“Attacking Kunduz trauma centre is a wound that is not going to end.’’

10 years ago, US airstrikes destroyed our trauma centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Dr Mohamed Poya and Faizullah Alokaza will never forget that day.

They reflect on what we lost and rebuilt in the aftermath:

ich hatte so viele mandant*innen, die angehörige gepflegt haben. das pflegegeld hat nie gereicht. wenn das pflegegeld 1 jetzt auch noch abgeschafft wird, bedeutet das für betroffene mehr stress, isolation&finanzielle abhängigkeit, genau die faktoren, die geschlechtsspezifische gewalt verschärfen. 1/

HISTORY MADE TODAY! The global majority has joined the #NuclearBan Treaty!

Today Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬 signed and Ghana🇬🇭 ratified the UN Treaty banning nuclear weapons, bringing us to bringing the total to 99 out of 197 eligible states.🎉

📍Gaza: On the night of September 28, Al-Helou Hospital in Gaza City, supported by MSF, sustained severe collateral damage from nearby attacks. This happened despite multiple assurances from Israeli forces that the hospital was not in danger. 🧵

It is unconscionable that people in the U.S. and internationally are forced to risk their lives in pursuit of what we know can and should be safe, easily accessible reproductive healthcare.

#InternationalSafeAbortionDay

MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.

“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”

We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

Sexual violence in Darfur must end | MSF Sexual violence in Sudan is being used systematically against civilians amid an intensifying conflict. Our teams in Tawila, North Darfur, provided medical care to over 300 survivors in just two months.

Since 2023, non-Arab communities are facing killings, rape & torture in Darfur, Sudan.

Despite immense barriers & the ongoing violence, over 600 victims/survivors of sexual violence have sought care at our facilities between April and August 2025.

This October marks 25 years of the #WPS agenda. The best way to celebrate? By taking action to ensure its future.

Join us in telling Member States it's time to act to defend the values of the WPS agenda: wps.ngo/sign

MSF mourns thirteenth colleague killed in Gaza | MSF Hussein Alnajjar, an MSF nurse, was killed following an airstrike near his tent in Gaza. MSF mourns his loss, the thirteenth of colleagues in Gaza to be killed.

We are appalled and saddened as we mourn our colleague Hussein Alnajjar, who died yesterday in Gaza, Palestine, from shrapnel injuries following an Israeli strike near his tent five days earlier. He is our 13th colleague to be killed.

Offener Brief - Hilfsorganisationen: Bundesregierung soll von den USA angeordnete Vernichtung von Verhütungsmitteln in Europa stoppen Hilfsorganisationen haben an die Bundesregierung appelliert, sich gegen die von den USA angeordnete Vernichtung von Verhütungsmitteln einzusetzen.

Offener Brief von Hilfsorganisationen: Bundesregierung soll von den USA angeordnete Vernichtung von #Verhütungsmitteln in #Europa stoppen
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Die Bestände, die sich in einem Lager in Belgien befinden, waren ursprünglich für Programme der USAID vorgesehen.

A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 250 people A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border has killed at least 250 people and injured at least 500 others.

BREAKING: At least 250 people killed in a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.

Die #Trump-Regierung plant weiterhin die Vernichtung von Verhütungsmitteln im Wert von 9,7 Mio $, die in Belgien lagern.

Gemeinsam mit anderen Orgas fordern wir die Bundesregierung auf, Druck auf alle Beteiligten auszuüben, um diesen Plan zu verhindern & die Bestände sinnvoll zu nutzen: msf.de/1du

Heute findet im #UN-Sicherheitsrat die Debatte zu sexualisierter Gewalt in Konflikten statt, bei der der jährliche Bericht des UN-Generalsekretärs vorgestellt wird. Der diesjährige Fokus ist die ganzheitliche Versorgung von Überlebenden. [1/3]

YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières Hospitals are extremely overcrowded in #Gaza

#Gaza: The health care sector is experiencing a catastrophic situation. Hospitals are stretched beyond capacity.

Hospitals are reporting 300% or higher occupancies.

Hear from 5 of our colleagues share the dire situations they and their patients are facing: youtube.com/shorts/-HevW...

Abortion providers are more than just doctors. They are midwives, nurses, medical assistants, doulas, administrative professionals, and clinic defenders.

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.

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Unconscionable: US plan to destroy $9.7 million of contraceptives MSF condemns the decision to destroy these critical medical supplies, which will have devastating consequences for the communities where we work.

The US government’s plan to destroy $9.7 million worth of contraceptives is a callous waste that puts the health and lives of women and girls at risk. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/uncon...

France Must Not Be Complicit in U.S. Effort to Destroy Contraceptives France Must Not Be Complicit in U.S. Effort to Destroy Contraceptives: U.S.-purchased birth control faces destruction in Europe.

What happens when ideology trumps health? Nearly $10 million in U.S.-purchased birth control faces destruction in Europe.

German court upholds ban on abortions in Catholic-run hospital A ban on abortion procedures in a Catholic-run hospital was upheld by a German court on Friday, as 2,000 people

In a bullshit decision, a German court has upheld a ban on abortion procedures in a Catholic-run hospital, as 2,000 people joined a protest against the measure. Dr. Joachim Volz said hospital management had forbade abortion even in serious cases, and women could be stigmatized and forced to travel.

South Darfur, Sudan is facing a deadly cholera outbreak. As of 5 August, the Ministry of Health in South Darfur reported 1,440 suspected cases and 74 deaths. We are supporting cholera treatment centres that are now overwhelmed. We need @unicef.org and WHO to act now.

US has wasted hundreds of thousands of vaccines meant for Africa, health officials there say The expiration of shots the Biden administration promised to send comes after President Donald Trump cut deeply into foreign aid.

Nearly 800,000 mpox vaccine doses that the US gov had promised to donate to African countries experiencing an outbreak of the disease cannot be shipped because they’re expiring in less than six months.

Aid cuts threaten refugees’ lives in Ethiopia’s Gambella region MSF is overwhelmed by the increased patient load, and we fear this number will likely keep rising in the coming months with more health facility closures.

US aid cuts are affecting refugees in Ethiopia. A detailed update from @doctorswithoutborders.org teams who are overloaded with malaria and malnutrition patients in the Gambella region after multiple aid organizations ended services www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/aid-c...

M23 rebels killed 319 civilians in east DR Congo in July, UN says UN rights chief Volker Turk says the violence resulted in ‘one of the largest documented death tolls’ despite a truce.

UN rights chief Volker Turk says the violence resulted in ‘one of the largest documented death tolls’ despite a truce.

As Hiroshima marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, many aging survivors express frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence. wapo.st/4owgrUn

15.000 Euro Gebühren: So haben Behörden unsere Inklusionsrecherche behindert Nach Daten gefragt, Ausreden bekommen. Viele Integrationsämter haben sich abgesprochen, um unsere Recherche zur Inklusion am Arbeitsmarkt zu erschweren.

Gemeinsam mit @andererseits.org & @szde.bsky.social wollten wir von Behörden wissen, welche Unternehmen die Inklusionspflicht einhalten – und welche nicht. Ein harmloses Anliegen? Weit gefehlt.
Wie unsere Recherche behindert wurde, lest ihr hier: fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...

🚨 BREAKING: Israeli forces and US-backed contractors have turned Gaza aid distribution into a death trap. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while seeking food. Our new @hrw investigation exposes the system behind the slaughter. 1/6
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Leaving Gaza a medical evacuation | MSF Emad, a father from Gaza, Palestine, was evacuated with his family to France. In this documentary, he recounts what they endured during the war.

At least 12,000 patients in Gaza still await evacuation for lifesaving medical care.

Emad and his family were among the few able to leave.

🎥 In Leaving Gaza, he shares what they endured through 17 months of war. 

For women in eastern DRC nowhere is safe from sexual violence | MSF In Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MSF teams continue to record alarming numbers of sexual violence cases, with hundreds of victims and survivors seeking care at health centres each week.

In health centres where we work in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, survivors & victims of sexual violence of all ages gather from early morning, looking for support, healing, or even just to be heard.

📖 Read their stories ⬇️

Frankreich prangert von den USA geplante Vernichtung von Verhütungsmitteln an – Deutsches Ärzteblatt

"Der Zugang zu Produkten der sexuellen und reproduktiven Gesundheit zählt zu den Menschenrechten“ #Frankreich prangert von den #USA geplante Vernichtung von Verhütungsmitteln an www.aerzteblatt.de/news/frankre...