In October 2015, MSF's trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was hit repeatedly by US airstrikes, resulting in the deaths of 14 staff, 24 patients, and four caretakers. The facility had been open since 2011 and provided free, high-quality medical and surgical care to people with traumatic injuries. In the year prior to the attack, staff treated more than 22,000 people and performed nearly 6,000 surgical interventions.
In 2015, there were 106 aerial and other bombardments affecting 75 MSF hospitals and MSF-supported facilities, causing varying degrees of damage. Of these, 63 were in Syria, five in Yemen, five in Ukraine, one in Afghanistan, and one in Sudan. Behind each attack on a hospital there are tens of thousands of people deprived of access to essential medical care.
MSF was instrumental in launching an international campaign calling on governments to ensure that hospitals and health workers are #NotATarget.
2016—Mediterranean refugee crisis