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There is an extreme level of violence in Port-au-Prince as armed groups fight for control. Only two trauma hospitals are still functioning and they are overloaded.

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“Targeting civilians and using rape as a war weapon and destroying full villages and mass killing” - devastating stories from the war in Sudan: apnews.com/article/suda... @doctorswithoutborders.org

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100 days in, US aid cuts have been a "wrecking ball just completely destroying the infrastructure, the capacity to follow up, the availability of resources to the world's most vulnerable," @doctorswithoutborders.org CEO Avril Benoît tells @nozyparka.bsky.social @time.com time.com/7281364/fore...

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The first 100 days of a growing global health and humanitarian emergency: US cuts to foreign aid are hurting people caught in conflict and crisis. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/first... @doctorswithoutborders.org

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North Darfur: Since the Rapid Support Forces launched a large-scale ground offensive on Sudan's Zamzam camp on April 11, hundreds of thousands of people have fled, joining communities already besieged and deprived of lifesaving aid El Fasher, the neighboring capital city. 🧵1/

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Last night's @pbsnews.org story from the Sudan-Chad border covered the extraordinarily painful topic of sexual violence in war. Shining through the anguish is the humanity of the survivors, the social worker Zahra Khamis and the medical work of @doctorswithoutborders.org. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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Powerful @pbsnews.org story, raising the voices of refugees fleeing war in Sudan. Also shows @doctorswithoutborders.org response in eastern Chad where resources are stretched too thin. The humanitarian needs must not be ignored and cannot wait - they are today's problems. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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I wish for better news from Haiti. @doctorswithoutborders.org is withdrawing from 2 medical facilities in Port-au-Prince for at least 3 months, following a recent attack and deteriorating insecurity, while our medical programs continue in other sites. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/extre...

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Sudanese refugees describe the war that they fled in this moving @nytimes.com video filmed at a @doctorswithoutborders.org clinic on the Chadian border. I'm grateful for all those who show humanity and compassion in the face of violence these days. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

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"We shouldn't allow humanitarian assistance anywhere in the world to be beholden to political negotiations," @doctorswithoutborders.org secretary general Chris Lockyear says in this in-depth interview. An important message in a world of myriad humanitarian crises. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn5i...

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Thoughts with everyone in Myanmar

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Desperate situation in Haiti just keeps worsening 💔💔 apnews.com/article/hait...

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti: MSF vehicles were fired upon while we were evacuating staff from Turgeau Emergency Center because of fighting in the area. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...

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The war in Sudan is a catastrophic "war on people," @doctorswithoutborders.org Secretary General Christopher Lockyear tells the UN Security Council, calling for an end to violence against civilians and a new commitment to deliver lifesaving aid: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-b...

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A deadly wave of cholera in Sudan's White Nile state happened because of an attack that knocked out power to the water distribution network. 92 people have died. @doctorswithoutborders.org is responding and speaking out: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan...

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24,000+ people have fled violence in Port-au-Prince since mid-Feb while the aid funding suspension has reduced the availability of water. @doctorswithoutborders.org is responding but can’t cover many needs www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...

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Far too many people are dying because of the war in Sudan. A sobering analysis in @science.org with perspectives from @doctorswithoutborders.org. www.science.org/content/arti...

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An offensive by the Rapid Support Forces reached Sudan's largest displacement camp yesterday and fighting is endangering people who fled there. An MSF team received 40 patients but cannot refer anyone for surgery. Armed groups must let people escape: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan...

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MSF staff reach northern Gaza - a scene of immense destruction. People are living in rubble in winter conditions. It is essential to ensure consistent, safe, and secure delivery of humanitarian assistance.

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From @cbsnews.com this morning - an on-the-ground look at the malnutrition crisis caused by war in Sudan. Mohammed Fadlalla of @doctorswithoutborders.org explains the medical consequences and the need for more lifesaving aid: www.cbsnews.com/video/how-sh...

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@cbsnews.com reports on child malnutrition amid the war in Sudan, where parents must take their children across front lines to receive care. Now the US aid freeze is further endangering these vulnerable lives. @doctorswithoutborders.org supports this Omdurman hospital www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

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A powerful interview from @doctorswithoutborders.org medical team leader Javid Abdelmoneim in Omdurman, Sudan, where attacks are causing mass casualties among civilians while the sudden U.S. foreign aid freeze is devastating for people trying to help www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/T...

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Jérôme Tubiana writes from Sudan's Darfur region: "the freshest tombs in the Tawila cemetery belong to children who died of malnutrition.... They had no other food than grass.” A tragedy more than 20 years in the making. @msffrance.bsky.social @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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The loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people. Here's our statement on how the freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...

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We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid

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Far from global attention, a devastating war is raging in Sudan. Today an attack struck a market in the city of Omdurman, causing mass casualties among men, women and children. MSF staff witnessed the devastation and spoke out. We are supporting the hospital treating the wounded.

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The extraordinary endTB trial offers a path to much shorter and less toxic curative therapy for drug resistant tuberculosis. This is huge news. Hopefully we'll see these regimens adopted quickly, especially now that bedaquiline is more affordable. So grateful to all the researchers involved.

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Americans have always absurdly overestimated the cost and underestimated the value of foreign assistance. And humanitarian relief aid is a sliver within the sliver that aid represents in the national budget

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"No one is exempt from violence here, but the impact on women and girls is disproportionate." An eye-opening look at the humanitarian crisis in Haiti from @msf.ca head of mission Diana Manilla Arroyo. @newhumanitarian.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/20...

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Welcoming @doctorswithoutborders.org to Bluesky!

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Miami's WLRN speaks with @msf.ca about sexual violence in Haiti and the need to do more for survivors www.wlrn.org/americas/202...

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Ugh, someone is impersonating me on BlueSky. Here's a screengrab of the account - note the extra "m" after "tim". I've reported this through BlueSky and invite you to report it too.

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#DRCongo: Since this morning, there has been intense gunfire in the immediate vicinity of the General Referral Hospital (HGR) in #Masisi, North Kivu. Two civilians who were in front of the hospital have been hit, one of whom was fatally wounded.

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Colleagues with @MSF.ca in Haiti provide care every day to survivors of sexual violence. Over the course of a year, they see more than 4,000 survivors, many of whom have practical needs as well. Sharing a story that highlights this crisis: www.youtube.com/shorts/Kdvxa...

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Another troubling event in the war in Sudan: @msf.ca suspends all its medical activities at a Khartoum hospital after repeated attacks. Health needs remain very high, including pediatric and maternal patients, malnutrition and infectious diseases. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan...

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“Words cannot describe this kind of thing,” said Mohamed Ahmed, deputy head of @msf.ca in Sudan, recalling children who arrived in his clinic in Gedaref state after fleeing multiple times during the past 20+ months of war. “It’s really a feeling of desperation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/w...

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Stories of survival give us hope. “As a physician anywhere, we get touched by the lives of the patients that we care for.” Dr. Gillian Burkhardt of @msf.ca reflects on the fight against maternal mortality in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region. www.kevinmdpodcast.com/how-conflict...

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Important new report from @msf.ca on conditions in Gaza: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-...

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One of the few remaining hospitals in Haiti’s capital was attacked and emptied this week, leaving more people without health care in a country in crisis @miamiherald.bsky.social www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

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Recent attacks on displaced people in Darfur show the inhumanity of the war in Sudan: www.npr.org/2024/12/18/n...

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Sharing what my office put together for 2025 - making sure kids are healthy is the best thing I can imagine

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Some (qualified) good news from Haiti. @msf.ca is partially restarting medical activities after suspending them for 3 weeks because of threats. Ambulances are still at high risk and we haven't been able to restart them yet. Hoping for better days ahead. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...

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A devastating and detailed look at how the world's famine response is failing in Sudan.

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A malnutrition crisis has grown in northern Nigeria for the past two years, new survey data from @msf.ca is showing - highlighting the consequences of climate, conflict and economic turmoil for people on the edge of survival. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/malnu...

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People fleeing war in Sudan are going hungry - in Chad, it's not a question of whether aid agencies can reach them (we can), it's a question of resources. A rare look at the crisis: apnews.com/article/suda... @asssociatedpress.bsky.social @smednick.bsky.social @msf.ca

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Doctors Without Borders is raising the alarm about an ongoing attack on Sudan's largest displacement camp, where people already face catastrophic malnutrition. More attention and pressure is needed to halt these attacks. Spread the word: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan... @msf.ca

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