needs are increasing while humanitarian funding is declining. In this isolated camp, the consequences of reduced aid are being felt directly in people’s daily lives. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges for Ouré-Cassoni to be among the priorities of the humanitarian response in Chad.

During the last week of August, MSF teams in Mauritania and Senegal assisted people who had disembarked from boats attempting to cross to the Canary Islands. Our support included providing medical care, essential items, and emergency mental health care. West African and European governments must put in place safe and legal pathways for migration.

At Tabontebike primary school on the remote atoll of Abaiang, Kiribati, the school bell rings out, signalling the start of recess. Children stream out from classrooms, bare feet racing towards the shade of breadfruit trees through the mid-morning humidity. Nearby a team from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) gathers under a buia. This raised structure, built from coconut tree wood with a palm-thatched roof offers shade and ventilation from the island heat.

Three weeks after the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on 10 August, the initial phase of the emergency has ended, but thousands of people are still facing difficulties accessing medical care, mental health support, food, and materials to rebuild their homes. Although the earthquake severely affected cities such as Cali and Pereira, the most critical gaps remain in areas that have long faced poverty, barriers to healthcare, and the presence of armed groups.

Women queue at water points in the Al-Safa camps in Abu Jubayhah locality, South Kordofan state, Sudan. Jerrycans surround them, waiting to be filled. Until recently, getting water meant walking at least three kilometres. This daily scene is part of a wider reality in Abu Jubayhah, which has become one of the main areas hosting displaced people in South Kordofan. Some live in camps such as Al-Safa, while many others have settled within the host community.

Placing communities in Cameroon at the heart of cholera prevention efforts is the basis of a new initiative between Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Cameroon’s Ministry of Health (MoH). The project – launched in November 2024 in Djoungolo, a neighbourhood of the country’s capital, Yaoundé, that has been regularly affected by cholera – addresses factors that contribute to the resurgence and transmission of the disease to strengthen prevention capacities often already in place.