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With support from @diplo.de, DRC in #Lebanon raises awareness on the risks of unexploded ordnances to protect communities. Together with Lebanon Mine Action Centre & @thegichd.bsky.social, we shared lessons, tools & key insights to strengthen coordination.
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Thank you for enabling this impact!
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
With support from @diplo.de, DRC in #Lebanon raises awareness on the risks of unexploded ordnances to protect communities. Together with Lebanon Mine Action Centre & @thegichd.bsky.social, we shared lessons, tools & key insights to strengthen coordination.
Thank you for enabling this impact!
Thank you for enabling this impact!
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Less-fire, not ceasefire. 1 year since the ceasefire agreement, Lebanese families continue to live in fear. Together with over 70 INGOs in Lebanon, DRC calls for an end to all violations, and to prioritize the protection of civilians: reliefweb.int/report/leban...
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Less-fire, not ceasefire. 1 year since the ceasefire agreement, Lebanese families continue to live in fear. Together with over 70 INGOs in Lebanon, DRC calls for an end to all violations, and to prioritize the protection of civilians: reliefweb.int/report/leban...
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I spoke with Charlotte Slente, the head of @drcngo.bsky.social, about her recent visit to eastern Chad to meet with Sudanese refugees. The situation is "horrifying," she said, while urging the international community to do more to help end the civil war in Sudan. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/20/s...
The Dire Need for International Pressure to End the War in Sudan
The head of the Danish Refugee Council speaks about what she learned after meeting Sudanese refugees in Chad.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I spoke with Charlotte Slente, the head of @drcngo.bsky.social, about her recent visit to eastern Chad to meet with Sudanese refugees. The situation is "horrifying," she said, while urging the international community to do more to help end the civil war in Sudan. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/20/s...
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🤝Joint NGO Statement
As world leaders gather in New York for the 80th UN General Assembly, we call for decisive action to address the worsening crisis threatening to push millions of families beyond the brink of catastrophe: brnw.ch/21wW2Ko
As world leaders gather in New York for the 80th UN General Assembly, we call for decisive action to address the worsening crisis threatening to push millions of families beyond the brink of catastrophe: brnw.ch/21wW2Ko
September 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🤝Joint NGO Statement
As world leaders gather in New York for the 80th UN General Assembly, we call for decisive action to address the worsening crisis threatening to push millions of families beyond the brink of catastrophe: brnw.ch/21wW2Ko
As world leaders gather in New York for the 80th UN General Assembly, we call for decisive action to address the worsening crisis threatening to push millions of families beyond the brink of catastrophe: brnw.ch/21wW2Ko
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On Sept. 10, a SAF drone strike landed four kilometres from the MSF-supported hospital in Central Darfur, #Sudan.
These attacks show why we must protect International Humanitarian Law.
Sign the petition and ask Canada to stand up for humanity.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
These attacks show why we must protect International Humanitarian Law.
Sign the petition and ask Canada to stand up for humanity.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
On Sept. 10, a SAF drone strike landed four kilometres from the MSF-supported hospital in Central Darfur, #Sudan.
These attacks show why we must protect International Humanitarian Law.
Sign the petition and ask Canada to stand up for humanity.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
These attacks show why we must protect International Humanitarian Law.
Sign the petition and ask Canada to stand up for humanity.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
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One year ago, our colleague Manuel Alejandro Tique was detained while delivering aid to vulnerable communities in Venezuela.
From the Danish Refugee Council, we raise our voice for his release. His family, friends, and colleagues need him back.
#AlejandroIsAHumanitarian #NotATarget
From the Danish Refugee Council, we raise our voice for his release. His family, friends, and colleagues need him back.
#AlejandroIsAHumanitarian #NotATarget
September 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
One year ago, our colleague Manuel Alejandro Tique was detained while delivering aid to vulnerable communities in Venezuela.
From the Danish Refugee Council, we raise our voice for his release. His family, friends, and colleagues need him back.
#AlejandroIsAHumanitarian #NotATarget
From the Danish Refugee Council, we raise our voice for his release. His family, friends, and colleagues need him back.
#AlejandroIsAHumanitarian #NotATarget
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Our teams in Goma, #DRC, continue to record alarming levels of sexual violence cases.
Between January and April 2025, over 7,400 people were treated in Goma and 2,400 more were treated in Saké.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/surviving-se...
Between January and April 2025, over 7,400 people were treated in Goma and 2,400 more were treated in Saké.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/surviving-se...
August 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our teams in Goma, #DRC, continue to record alarming levels of sexual violence cases.
Between January and April 2025, over 7,400 people were treated in Goma and 2,400 more were treated in Saké.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/surviving-se...
Between January and April 2025, over 7,400 people were treated in Goma and 2,400 more were treated in Saké.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/surviving-se...
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A new front has opened in the world’s most devastating displacement and hunger crisis. The latest clashes in the El Fasher area of Sudan have forced civilians to flee and seek refuge in neighbouring Chad, creating a major humanitarian crisis in the border provinces of Wadi Fira and Eastern Ennedi. ⬇️
August 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A new front has opened in the world’s most devastating displacement and hunger crisis. The latest clashes in the El Fasher area of Sudan have forced civilians to flee and seek refuge in neighbouring Chad, creating a major humanitarian crisis in the border provinces of Wadi Fira and Eastern Ennedi. ⬇️
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Millions of Afghans have been forcibly returned from Iran this year. At Islam Qala crossing, over 20,000 people arrive daily—many injured, exhausted, and in distress. Urgent humanitarian support and funding are needed to meet critical needs.
July 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Millions of Afghans have been forcibly returned from Iran this year. At Islam Qala crossing, over 20,000 people arrive daily—many injured, exhausted, and in distress. Urgent humanitarian support and funding are needed to meet critical needs.
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On July 25, two armed men stopped an MSF ambulance in #SouthSudan and abducted a Ministry of Health staff member who was escorting a patient. Although she was released July 26, this incident highlights the violence on healthcare workers in South Sudan.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
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South Sudan: MSF condemns abduction of Health Ministry staff in Morobo County | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF strongly condemns the abduction of a Ministry of Health staff member from an MSF ambulance in South Sudan’s Morobo County. This incident further highlights the growing violence against healthcare ...
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July 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On July 25, two armed men stopped an MSF ambulance in #SouthSudan and abducted a Ministry of Health staff member who was escorting a patient. Although she was released July 26, this incident highlights the violence on healthcare workers in South Sudan.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
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#DRC: As conflict escalates in Walikale, Doctors Without Borders remains the sole international responder amid growing malnutrition, health system collapse and blocked supply routes in the eastern region. Urgent mobilization of other actors is needed.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
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July 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#DRC: As conflict escalates in Walikale, Doctors Without Borders remains the sole international responder amid growing malnutrition, health system collapse and blocked supply routes in the eastern region. Urgent mobilization of other actors is needed.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
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#Gaza: Joanne Perry, a Canadian Doctors Without Borders physician works in Al-Helou hospital, where newborn babies are fighting for their lives and medical teams lack essential equipment to keep them alive.
Read about her experience: ow.ly/alrK50WuWt3
Read about her experience: ow.ly/alrK50WuWt3
July 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#Gaza: Joanne Perry, a Canadian Doctors Without Borders physician works in Al-Helou hospital, where newborn babies are fighting for their lives and medical teams lack essential equipment to keep them alive.
Read about her experience: ow.ly/alrK50WuWt3
Read about her experience: ow.ly/alrK50WuWt3
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#DRC: Measles and cholera outbreaks are surging. Doctors Without Borders is responding with over 20 emergency operations.
Our teams vaccinated over 448,000 people and treated more than 18,000 patients, all amid worsening insecurity and aid cuts.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
Our teams vaccinated over 448,000 people and treated more than 18,000 patients, all amid worsening insecurity and aid cuts.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
July 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#DRC: Measles and cholera outbreaks are surging. Doctors Without Borders is responding with over 20 emergency operations.
Our teams vaccinated over 448,000 people and treated more than 18,000 patients, all amid worsening insecurity and aid cuts.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
Our teams vaccinated over 448,000 people and treated more than 18,000 patients, all amid worsening insecurity and aid cuts.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
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#Afghanistan: Over 13,700 children were seen in April at Boost hospital, the highest number since 2020. Families struggle to access care due to staffing gaps and facility closures. Our teams continue to support health facilities, but more work is needed.
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July 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#Afghanistan: Over 13,700 children were seen in April at Boost hospital, the highest number since 2020. Families struggle to access care due to staffing gaps and facility closures. Our teams continue to support health facilities, but more work is needed.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...
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MSF welcomes @who.int’s new guidelines for lenacapavir, but we’re deeply concerned about restricted access due to Gilead’s licensing limitation.
MSF welcomes the release of WHO guidelines for ‘game-changing’ HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, but is concerned about access and licensing limitations | MSF
New drug Lenacapavir is an HIV prevention tool which offers greater choice and longer protection, and high effectiveness for people wishing to protect themselves from acquiring HIV through a twice-yea...
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July 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
MSF welcomes @who.int’s new guidelines for lenacapavir, but we’re deeply concerned about restricted access due to Gilead’s licensing limitation.
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⚠️ 1.3 million people acquired HIV in 2024 alone, including thousands of adolescent girls and young women.
Today, in a landmark move towards HIV prevention, WHO recommends twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to protect people at risk of HIV.
🔗 bit.ly/4lWtzjA
Today, in a landmark move towards HIV prevention, WHO recommends twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to protect people at risk of HIV.
🔗 bit.ly/4lWtzjA
July 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
⚠️ 1.3 million people acquired HIV in 2024 alone, including thousands of adolescent girls and young women.
Today, in a landmark move towards HIV prevention, WHO recommends twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to protect people at risk of HIV.
🔗 bit.ly/4lWtzjA
Today, in a landmark move towards HIV prevention, WHO recommends twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to protect people at risk of HIV.
🔗 bit.ly/4lWtzjA
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#DRC: In response to a #cholera outbreak in Lomera, Doctors Without Borders vaccinated over 8,000 people & treated over 600 cholera patients.
We will soon hand over our emergency response, but long-term solutions are needed to secure clean water access.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
We will soon hand over our emergency response, but long-term solutions are needed to secure clean water access.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
July 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#DRC: In response to a #cholera outbreak in Lomera, Doctors Without Borders vaccinated over 8,000 people & treated over 600 cholera patients.
We will soon hand over our emergency response, but long-term solutions are needed to secure clean water access.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
We will soon hand over our emergency response, but long-term solutions are needed to secure clean water access.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
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JOINT STATEMENT: The EU's recent 'safe country' proposals appear to be part of a broader strategy to externalise the EU’s migration management.
With 50+ NGOs, we're calling on the EU and member states to reject any attempts to weaken protection for asylum seekers.
With 50+ NGOs, we're calling on the EU and member states to reject any attempts to weaken protection for asylum seekers.
July 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
JOINT STATEMENT: The EU's recent 'safe country' proposals appear to be part of a broader strategy to externalise the EU’s migration management.
With 50+ NGOs, we're calling on the EU and member states to reject any attempts to weaken protection for asylum seekers.
With 50+ NGOs, we're calling on the EU and member states to reject any attempts to weaken protection for asylum seekers.
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160+ NGOs call for an immediate end to the deadly Israeli distribution scheme in Gaza.
This is not a humanitarian response.
🔴Stop the blockade
🔴Reinstate an UN-led mechanism
🔴CEASEFIRE NOW!
🤝Joint statement: drc.ngo/resources/ne...
This is not a humanitarian response.
🔴Stop the blockade
🔴Reinstate an UN-led mechanism
🔴CEASEFIRE NOW!
🤝Joint statement: drc.ngo/resources/ne...
July 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
160+ NGOs call for an immediate end to the deadly Israeli distribution scheme in Gaza.
This is not a humanitarian response.
🔴Stop the blockade
🔴Reinstate an UN-led mechanism
🔴CEASEFIRE NOW!
🤝Joint statement: drc.ngo/resources/ne...
This is not a humanitarian response.
🔴Stop the blockade
🔴Reinstate an UN-led mechanism
🔴CEASEFIRE NOW!
🤝Joint statement: drc.ngo/resources/ne...
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💉 Doctors Without Borders urges Gavi, its board members and donors to reach children in humanitarian settings with vaccination, despite the funding shortfall.
Dr. Daniela Garone, our International Medical Coordinator, shares more:
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/following-ga...
Dr. Daniela Garone, our International Medical Coordinator, shares more:
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/following-ga...
Following Gavi’s replenishment summit, MSF calls for vaccine access for children in humanitarian settings | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Following Gavi’s 2025 replenishment summit, MSF urges greater global action to improve vaccine access for children in humanitarian crises, as Gavi faces a funding shortfall.
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July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
💉 Doctors Without Borders urges Gavi, its board members and donors to reach children in humanitarian settings with vaccination, despite the funding shortfall.
Dr. Daniela Garone, our International Medical Coordinator, shares more:
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/following-ga...
Dr. Daniela Garone, our International Medical Coordinator, shares more:
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/following-ga...
USAID may have closed but we believe that it will live on because it has inspired so many people, including us. We are just a small organisation, but we will keep striving to achieve the example that USAID set, until it returns, to show us the way once more. Developing Medicine, July 2025
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
USAID may have closed but we believe that it will live on because it has inspired so many people, including us. We are just a small organisation, but we will keep striving to achieve the example that USAID set, until it returns, to show us the way once more. Developing Medicine, July 2025
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The US Agency for International Development (#USAID) funding has had a crucial role in improving global health.
A new study estimates that USAID programs have saved nearly 92 million lives over past 20 years.
Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/2w2nkvv3
A new study estimates that USAID programs have saved nearly 92 million lives over past 20 years.
Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/2w2nkvv3
July 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The US Agency for International Development (#USAID) funding has had a crucial role in improving global health.
A new study estimates that USAID programs have saved nearly 92 million lives over past 20 years.
Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/2w2nkvv3
A new study estimates that USAID programs have saved nearly 92 million lives over past 20 years.
Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/2w2nkvv3
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#DRC: In early June, Doctors Without Borders and the Ministry of Health teams ran a large-scale vaccination campaign in the #Masisi health zone in response to the ongoing #measles epidemic.
Together, we vaccinated more than 100,000 children.
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Together, we vaccinated more than 100,000 children.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
June 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#DRC: In early June, Doctors Without Borders and the Ministry of Health teams ran a large-scale vaccination campaign in the #Masisi health zone in response to the ongoing #measles epidemic.
Together, we vaccinated more than 100,000 children.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
Together, we vaccinated more than 100,000 children.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
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🧵A snapshot of how Europe’s asylum and migration policies affect children seeking asylum
1️⃣ www.savethechildren.net/news/more-ha...
1️⃣ www.savethechildren.net/news/more-ha...
More than half of children fleeing to Europe face danger on their journeys, survey finds
More than half of children fleeing into Europe reported feeling in danger on their long journeys from people smugglers, border officials and police.
www.savethechildren.net
June 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🧵A snapshot of how Europe’s asylum and migration policies affect children seeking asylum
1️⃣ www.savethechildren.net/news/more-ha...
1️⃣ www.savethechildren.net/news/more-ha...
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Efforts to vaccinate children globally have stalled since 2010, leaving millions of children vulnerable to tetanus, polio, tuberculosis and other diseases that can be easily prevented.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Global vaccination efforts stall, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases
Efforts to vaccinate children globally have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to tetanus, polio, tuberculosis and other diseases that can be easily prevented.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Efforts to vaccinate children globally have stalled since 2010, leaving millions of children vulnerable to tetanus, polio, tuberculosis and other diseases that can be easily prevented.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...