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In the News
08.24.2017
Sierra Leone: Landslides in Freetown
Field news
07.31.2017
Syria: MSF responds as ongoing battle for Raqqa deprives besieged residents of urgently needed medical care
Press release
07.20.2017
Nigeria: Rainy season may worsen humanitarian crisis affecting people displaced by violence in Borno State
Press release
07.10.2017
Yemen: Urgent need for improved water and sanitation to curb cholera in Abs region
Press release
07.05.2017
Iraq: Women and children among the scores of war-wounded treated at MSF hospital in West Mosul
Press release
06.26.2017
Ethiopia: Malnutrition in Somali region reaches emergency levels
Voice from the Field
06.26.2017
'How many die before reaching the coast?': Delivering care in Libya's abysmal migration detention centres
Dispatches
06.20.2017
MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish on World Refugee Day: It's not just refugees who need our help
Press release
06.19.2017
Uganda refugee summit: Despite generous policy, basic needs of refugees are not being met
Press release
06.20.2017
Government of Canada formally recognizes Doctors Without Borders’ efforts in the fight against Ebola
Field news
06.19.2017
Pregnant women in high risk during Hepatitis E outbreak in the Diffa region, Niger
Letter from the field
06.09.2017
Airstrikes or landmines: the deadly choice facing residents of Raqqa in Syria
Press release
06.08.2017
Fear grips Central African Republic's second city as conflict and renewed violence draw closer to Bambari
Field news
06.02.2017
Malnutrition and cholera crises in South Sudan increase as thousands flee attacks in Yuai and Waat
Press release
05.23.2017
Yemen: MSF calls for urgent response as cholera outbreak threatens to get out of control
Dispatches
05.18.2017
A Canadian coordinator pays tribute to local MSF staff in Central African Republic — and to one particularly exceptional colleague
05.23.2017
Libya: MSF continues to provide medical care to migrants and refugees detained in Tripoli
Dispatches
05.11.2017
MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish on how people fleeing violence in Central America become victims of abuse in Mexico
Voice from the Field
05.04.2017
Rebuilding lives shattered by war: Testimonies from MSF's Hamdaniya hospital in Iraq
Press release
05.01.2017
Humanitarian crisis in Yemen needs to stop: MSF speaks out for more financial and diplomatic help
Field news
04.26.2017
Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF mass vaccination campaign protects more than 700,000 from measles
Press release
04.18.2017
Nigeria: Dramatic increase of people displaced by violence and insecurity in Borno State
Video
04.11.2017
MSF PULSE: Why we speak out about what we see on the front lines of humanitarian crises
Press release
04.05.2017
Syria: Khan Sheikhoun victims have symptoms consistent with exposure to chemical substances
Dispatches
03.17.2017
Canadians on Mission: Meet the field workers who helped MSF make a lifesaving difference in 2016
Young woman lays on hospital bed
Dispatches
03.06.2017
'You have been heard': A Canadian MSF nurse on delivering care to refugee victims of sexual violence
Dispatches
03.23.2017
The global migration crisis will be a test of Canada's humanity: MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish
Dispatches
03.20.2017
Stopping a 'silent killer': One Canadian's efforts to help MSF reduce the spread of Chagas in Bolivia
Video
02.27.2017
MSF Pulse: Learn more about the malnutrition crisis taking place in South Sudan
Press release
02.02.2017
Libya: MSF raises grave concerns about inhumane detention conditions for migrants
Dispatches
02.10.2017
'They want to go home with a healthy baby': A Canadian obstetrician helps MSF deliver maternal care in Pakistan
Dispatches
02.22.2017
'Some people don't survive': A Canadian MSF nurse on delivering care to people fleeing violence in Iraq
Voice from the Field
02.21.2017
'As the population moves, our staff goes with them': Finding ways to deliver care amid South Sudan's conflict
Press release
02.03.2017
South Sudan: Fleeing civilians cut off from emergency healthcare in Wau Shilluk
Field news
01.24.2017
Iraq: MSF provides mental-health care for those displaced and traumatized by violence and conflict in Mosul
Voice from the Field
01.24.2017
Eastern Ukraine: MSF mental health teams try to help residents cope with continuing impact of conflict and loss
Dispatches
01.12.2017
Canadians on Mission: A field coordinator from Yukon on the needs of Syrian refugees she met in Lebanon
Voice from the Field
01.20.2017
Displacement camp attack in Nigeria: 'Most of the dead and injured were women and children'
Voice from the Field
01.12.2017
Frozen out by Europe: Thousands trapped in freezing temperatures in Greece and the Balkans
Video
12.21.2016
Thank you for your support in 2016! Your generosity helped MSF deliver lifesaving medical care around the world
Dispatches
01.04.2017
Supporter Stories: A former MSF physician and his mother share a lifelong legacy of care for people in need
Dispatches
12.19.2016
In a year of conflict and crisis, our humanitarian action made a lifesaving difference: MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish
Video
12.19.2016
'We had to save the baby': A Canadian nurse encounters tragedy and hope at MSF's maternity hospital in Haiti
Field news
01.04.2017
Crisis in northeastern Nigeria: ‘As a medical organization, it’s not usually MSF’s job to provide people with food’
Press release
12.13.2016
MSF calls on sides to spare the lives of civilians as the battle for Aleppo in Syria reaches a critical point
Dispatches
12.09.2016
How a determined group of Canadian grandmothers helped MSF's campaign for lower vaccine prices succeed
Slideshow
12.02.2016
Haiti photo gallery: Hurricane Matthew response, Port-à-Piment mobile clinics
In the News
12.01.2016
Migrant lives at risk: 10 things you need to know about the Mediterranean crisis
Voice from the Field
11.18.2016
'Our supplies won't last much longer': Testimony from a doctor working under the bombardment of East Aleppo in Syria
Press release
11.16.2016
Tanzania: Urgent increase in assistance for people fleeing Burundi is needed, as refugee camps are now full
Dispatches
11.07.2016
'You see a lot of kids with injuries': A B.C. nurse helps MSF provide care to people trapped by Yemen's civil war
Dispatches
10.25.2016
A Canadian doctor reports from the front lines of MSF's response to Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
Dispatches
10.21.2016
'Where is human rights?' In Calais, people forced from home face both a humanitarian and moral crisis
Dispatches
10.26.2016
Humanitarian work with MSF is an option for trained medical staff who are immigrants to Canada
Op-ed
10.21.2016
'There is No Such Thing as Free Vaccines': Why MSF Rejected Pfizer’s Donation Offer of Pneumonia Vaccines
Press release
10.15.2016
Syria: Four hospitals bombed within 24 hours, latest attacks in east Aleppo leave medical care in tatters
Video
10.21.2016
Haiti: MSF teams deliver urgently needed care via helicopter to people trapped by Hurricane Matthew
Op-ed
10.03.2016
One year since the attack on MSF in Kunduz, medical care in conflict zones is under greater threat than ever
Voice from the Field
09.30.2016
'We face death every day': An MSF-supported doctor describes the horrors of life under siege in Aleppo
Dispatches
09.27.2016
A Canadian MSF surgeon's lifetime of expertise brings care to wounded patients in the world's war zones
Speech/open letter
09.28.2016
'Stop bombing hospitals': MSF's Dr. Joanne Liu calls on UN Security Council to uphold protection of civilians in war zones
Dispatches
09.26.2016
Walk Without Borders: Two Vancouver Island friends take on the historic Via Egnatia to raise funds for MSF
Dispatches
09.22.2016
'All people are worthy of our help': Canadian husband and wife put careers on hold to work overseas with MSF
Dispatches
09.20.2016
The Less-Told Migration Story and its Humanitarian Consequences: An MSF Canada report on the global displacement crisis
Op-ed
09.16.2016
A Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and malaria together: MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish on tackling the world's biggest killers
Press release
09.08.2016
Aleppo, Syria: 'We are under attack almost every day. Life has become almost impossible'
Dispatches
08.31.2016
Treating patients and creating hope: A Canadian coordinator reports from MSF's surgical project for Syrian war-wounded in Jordan
Press release
08.30.2016
Mediterranean Sea: MSF ship Dignity I assists with rescues of 3,000 people in a single day
Dispatches
08.05.2016
A Toronto doctor receives a warm welcome while delivering care to Syrian refugees in Lebanon with MSF
Dispatches
08.19.2016
Five Essential Topics for World Humanitarian Day 2016
Press release
08.18.2016
Northern Yemen: MSF evacuates staff following indiscriminate bombings, unreliable assurances by Saudi-led coalition
Dispatches
08.03.2016
'A state of paralysis': A Canadian MSF nurse on the struggle to provide care to Syrians trapped on the Jordan border
Voice from the Field
07.29.2016
Trapped in transit: MSF hears disturbing testimony from refugees, migrants and asylum seekers escaping Libya
Dispatches
07.28.2016
Sierra Leone: A Canadian nurse in a country with one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world
Voice from the Field
07.21.2016
'They are still afraid': An MSF coordinator describes the impact of renewed violence in South Sudan
Press release
07.20.2016
Jordan: MSF calls for medical evacuation of Syrian war-wounded through the sealed northern border
Press release
07.14.2016
MSF denounces expensive pneumonia vaccine as barrier to protecting refugee children
Press release
07.13.2016
South Sudan: Responding to medical needs after intense fighting in Juba
Press release
07.20.2016
Nigeria: Health crisis in Borno State, with high rates of malnutrition
Speech/open letter
05.13.2016
'People need your help and protection': An open letter to European leaders from MSF president Dr. Joanne Liu
Press release
06.21.2016
South Sudan: MSF report on massacre in Malakal Protection of Civilians site shows UN failure
Idea/Opinion
06.16.2016
From MSF Canada's executive director: We must uphold promises to global refugee community
Research article
06.20.2016
World Refugee Day: The humanitarian consequences of restrictive migration policies
Field news
06.03.2016
MSF teams provide treatment and prevention for yellow fever in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
Opinion and debate
05.12.2016
MSF urges Kenyan government to reconsider the closure of the Dadaab refugee camps
Field news
05.12.2016
Greece: 50,000 people stranded in refugee camps and detention centres following EU-Turkey deal
Press release
05.05.2016
MSF announces that it will not attend the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit in Turkey
Field news
05.04.2016
'Stop the attacks': MSF president Joanne Liu calls on members of UN Security Council to protect civilians and hospitals in war zones
Press release
04.29.2016
MSF's initial reaction to the US military's investigative report on the attack on the MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan
Dispatches
05.03.2016
'This cannot continue': MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish on why the UN — and Canada — must reaffirm that hospitals are #NotATarget
Field news
04.28.2016
Syria: Airstrikes kill at least 14 people, including patients and doctors, in the bombing of an MSF-supported hospital in Aleppo
Video
04.25.2016
World Malaria Day: A Canadian nurse describes MSF's innovative efforts to reduce child deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo
Field news
04.25.2016
'We again refuse to look on from the shore': MSF resumes search-and-rescue activities in the central Mediterranean Sea
Dispatches
04.18.2016
Dispatches Spring 2016: Introducing MSF Canada's new digital magazine
Voice from the Field
03.17.2016
Terror and exile in Syria: Five years of war, exodus and urgent medical needs
Dispatches
03.10.2016
Stranded: A Canadian MSF doctor describes the plight of people trapped on the Greek and Macedonian border
Dispatches
03.04.2016
'Victims deserve access to medical care': A Canadian nurse on the challenges of responding to sexual violence in conflict settings
Video
03.07.2016
International Women's Day 2016: A Canadian MSF field worker on how sexual violence is used as a weapon of war in South Sudan
Dispatches
03.04.2016
'Patients pulled out their IVs and ran': A Canadian MSF doctor describes the recent violence in Malakal, South Sudan
Op-ed
02.29.2016
Amid hospital bombings, rules of war ring hollow: MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish on why civilians are #NotATarget
Voice from the Field
03.07.2016
Return to Abuser: New MSF report reveals cycle of abuse for survivors of family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea
Press release
02.18.2016
South Sudan: At least 18 people, including MSF staff members, killed as a result of violence in Malakal
Press release
02.18.2016
War in Syria: MSF report shows more than one in three wounded or dead are women or children
Press release
02.15.2016
Syria: At least seven killed and eight missing in another attack on an MSF-supported hospital in Idlib province
Video
02.12.2016
Caught in the crossfire: A Canadian nurse's harrowing tale of coming under attack in Yemen
Op-ed
02.11.2016
'The war in Syria is being waged against the country’s own people': MSF President Dr. Joanne Liu
Field news
01.29.2016
Central African Republic: As elections loom, little hope for return among those displaced by ongoing sectarian crisis
Report
01.25.2016
Top five epidemics to watch in 2016: Possible disease outbreaks in the year ahead that most concern MSF
Press release
01.25.2016
'We refuse to accept this': MSF demands answers for attacks on health facilities in Yemen
Dispatches
01.22.2016
Working for MSF: How humanitarian experience can contribute to your development as a healthcare professional
Special report
01.20.2016
Obstacle to Europe: An MSF report on the catastrophic failure to respond to the needs of refugees and migrants
Op-ed
01.14.2016
After the outbreak, what have we learned? An MSF expert looks at the long shadow cast by Ebola
Press release
01.10.2016
MSF-supported hospital bombed in northern Yemen, killing patients and injuring staff
Dispatches
01.04.2016
Reasons for hope: A New Year's message from MSF Canada executive director Stephen Cornish
Video
01.14.2016
As the Ebola epidemic in West Africa formally ends, MSF says world must learn lessons for future outbreaks
Press release
01.05.2016
MSF ends search-and-rescue operations on the Mediterranean Sea after more than 20,000 rescues in 2015
Voice from the Field
12.22.2015
'We can’t just stop our life because of the war': A Canadian nurse reports from the front lines in Yemen
Press release
01.07.2016
Syria: Siege and starvation in Madaya — immediate evacuations and medical resupply essential to save lives
Publications
12.21.2015
A year in pictures: Top stories and photography from the MSF photo desk in 2015
Video
12.17.2015
On behalf of MSF's patients and staff, we thank you for all your support in 2015
Voice from the Field
12.11.2015
'Mother and baby are doing well': Stories from the MSF urgent obstetric hospital in Haiti
Dispatches
12.14.2015
Canadians on Mission: Sideeka Narayan, a Toronto nurse in Democratic Republic of Congo
Dispatches
11.24.2015
Supporter Stories: Nine-year-old Aiden Ospina goes the distance to help MSF patients
Press release
12.12.2015
Update: At least 42 people now confirmed to have been killed by October airstrike in Kunduz
Field news
12.07.2015
Chad: MSF teams providing support following deadly attack on Koulfa Island in Lake Chad region
Field news
12.11.2015
Haiti: Unprecedented patient numbers at MSF hospital following healthcare funding cuts
Press release
12.09.2015
MSF delivers petition to White House calling for an independent investigation into Kunduz attack
Field news
12.03.2015
Yemen: Nine wounded in Saudi-led coalition airstrike on MSF clinic in Taiz
Press release
12.03.2015
Refugee crisis: MSF and Greenpeace launch lifesaving operations in the Aegean Sea
In the News
12.01.2015
Syria: Bombing of MSF-supported hospital kills seven, injures 47 and partially destroys the facility
In the News
12.01.2015
World AIDS Day: Despite better access to treatment, MSF study finds many patients in Africa still die
Press release
12.01.2015
World AIDS Day: Antiretroviral drugs fail to reach patients in countries most affected by HIV
Video
12.01.2015
World AIDS Day: An important message to HIV patients from the streets of Khayelitsha, South Africa
Field news
11.27.2015
'They can't find a safe place to stay': MSF assists victims of yet another wave of violence in Niger
Press release
11.25.2015
'More questions than answers': MSF's initial reaction to the US military investigation into Kunduz attack
Letter from the field
11.27.2015
Lake Chad region: 'The only certainty is that people will remain uprooted and continue to live in fear'
Field news
11.23.2015
Syria: MSF appalled that another hospital it supports in Damascus has been hit by missiles
Letter from the field
11.26.2015
In memoriam: MSF remembers our colleagues killed in the Kunduz attacks
Field news
11.19.2015
South Sudan: Living conditions in UN's Malakal protection camp are jeopardizing the health of thousands
Slideshow
11.19.2015
'Sickness is spreading': Families and children struggle to survive in a UN protection camp in South Sudan
Field news
11.18.2015
Burundi: MSF treats 60 people wounded in grenade explosions during violence in Bujumbura
Voice from the Field
11.13.2015
Yemen: MSF staff describe the impact of airstrikes on our hospital and the town of Haydan
In the News
11.07.2015
With the Ebola outbreak officially over in Sierra Leone, an MSF health specialist looks at remaining challenges
Press release
11.05.2015
'Conducted with a purpose to kill and destroy': MSF releases internal review of the Kunduz hospital attack
Field news
11.03.2015
South Sudan: Violence against the civilian population escalating as conflict intensifies in Unity State
Press release
11.02.2015
Syria: Horrific bombing in Damascus 'breaches everything the rules of war stand for'
Press release
10.27.2015
Yemen: MSF hospital in Saada destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes; no casualties reported
Field news
10.23.2015
Afghanistan: The death toll from the attack on MSF's hospital in Kunduz is still rising
Field news
10.23.2015
Ukraine: Termination of MSF medical activities in Donetsk will have life-threatening consequences for thousands of people
Dispatches
10.23.2015
‘I want to save lives’: A Nigerian MSF doctor’s desire to help others takes her to South Sudan and Uganda — and to Canada
Field news
10.26.2015
Yemen: MSF vehicles are prevented from delivering essential medical aid to besieged area of Taiz
Video
10.20.2015
Childbirth on the Mediterranean: Meet Divan, delivered on an MSF boat after his mother was rescued at sea
Dispatches
12.17.2015
Canadians on Mission: Cynthia Birikundavyi, an administrator from Montreal working with MSF in Niger