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A brief check on her home in the southern suburbs of Beirut⬇️

MSF field communications manager Maryam Srour recorded her experience traveling back to collect some belongings. “There was no way of knowing if the house was still standing,” she said. The area where she used to live is now heavily damaged and largely abandoned. Luckily, Maryam's home was still there.

Most of MSF’s staff in Lebanon are displaced, as are the patients they serve, but like Maryam they continue to show up to provide urgent health care, distribute relief items, and support hospitals and health centers.

A joint US-Israeli military assault on Iran at the end of February triggered a sharp escalation in violence across the region. Israel then renewed a massive bombing campaign across several areas of Lebanon and issued mass evacuation orders, forcibly displacing more than a million people.

“We did what we could. Remember us.”  

These words were written by Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila on October 20th, on a whiteboard normally used for planning surgeries.

He was killed by a strike on Al Awda Hospital on November 21st in #Gaza

The same strike killed another MSF doctor, Dr. Ahmad Al Sahar, as well as a doctor working with Al Awda, Dr. Ziad Al-Tatari. Other medical staff were severely injured. 

“Remember us."

This #muststopnow. We need a #ceasefirenow

“We did what we could. Remember us.”  

These words were written by Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila on October 20th, on a whiteboard normally used for planning surgeries.

He was killed by a strike on Al Awda Hospital on November 21st in #Gaza

The same strike killed another MSF doctor, Dr. Ahmad Al Sahar, as well as a doctor working with Al Awda, Dr. Ziad Al-Tatari. Other medical staff were severely injured. 

“Remember us."

This #muststopnow. We need a #ceasefirenow

Do you know about EURECA?

This mobile emergency response team based in Bangui, Central African Republic, monitors, investigates, and rapidly responds to medical and humanitarian emergencies throughout the country, including in the most isolated and hard-to-reach areas.

The team conducts epidemiological surveillance, and provides rapid and lifesaving support for outbreaks and other emergencies.

In a country marked by recurrent crises, a structurally fragile health system, and frequent disease epidemics, EURECA is a central pillar of MSF’s emergency preparedness and response plan.

On International Day of the Midwife, we want to introduce you to Maryam Saidy. Maryam is midwife activity manager at MSF's Khost Hospital in Afghanistan. She originally joined MSF in 2012 as a medical translator, but upon seeing the need for and impact of midwives, she enrolled in midwifery school. Today, she oversees a team of 150 midwives, midwife supervisors, and midwife assistants.

Drop a heart in the comments to thank Maryam and her team for all they do to support maternal health ❤️

10 years after the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2286, which calls for the protection of medical personnel and facilities in armed conflicts, hospitals, ambulances, and medical staff are being attacked almost daily. We call on leaders across the world to ensure that health care is protected.

10 years after the UN Security Council's adoption of a resolution calling for the protection of health care in armed conflicts, attacks on medical workers and infrastructure continue. "What was once considered exceptional has now become commonplace,” said Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim, MSF International President. “States that committed to protecting medical care back in 2016 must stop hiding behind excuses and finger-pointing and act.”

Where is Resolution 2286?

10 years ago today, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution. Over 80 Member States committed to protect medical humanitarian care. Yet in many of the areas affected by conflict where @doctorswithoutborders works today, hospitals, health workers and patients are being attacked.

Unfortunately, our message from 2016 still applies:

🔴 Stop bombing hospitals.
🔴 Stop bombing health workers.
🔴 Stop bombing patients.

Member States must take action to back up the words of Resolution 2286.

“We have seen, again and again, how the attacks on health care workers — and the killing of health care workers — continues. The way we talk about it starts to become normal. It is not normal. It is not acceptable.”

As we mark ten years since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2286, which calls for the protection of medical personnel and facilities in armed conflicts, MSF general director Dr. Tejshri Shah reflects on continuing attacks on health care and the failure of states to uphold their commitments to international humanitarian law. We call on leaders across the world to ensure that health care is protected.

In Gaza, supplies are rapidly depleting as Israeli authorities restrict their entry into the Strip.

Some MSF projects are expected to run out of engine oil in the coming weeks. When that happens, critical medical services will be disrupted.

Engine oil is essential to keep generators and vehicles running. Without it, hospitals, water systems, and transportation come to a halt, putting lives at risk.

We urgently call on Israeli authorities to allow the immediate entry of sufficient supplies, including essentials like engine oil. Lives depend on it.

MSF was forced to stop all medical activities in Lankien, South Sudan, on February 3, after a bomb was dropped from a plane into the hospital compound. In the following days, the facility was further destroyed by subsequent attacks, including looting and vandalism.

In April, MSF permanently closed the Lankien hospital, which had been providing lifesaving care to some 250,000 people. As a result, people in Lankien now have no access to medical services. “This is the fourth facility that has been destroyed since 2025,” said Yashovardhan, MSF’s head of mission in South Sudan. “So what we are seeing here is a trend of attacks on health care facilities.”

Nyaluat Tut and her children were first forced to flee violence in Lankien, and then again from Nyatim. She arrived in Chuil after a dangerous journey to seek care for her children. Repeated displacement is stripping many people like Nyaluat of safety, stability and access to healthcare.

Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in Jonglei State because of violence. Some have lost children, others have lost parents. Since the fighting started, many have had no food or access to medical care. Learn more at the link in our bio.

10 years after the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2286, which calls for the protection of medical personnel and facilities in armed conflicts, attacks on medical care continue. Hospitals, ambulances, and medical staff are being attacked almost daily.

MSF pushed for the resolution after a US airstrike killed 42 people at MSF’s trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan in 2015.

In the last decade, however, 21 MSF staff members have been killed while trying to ensure people everywhere have access to medical care. States are failing to uphold their commitments and stand by their adoption of Resolution 2286. What’s needed is action, not just words.