Tim Shenk
@timshenk.msf.ca
Senior Communications Officer, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA. Based in NYC and internationally focused. Opinions my own.
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MSF’s vital humanitarian assistance at risk amid Israel’s new INGO registration rules for Gaza www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-...
MSF’s vital humanitarian assistance at risk amid Israel’s new INGO registration rules for Gaza
Countless people will imminently lose access to critical medical care, water, and lifesaving support if Israel revokes MSF’s access to work in Gaza.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
MSF’s vital humanitarian assistance at risk amid Israel’s new INGO registration rules for Gaza www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-...
His full speech is a wake-up call: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-i...
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
His full speech is a wake-up call: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-i...
Javid Abdelmoneim, International President of @doctorswithoutborders.org will brief the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo during a 10 a.m EST session on Friday, December 12. @unwebtv.bsky.social link webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12...
The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Security Council, 10063rd meeting
The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Javid Abdelmoneim, International President of @doctorswithoutborders.org will brief the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo during a 10 a.m EST session on Friday, December 12. @unwebtv.bsky.social link webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12...
A searing report on the "epidemic" of sexual violence in Haiti's capital. Survivors are speaking and the world should listen. @doctorswithoutborders.org
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 6:41 PM
A searing report on the "epidemic" of sexual violence in Haiti's capital. Survivors are speaking and the world should listen. @doctorswithoutborders.org
Reposted by Tim Shenk
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
I have the privilege of working with @doctorswithoutborders.org colleagues who are directly assisting people on the edge of survival around the world. Thank you to all our donors who make this possible! A special opportunity to give today #GivingTuesday give.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/742...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I have the privilege of working with @doctorswithoutborders.org colleagues who are directly assisting people on the edge of survival around the world. Thank you to all our donors who make this possible! A special opportunity to give today #GivingTuesday give.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/742...
Bearing witness to rising sexual violence in Haiti: "Many of our patients talk about how they were aggressed in their own homes, because when armed groups come to new areas they want to control, they break into people's houses and they rape women"- Diana Manilla Arroyo @doctorswithoutborders.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Bearing witness to rising sexual violence in Haiti: "Many of our patients talk about how they were aggressed in their own homes, because when armed groups come to new areas they want to control, they break into people's houses and they rape women"- Diana Manilla Arroyo @doctorswithoutborders.org
"We can see the fear in their eyes." @doctorswithoutborders.org colleagues are bearing witness to unconscionable violence and malnutrition in Sudan's North Darfur region, as people flee the embattled city of El Fasher. @wbur.org
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 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"We can see the fear in their eyes." @doctorswithoutborders.org colleagues are bearing witness to unconscionable violence and malnutrition in Sudan's North Darfur region, as people flee the embattled city of El Fasher. @wbur.org
"They are describing a real massacre." All the children are malnourished. We are seeing people that have been tortured, arriving to the hospital, people with fresh gunshots, cases of sexual violence
Listening to a @doctorswithoutborders.org colleague speak on @wbur.org Here & Now now on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan: www.wbur.org/radio/progra...
Here & Now
NPR and WBUR's live midday news program.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"They are describing a real massacre." All the children are malnourished. We are seeing people that have been tortured, arriving to the hospital, people with fresh gunshots, cases of sexual violence
Listening to a @doctorswithoutborders.org colleague speak on @wbur.org Here & Now now on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan: www.wbur.org/radio/progra...
Here & Now
NPR and WBUR's live midday news program.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Listening to a @doctorswithoutborders.org colleague speak on @wbur.org Here & Now now on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan: www.wbur.org/radio/progra...
“It's some kind of blind violence. It's not only about taking the city, but it really looks now like some kind of revenge.” - Sylvain Pénicaud of @doctorswithoutborders.org, bearing witness to atrocities in the war in Sudan www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... @pbsnews.org
Sudan's brutal civil war escalates as paramilitary forces go on killing rampage
Sudan's civil war has entered a new and horrific phase as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have gone on a killing rampage after taking over the key city of El Fasher in western Darfur. Hundreds of th...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“It's some kind of blind violence. It's not only about taking the city, but it really looks now like some kind of revenge.” - Sylvain Pénicaud of @doctorswithoutborders.org, bearing witness to atrocities in the war in Sudan www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... @pbsnews.org
Sudan's war is so far out of sight that it seems like another world, but it is our own. Giulia Chiopris, @doctorswithoutborders.org pediatrician in North Darfur, speaks of thousands fleeing famine. Keep eyes on Sudan. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... @khoureld.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
Sudanese paramilitary enters army’s last stronghold in Darfur
El Fashir is the last major city in the western region of Darfur held by Sudan’s military forces. The Rapid Support Forces’ entry raises fears of a bloodbath.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sudan's war is so far out of sight that it seems like another world, but it is our own. Giulia Chiopris, @doctorswithoutborders.org pediatrician in North Darfur, speaks of thousands fleeing famine. Keep eyes on Sudan. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... @khoureld.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
Sobering report from my @doctorswithoutborders.org colleagues in Port-au-Prince: Civilians in Haiti are caught in deadly, escalating violence. Many people have lost access to medical care amid a territorial conflict between armed groups and the police. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/civil...
Civilians in Haiti are caught in deadly, escalating violence
Many people have lost access to medical care amid a territorial conflict between armed groups and the police.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sobering report from my @doctorswithoutborders.org colleagues in Port-au-Prince: Civilians in Haiti are caught in deadly, escalating violence. Many people have lost access to medical care amid a territorial conflict between armed groups and the police. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/civil...
@doctorswithoutborders.org calls on US lawmakers to:
• Ensure a surge of lifesaving humanitarian aid to people in Gaza
• Suspend arms transfers to Israel
• Call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza
STOP THE GENOCIDE! LET GAZA LIVE! Sign on: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/campa...
• Ensure a surge of lifesaving humanitarian aid to people in Gaza
• Suspend arms transfers to Israel
• Call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza
STOP THE GENOCIDE! LET GAZA LIVE! Sign on: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/campa...
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
@doctorswithoutborders.org calls on US lawmakers to:
• Ensure a surge of lifesaving humanitarian aid to people in Gaza
• Suspend arms transfers to Israel
• Call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza
STOP THE GENOCIDE! LET GAZA LIVE! Sign on: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/campa...
• Ensure a surge of lifesaving humanitarian aid to people in Gaza
• Suspend arms transfers to Israel
• Call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza
STOP THE GENOCIDE! LET GAZA LIVE! Sign on: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/campa...
Happy to share: @doctorswithoutborders.org USA appoints Tirana Hassan as new CEO: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/docto...
Doctors Without Borders USA names Tirana Hassan as new CEO
Hassan brings decades of experience across the humanitarian and human rights fields.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Happy to share: @doctorswithoutborders.org USA appoints Tirana Hassan as new CEO: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/docto...
Thank you, Grace. All of the above, but insecurity and access are among the biggest challenges.
September 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Thank you, Grace. All of the above, but insecurity and access are among the biggest challenges.
Yesterday was a terrible day in Sudan's Darfur region. Hospitals received 99 people wounded in attacks including drone strikes on populated areas and the shooting and beating of people fleeing the besieged city of El Fasher. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/darfu... @doctorswithoutborders.org
Darfur hospitals receive nearly 100 wounded people in one day
Survivors who managed to escape El Fasher report an unbearable situation in the besieged city and ongoing dangers on the road to Tawila.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yesterday was a terrible day in Sudan's Darfur region. Hospitals received 99 people wounded in attacks including drone strikes on populated areas and the shooting and beating of people fleeing the besieged city of El Fasher. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/darfu... @doctorswithoutborders.org
In the midst of war, Sudan is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in years. @doctorswithoutborders.org teams are calling for a scaled-up response. @evesampson.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Sudan, Battered by War, Is Hit by Its ‘Worst Cholera Outbreak’ in Years
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August 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In the midst of war, Sudan is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in years. @doctorswithoutborders.org teams are calling for a scaled-up response. @evesampson.bsky.social @nytimes.com
People in Gaza are starving.
Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in lifesaving goods, saying they are “not authorized to deliver aid.”
@doctorswithoutborders.org joins more than 100 organizations calling for an end to this "weaponization" of aid.
Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in lifesaving goods, saying they are “not authorized to deliver aid.”
@doctorswithoutborders.org joins more than 100 organizations calling for an end to this "weaponization" of aid.
Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens in Gaza
MSF joins over 100 organizations calling for an end to Israel’s weaponization of aid.
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August 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
People in Gaza are starving.
Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in lifesaving goods, saying they are “not authorized to deliver aid.”
@doctorswithoutborders.org joins more than 100 organizations calling for an end to this "weaponization" of aid.
Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in lifesaving goods, saying they are “not authorized to deliver aid.”
@doctorswithoutborders.org joins more than 100 organizations calling for an end to this "weaponization" of aid.
Cholera is spreading in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.
@doctorswithoutborders.org has opened a 160-bed cholera treatment center in Tawila and may need to expand it.
More aid is urgently needed - especially cholera vaccines.
@doctorswithoutborders.org has opened a 160-bed cholera treatment center in Tawila and may need to expand it.
More aid is urgently needed - especially cholera vaccines.
Dans l'ouest du Soudan, l'épidémie de choléra frappe durement les déplacés de Tawila
Dans l'ouest du Soudan, l'épidémie de choléra frappe durement les déplacés de Tawila
Dans les camps de déplacés de Tawila, dans l'ouest du Soudan en proie à une épidémie de choléra, la peur s'est glissée dans chaque geste du quotidien. Eau, vêtements, gamelles : tout paraît contaminé.
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August 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Cholera is spreading in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.
@doctorswithoutborders.org has opened a 160-bed cholera treatment center in Tawila and may need to expand it.
More aid is urgently needed - especially cholera vaccines.
@doctorswithoutborders.org has opened a 160-bed cholera treatment center in Tawila and may need to expand it.
More aid is urgently needed - especially cholera vaccines.
A doctor bearing witness from two months in Gaza. See also #humansofny www.instagram.com/p/DNOV-qQOdbN
August 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A doctor bearing witness from two months in Gaza. See also #humansofny www.instagram.com/p/DNOV-qQOdbN
"Protect, not punish."
People fleeing war, violence and persecution have a right to seek asylum, whether it's 1951 or 2025.
A @doctorswithoutborders.org report calls on governments across the Americas to honor their obligations.
People fleeing war, violence and persecution have a right to seek asylum, whether it's 1951 or 2025.
A @doctorswithoutborders.org report calls on governments across the Americas to honor their obligations.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
August 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Protect, not punish."
People fleeing war, violence and persecution have a right to seek asylum, whether it's 1951 or 2025.
A @doctorswithoutborders.org report calls on governments across the Americas to honor their obligations.
People fleeing war, violence and persecution have a right to seek asylum, whether it's 1951 or 2025.
A @doctorswithoutborders.org report calls on governments across the Americas to honor their obligations.
Many pediatric and maternal health programs in southwestern Somalia have been shuttered by US aid cuts this year. A view from the bedsides of malnourished children: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/deadl... @doctorswithoutborders.org
Deadly delays: How funding gaps are undermining health care in Somalia
Poverty, insecurity, and distance already impede access to care in remote areas of Somalia, and the suspension of USAID funding has caused the closure of at least 37 health sites around Baidoa.
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August 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Many pediatric and maternal health programs in southwestern Somalia have been shuttered by US aid cuts this year. A view from the bedsides of malnourished children: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/deadl... @doctorswithoutborders.org
@doctorswithoutborders.org is responding to cholera in South Darfur, where treatment centers are overwhelmed. But there are no cholera vaccines in the region. They are urgently needed.
August 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@doctorswithoutborders.org is responding to cholera in South Darfur, where treatment centers are overwhelmed. But there are no cholera vaccines in the region. They are urgently needed.
Reposted by Tim Shenk
Staggering numbers of Palestinians now being shot in Gaza as they try to find food at GHF sites, or along UN convoy routes. More than 4,500 people treated in a single Red Cross clinic. Almost 1,400 across two MSF clinics. Total is more than 12,000, according to health ministry.
August 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Staggering numbers of Palestinians now being shot in Gaza as they try to find food at GHF sites, or along UN convoy routes. More than 4,500 people treated in a single Red Cross clinic. Almost 1,400 across two MSF clinics. Total is more than 12,000, according to health ministry.