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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) frequently publishes updates, press releases, and other forms of communication about its work in more than 60 countries around the world. See the list below for the most recent updates or search by location, topic, or year.

In the News

KVSF: Dr. Uli Lebkuechner, Doctors Without Borders Mission in Afghanistan

July 17, 2017

KVSF speaks with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) obstetrician, Dr. Uli Lebkuechner, about her assignment at MSF’s maternity hospital in Khost, eastern Afghanistan—one of the largest maternity hospitals in the world. View External Media.
Press release

MSF: Trump Administration's Expanded Global Gag Rule Puts Lives of Women and Children at Risk

May 16, 2017

The US government on Monday announced that the so-called “Global Gag Rule” on abortion will now include all global health assistance programs, a decision that could have devastating effects on women and children all over the world and halt decades of progress on global health, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today.
Field news

International Women’s Day 2017: Safe Delivery Care in Afghanistan

March 07, 2017

On International Women’s Day 2017, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) celebrates the women of Afghanistan and highlights the dangers they face during pregnancy and childbirth.
Video

Helping Women in Afghanistan Deliver Safely

March 07, 2017

Severine Caluwaerts is a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OBGYN in Khost, Afghanistan, at MSF's largest maternity project. This is her seventh time in Khost.
Video

Afghan Women Helping Afghan Women

March 07, 2017
Press release

Doctors Without Borders Statement on the Reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy on Abortion

January 25, 2017

NEW YORK, JANUARY 25, 2017—The reinstatement of the US government’s Mexico City Policy by President Donald J. Trump, which prohibits nongovernmental organizations that receive US funding from either performing or providing counseling or information on abortion, will undermine access to safe abortion services and endanger the lives of women, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Wednesday.
Field news

Iraq: MSF Scales up Operations as Humanitarian Situation Deteriorates

December 17, 2016

In Iraq, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, as people displaced from their homes by violence face their third winter living in harsh conditions.

More than three million Iraqis are currently displaced by the conflict, and many more continue to flee their homes every day as a result of fighting in Mosul and Hawija areas. While many have found their way to displacement camps, others are living in schools, mosques, churches, and in unfinished buildings. 
Field news

East Aleppo: Babies Being Born, Even As Bombs Fall

November 29, 2016

Even as bombs fall on east Aleppo, babies are being born into the besieged city. For their mothers, experiencing pregnancy and childbirth in such desperate conditions is extremely challenging, both physically and psychologically.

The difficulties begin in early pregnancy. The siege has led to severe food shortages, and many pregnant women are undernourished, which can lead to severe anemia and other health problems for mother and child alike.
Voice from the Field

An East Aleppo Mother's Lament: “Did I Give Birth to Him to See a Life Like This?”

November 29, 2016

War-torn Aleppo is no place to raise children, but Umm Leen has seven kids, and they’ve never left the besieged city. Here, Leen tells her story about delivering a child into a city under constant target.
Field news

Mediterranean Search and Rescue: “A Very Normal Birth in Dangerously Abnormal Conditions”

September 12, 2016

On Monday September 12, at 7:00 a.m. a healthy baby boy was born onboard MV Aquarius, a search and rescue vessel run in partnership between Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and SOS MEDITERRANEE— a European maritime rescue humanitarian organization . The child was born on international waters to Nigerian parents. They named him Newman Otas.

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