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Hi Bluesky community! We're excited to be here to share important humanitarian stories.
Would you let your network know where to find us? This is just a snapshot of what we stand for as an emergency medical organization:
Would you let your network know where to find us? This is just a snapshot of what we stand for as an emergency medical organization:
Blackouts in Ukraine are affecting the functioning of hospitals. As the region braces for extreme sub-zero weather in the coming days, our colleagues in Dnipropetrovsk are attempting to treat elderly and infirm patients for hypothermia without electricity or running water.
January 8, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Blackouts in Ukraine are affecting the functioning of hospitals. As the region braces for extreme sub-zero weather in the coming days, our colleagues in Dnipropetrovsk are attempting to treat elderly and infirm patients for hypothermia without electricity or running water.
Here's an update on Haiti:
On Tuesday, January 6, the building used for MSF's medical activities in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, became a battlefield amid intense fighting between an armed group and the Haitian National Police.
On Tuesday, January 6, the building used for MSF's medical activities in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, became a battlefield amid intense fighting between an armed group and the Haitian National Police.
January 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Here's an update on Haiti:
On Tuesday, January 6, the building used for MSF's medical activities in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, became a battlefield amid intense fighting between an armed group and the Haitian National Police.
On Tuesday, January 6, the building used for MSF's medical activities in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, became a battlefield amid intense fighting between an armed group and the Haitian National Police.
Pakistan’s widespread deportation campaign has left Afghan refugees torn between seeking care and risking arrest. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/fear-...
Fear of deportation brings deadly consequences for Afghan refugees in Pakistan
Pakistan’s widespread deportation campaign has left Afghan refugees torn between seeking care and risking arrest.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Pakistan’s widespread deportation campaign has left Afghan refugees torn between seeking care and risking arrest. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/fear-...
We’re excited to welcome Tirana Hassan as the new CEO of MSF USA. Her leadership comes at a crucial time as we navigate complex emergencies around the world.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4pkLpxX
🔗 https://bit.ly/4pkLpxX
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
We’re excited to welcome Tirana Hassan as the new CEO of MSF USA. Her leadership comes at a crucial time as we navigate complex emergencies around the world.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4pkLpxX
🔗 https://bit.ly/4pkLpxX
Allowing humanitarian aid in Gaza is not a favor—it is an obligation under international law.
Israel’s grave threat to withhold NGO registration: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/israels-grave-threat-withhold-ngo-registration
Israel’s grave threat to withhold NGO registration: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/israels-grave-threat-withhold-ngo-registration
January 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Allowing humanitarian aid in Gaza is not a favor—it is an obligation under international law.
Israel’s grave threat to withhold NGO registration: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/israels-grave-threat-withhold-ngo-registration
Israel’s grave threat to withhold NGO registration: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/israels-grave-threat-withhold-ngo-registration
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Did you watch our Executive Director Sana Bég's video reflecting on 2025 yesterday? Today, she shares what is giving her hope for 2026:
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Did you watch our Executive Director Sana Bég's video reflecting on 2025 yesterday? Today, she shares what is giving her hope for 2026:
Countless people will imminently lose access to critical medical care, water, and lifesaving support if Israel revokes MSF’s access to work in Gaza.
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-vital-humanitarian-assistance-risk-amid-israels-new-ingo-registration-rules-gaza
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-vital-humanitarian-assistance-risk-amid-israels-new-ingo-registration-rules-gaza
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Countless people will imminently lose access to critical medical care, water, and lifesaving support if Israel revokes MSF’s access to work in Gaza.
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-vital-humanitarian-assistance-risk-amid-israels-new-ingo-registration-rules-gaza
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-vital-humanitarian-assistance-risk-amid-israels-new-ingo-registration-rules-gaza
Sudan: “Despite everything happening in El Fasher, the world is silent.” After two years of ongoing violence, displacement, and a collapse in the healthcare system, we need to get loud and #TalkAboutSudan.
December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sudan: “Despite everything happening in El Fasher, the world is silent.” After two years of ongoing violence, displacement, and a collapse in the healthcare system, we need to get loud and #TalkAboutSudan.
Meet Ahmed, a 3-year-old from northern Afghanistan. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis meningitis at an MSF hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province. Ahmed is just one of millions of people in the region who struggle to access quality medical care.
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Meet Ahmed, a 3-year-old from northern Afghanistan. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis meningitis at an MSF hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province. Ahmed is just one of millions of people in the region who struggle to access quality medical care.
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Seeking safety is not a crime.
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Seeking safety is not a crime.
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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
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
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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
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
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Managing NCDs like #diabetes while living through conflict or displacement can be challenging, especially if access to the medical tools you need is disrupted.
Access to medical tools to manage NCDs and mental health conditions should not be a luxury.
msfaccess.org/sanas-story-...
Access to medical tools to manage NCDs and mental health conditions should not be a luxury.
msfaccess.org/sanas-story-...
Sana’s story: what conflict meant for access to diabetes medical tools in Lebanon
Sana shares how her life was impacted when she could no longer access the diabetes medical tools she needed and preferred.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Managing NCDs like #diabetes while living through conflict or displacement can be challenging, especially if access to the medical tools you need is disrupted.
Access to medical tools to manage NCDs and mental health conditions should not be a luxury.
msfaccess.org/sanas-story-...
Access to medical tools to manage NCDs and mental health conditions should not be a luxury.
msfaccess.org/sanas-story-...
Take a minute to hear the stories of Sami and Zaher, two MSF staff members who have returned to work in Gaza City after MSF teams were forced to leave due to the Israeli offensive on the city that escalated in September.
You can watch the full documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyoD...
You can watch the full documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyoD...
Gaza City: Traces of the genocide
YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA
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December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Take a minute to hear the stories of Sami and Zaher, two MSF staff members who have returned to work in Gaza City after MSF teams were forced to leave due to the Israeli offensive on the city that escalated in September.
You can watch the full documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyoD...
You can watch the full documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyoD...
Spend a day in the life documenting war. This is Yuliia, who acts as our eyes and ears in Ukraine, often reporting on emergency responses to mass casualties and strikes, all while trying to personally reconcile her life before the invasion with the present.
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Spend a day in the life documenting war. This is Yuliia, who acts as our eyes and ears in Ukraine, often reporting on emergency responses to mass casualties and strikes, all while trying to personally reconcile her life before the invasion with the present.
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Haiti's capital urgently need vital services such as safe shelters, mental health support, and medical care, as rapes and other assaults have become widespread amid violence and insecurity in the city in recent years.
A year-long Miami Herald investigation into the gang-related sexual violence of young women and girls in Haiti paints a disturbing portrait of an epidemic that everyone agrees merits more attention, resources and action.🧵
December 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Haiti's capital urgently need vital services such as safe shelters, mental health support, and medical care, as rapes and other assaults have become widespread amid violence and insecurity in the city in recent years.
This year in South Sudan:
Funding cuts and escalating conflict are disrupting health care access amid declining international interest and support for humanitarian needs. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/health-care-gaps-are-threatening-lives-south-sudan
Funding cuts and escalating conflict are disrupting health care access amid declining international interest and support for humanitarian needs. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/health-care-gaps-are-threatening-lives-south-sudan
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This year in South Sudan:
Funding cuts and escalating conflict are disrupting health care access amid declining international interest and support for humanitarian needs. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/health-care-gaps-are-threatening-lives-south-sudan
Funding cuts and escalating conflict are disrupting health care access amid declining international interest and support for humanitarian needs. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/health-care-gaps-are-threatening-lives-south-sudan
Dr. Hani Isleem, a project coordinator for MSF, witnessed the depths of trauma and suffering experienced by Gazan patients—many young children—medically evacuated to Switzerland for treatment. Read: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/drop-...
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Dr. Hani Isleem, a project coordinator for MSF, witnessed the depths of trauma and suffering experienced by Gazan patients—many young children—medically evacuated to Switzerland for treatment. Read: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/drop-...
“How do I tell a mother that her only child, the one she struggled for 10 years to conceive, is dying—and that there’s nothing more we can do?”
Hear from Dr. Anik Patel, a US-based pediatrician with MSF on assignment in West Africa, on the importance of vaccine access worldwide. bit.ly/4iDQnnt
Hear from Dr. Anik Patel, a US-based pediatrician with MSF on assignment in West Africa, on the importance of vaccine access worldwide. bit.ly/4iDQnnt
A pediatrician’s perspective on waning global support for vaccination
“How do I tell a mother that her only child, the one she struggled for 10 years to conceive, is dying—and that there’s nothing more we can do?”
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December 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“How do I tell a mother that her only child, the one she struggled for 10 years to conceive, is dying—and that there’s nothing more we can do?”
Hear from Dr. Anik Patel, a US-based pediatrician with MSF on assignment in West Africa, on the importance of vaccine access worldwide. bit.ly/4iDQnnt
Hear from Dr. Anik Patel, a US-based pediatrician with MSF on assignment in West Africa, on the importance of vaccine access worldwide. bit.ly/4iDQnnt
This is AWESOME! Thank you to all of the amazing streamers who participated! So grateful for your continued support 🥔
Full ❤️s after a week of gratitude for @halcyonfrequency.bsky.social and the 7th year of Hot Potato! 🔥🥔. Over $135K raised this year for @doctorswithoutborders.org, a record-breaking year! The joy, love, time and thought that goes into this is underestimated but not underappreciated. So much ❤️!
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is AWESOME! Thank you to all of the amazing streamers who participated! So grateful for your continued support 🥔
Right now, teams are providing care close to the front lines in Ukraine, running a trauma center in Afghanistan, and distributing water in Sudan.
Now more than ever, you can make a difference. https://bit.ly/48r7y79 #GivingTuesday
Now more than ever, you can make a difference. https://bit.ly/48r7y79 #GivingTuesday
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Right now, teams are providing care close to the front lines in Ukraine, running a trauma center in Afghanistan, and distributing water in Sudan.
Now more than ever, you can make a difference. https://bit.ly/48r7y79 #GivingTuesday
Now more than ever, you can make a difference. https://bit.ly/48r7y79 #GivingTuesday
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On World Children’s Day (20 Nov 2025), TB activists and MSF marched in solidarity with children affected by tuberculosis at the Union World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen. To learn more about MSF’s work and engagement on TB in children, visit: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber...
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On World Children’s Day (20 Nov 2025), TB activists and MSF marched in solidarity with children affected by tuberculosis at the Union World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen. To learn more about MSF’s work and engagement on TB in children, visit: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber...
One month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city of El Fasher, survivors describe mass killings, torture, and kidnappings for ransom while many remain missing or unable to flee. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-desperate-conditions-and-accounts-mass-violence-north-darfur
Sudan: Desperate conditions and accounts of mass violence in North Darfur
One month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city of El Fasher, survivors describe mass killings, torture, and kidnappings for ransom while many people remain missing or unable to flee.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
One month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city of El Fasher, survivors describe mass killings, torture, and kidnappings for ransom while many remain missing or unable to flee. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-desperate-conditions-and-accounts-mass-violence-north-darfur
Patients are "describing a real massacre. The testimonies are really hard to hear."
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/qa-wh...
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/qa-wh...
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
MSF’s emergency coordinator in Sudan describes the intense needs of people fleeing mass violence in the embattled city in North Darfur.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Patients are "describing a real massacre. The testimonies are really hard to hear."
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/qa-wh...
Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/qa-wh...
What a two-week rotation at a hospital in Kherson, Ukraine looks like:
The medical team doesn't leave the hospital because it's too dangerous.
With near-daily bombing in the area, they create a basement shelter & gym, and deals with power cuts during surgery.
The full doc: https://bit.ly/4py4pcP
The medical team doesn't leave the hospital because it's too dangerous.
With near-daily bombing in the area, they create a basement shelter & gym, and deals with power cuts during surgery.
The full doc: https://bit.ly/4py4pcP
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What a two-week rotation at a hospital in Kherson, Ukraine looks like:
The medical team doesn't leave the hospital because it's too dangerous.
With near-daily bombing in the area, they create a basement shelter & gym, and deals with power cuts during surgery.
The full doc: https://bit.ly/4py4pcP
The medical team doesn't leave the hospital because it's too dangerous.
With near-daily bombing in the area, they create a basement shelter & gym, and deals with power cuts during surgery.
The full doc: https://bit.ly/4py4pcP
Starting now! Join our webinar on how slashed aid funding is impacting people around the world. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/event...
Aid shift: Standing up for global health in a time of turmoil
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have decades of experience responding to all kinds of emergencies, from wars to disease outbreaks to natural disasters. But 2025 brought an...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Starting now! Join our webinar on how slashed aid funding is impacting people around the world. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/event...