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Doctors Without Borders is a medical humanitarian organization that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare. Independent. Neutral. Impartial. More: hootbio.com/DoctorsWithoutBorders

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · Aug 19

On #WorldHumanitarianDay, Doctors Without Borders calls on Canada to uphold International Humanitarian Law and protect civilians, hospitals and staff.

Now, more than ever, is the time for real action. 

Sign the petition. ✍️ www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 13h

For a decade, he has helped make our voice heard in the spaces where humanitarian principles, public health, and policy intersect, defending access to care for millions around the world.

Thank you, Jason, for your tireless dedication and unwavering advocacy for humanity.

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 13h

As a global public health expert, he has also worked on the ground during multiple emergencies from Ebola outbreaks to refugee crises and armed conflicts, bringing both compassion and evidence to his advocacy.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 13h

Jason’s leadership was also instrumental in championing humanitarian carve-outs in Canada’s Bill C-41, protecting the ability of humanitarian organizations to deliver aid.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 13h

He has guided our humanitarian diplomacy through some of the most defining global moments of the past decade including

the #COVID19 pandemic, fight for equitable access to medicines and calls to scale up humanitarian assistance in places like Haiti, DRC and CAR.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 13h

After 10 years of leading our advocacy and humanitarian diplomacy, @jwnickerson.bsky.social is stepping down.

Since joining us in 2015, he has been our voice on Parliament Hill and among Canada’s diplomatic community, a steadfast advocate for people caught in crises around the world.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 14h

Watch @sana.msf.ca's statements on the ceasefire announcement in conversation with CBC's Power and Politics.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 14h

The healthcare system in #Gaza is in ruins. Hospitals are barely functioning and medical staff have been working without fuel, electricity or food.

Our teams continue to respond in Gaza, but the needs are overwhelming.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 14h

“There's been a responsibility for world leaders including Canada to uphold International Humanitarian Law and that doesn't simply go away at the flip of a switch or the announcement of a peace agreement,” says @sana.msf.ca, Executive Director of MSF.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 16h

The announcement of the ceasefire in #Gaza is a relief but it comes after more than two years and over 67,000 lost lives.

The ceasefire must be respected because it's the only way that will allow care to be provided at the scale people desperately need.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/ceasefire-in...

Ceasefire in Gaza: Humanitarian aid must flow immediately | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

The announcement of the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza brings a welcome moment of relief for exhausted, starved and grieving Palestinians and a great relief to the families of all hostages — but...

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 1d

After 4 years, MSF concludes activities in #Panama due to reduced migrant transit. Our teams provided 163K medical consultations and treated 1955 survivors of sexual violence. We'll keep monitoring the situation and offer support if critical needs arise.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/panama-msf-c...

Panama: MSF concludes assistance activities for migrants | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

After almost four years in Panama, MSF has ended medical and humanitarian activities in the country, which have focused mainly on providing care to migrants in transit to North America. The closure is...

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 1d

#Haiti: No one should fear being shot while walking to school, shopping for groceries, or seeking care in a hospital.

In Port-au-Prince, violence is escalating. Armed clashes are sending more civilians to our hospitals with devastating injuries.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/haiti-health...

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 2d

What is one thing our colleagues lost, miss and cannot escape in #Gaza? Hear our staff reflect on living and working through the genocide.

Doctors Without Borders calls for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the bloodshed.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 2d

Watch Claire Magone, MSF General Director, share the harrowing reality of hospitals in #Gaza, from inside #NasserHospital.

We call for an immediate halt to the violence and concrete measures to protect civilians. Israeli authorities must ensure safe access to humanitarian aid.

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Sana Bég @sana.msf.ca · 8d

💔 This is Omar Hayek. He was a kind man, the sole provider for his family, & one who brought the highest level of professionalism to his work as an occupational therapist for @msf.ca.

This morning, Omar became our 14th colleague killed in an #Israeli attack.

Omar Hayek, MSF occupational therapist, smiles and gives a thumbs up as he supports a patient.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 4d

Israel’s war on #Gaza has dragged on far too long. Over the past two years, Israeli forces have killed over 66,000 people, including 15 of our staff.

We call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire, an end to the siege and access for independent humanitarian aid at scale.

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Sana Bég @sana.msf.ca · 5d

💔 (1/4) We've lost a juggernaut in @msf.ca. Abed El Hamid Qaradaya was a powerhouse with deep expertise in physiotherapy & occupational therapy.

MSF physiotherapist Abed in scrubs holding the hand of a patient.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 7d

Today marks 10 years since the bombing of the Kunduz trauma centre, #Afghanistan. We remember the 42 lives lost, including 14 MSF colleagues.

Since reopening in 2021, our teams have treated over 95,000 emergency patients. Hear how the new hospital is helping the community.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 8d

MSF strongly condemns the killing of Omar Hayek by Israeli forces this morning in #Gaza. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues.

Omar is our fourteenth colleague to be killed in Gaza since the war started. We call yet again for an end to the genocide.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 8d

This morning, we delivered your voices to Parliament.

While we don’t have a response yet, we know this: Together, our voice is powerful. And we will continue to use our voice to demand real action from the Canadian government! #cdnpoli

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 8d

Amid all the tough news, here’s a win:

Over 25k Canadians signed our petition calling the government to protect civilians, hospitals and aid workers in war zones like #DRC, #Gaza and #Sudan!

Thank you to everyone who added their voice. 📣

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Adam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 14d

Comment from @msf.ca:
"Replenishing the #GlobalFund to Fight #AIDS, #Tuberculosis and #Malaria is an opportunity for Canada to stand up for humanity" www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/replenishing...

Replenishing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an opportunity for Canada to stand up for humanity | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

MSF warns global health funding cuts risk reversing progress against HIV, TB and malaria. Critical action is needed to sustain critical programs worldwide.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 11d

A maternity hospital should be a place of hope and new beginnings. Yet in Gaza, that hope is clouded by stress and uncertainty. Even amid an offensive, hospitals should be protected.

We call for an immediate end to the violence and for concrete measures to protect civilians.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 11d

During the attacks, which continued throughout most of the night, a pregnant patient went into labour. She delivered under extremely stressful conditions and experienced postpartum complications. Both mother and baby are now stable.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 11d

Due to the proximity of tanks to the hospital, medical staff decided to relocate patients to the basement for their safety. This decision prevented more patients receiving shrapnel injuries.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 11d

At the time of the impacts, inside Al-Helou hospital there were, among others, 12 newborns in neonatal intensive care units, five patients in internal medicine, two obstetric patients and 54 staff members, according to the Ministry of Health staff.

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