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🚑 Providing medical care where & when it’s needed. 🥼 Fournir des soins médicaux humanitaires là où les besoins sont les plus grands. Independent. Neutral. Impartial. | Indépendant. Neutre. Impartial. doctorswithoutborders.ca | medecinssansfrontieres.ca

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 29/09/2026
“#Ebola is a disease that causes a lot of fear and a lot of miscomprehensions.” – Jack Latour, Canadian Nurse Activity Manager in #DRC. At the start of the outbreak in Nia Nia, more people were dying in the community than arriving at the centre due to fear. Watch her update:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 29/09/2026
#Malaysia plans to return nearly 1,500 refugees back to #Myanmar, including #Rohingya people, while conditions are not safe. "[This is] deeply alarming. Let's be clear. Return is not safe and it is not viable," says Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, International President. Watch his update:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 21/09/2026
From Jan. to July 2026, 1,389 children were hospitalized for acute malnutrition at Mudug regional hospital in #Somalia. As needs grow, funding cuts are forcing organizations to scale back emergency food assistance.. Watch a mother share her story:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 18/09/2026
The #Ebola disease outbreak is not shrinking. It's moving. Our teams are seeing cases emerge in new, underprepared areas while response measures remain insufficient in hotspots. More support from UN agencies is critically needed. Read our response: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 15/09/2026
This escalation risks pushing #Yemen's health system past the point of recovery. Our teams are supporting various medical teams and hospitals. Read here: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/yemen-…
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 14/09/2026
On Sept. 13, an MSF bus carrying 10 humanitarian staff in #Gaza City was damaged by an Israeli airstrike on a targeted vehicle just two metres away. One MSF staff member was injured in the strike.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 11/09/2026
#Ukraine: On Sept. 10, three Russian drones struck a busy shopping mall in Pavlohrad, killing and wounding civilians. According to local authorities, five people were killed. Our teams are working with local medical staff to treat 67 people, including children and older people.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 10/09/2026
Now is the time for more global action, not less. We believe #Canada can show the moral courage not to follow a moment of global retreat that is putting lives at risk. Tell your MP you agree: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/tell-your-mp... #cdnpoli
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 10/09/2026
On Aug. 31, our teams rescued 18 people in distress in the #MediterraneanSea. Twelve were unaccompanied minors. Over 35,000 people have been recorded dead or missing in the Mediterranean. The true number is likely much higher. Julie Melichar, Country Representative, updates:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 09/09/2026
Humanitarian and health needs continue to grow in the Al-Safa camps, South Kordofan, #Sudan. Our teams are providing water, healthcare, vaccination and support for displaced communities. Watch Mohammed Bilal, our Country Director Assistant, share our response:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 04/09/2026
While other governments are scaling back their humanitarian assistance funding, #Canada must take a stand and support people facing humanitarian crises. 📣 Send a letter to your MP today 🇨🇦: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/contac… #cdnpoli
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 31/08/2026
A Doctors Without Borders emergency response team visited Bidur, one of the affected flood areas in #Nepal, yesterday for an initial visit to engage directly with local authorities and frontline responders. We know how urgent the situation is for affected communities. 1/2
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 31/08/2026
Health clinics are closing. Food distributions programs are shrinking. Disease outbreaks are becoming harder to contain. Health workers are being forced to do more with less. Tell your MP to stand up: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/contac…
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 28/08/2026
What is it like to respond to the deadliest #Ebola outbreak in the history of #DRC? Elhadji Diop, our Emergency Coordinator, is back from Mongbwalu. He shares his personal account and the challenges faced during the response: Watch the full video: youtu.be/niKeWoDHR5g
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 28/08/2026
#Canada must resist the global trend to reduce humanitarian assistance funding. We will always stand with people caught in conflict, epidemics disasters or exclusion from healthcare. Will you? www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/contac… #cdnpoli
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 27/08/2026
Our report, ‘Children arrive sicker, later and harder to save in Rohingya camps,’ highlights increasingly complex health needs in children at Kutupalong hospital, #Bangladesh. Funding cuts are also weakening services and our hospital is at capacity: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/bangladesh-c...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 27/08/2026
After a major flashflood struck the Rasuwa district in #Nepal, our teams have arrived in Nepal to assess people’s immediate needs. Hundreds of people are feared to have died with many people still missing: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/nepal-msf-as...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 25/08/2026
What happens when the specialist needed to care for a patient is nowhere near the hospital? 🌍 In Carnot, #CAR, our teams use telemedicine to connect with specialists around the world, discuss complex cases, share knowledge and make decisions together. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/central-afri...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 23/08/2026
Roughly one person has died from #Ebola every half hour over the past week. 100 days into the deadliest Ebola disease outbreak in the #DRC's history, the response must move faster. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democr…
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 21/08/2026
Every six hours there is an attack on healthcare. Our staff and the patients we care for witness this reality: airstrikes on our hospital in #SouthSudan, attacks in #Gaza and assaults on our teams in #DRC. Healthcare is #NotATarget. It’s time to hold perpetrators accountable.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 21/08/2026
Now is the time for more global action, not less. We believe #Canada can show the moral courage not to follow a moment of global retreat that is putting lives at risk. Tell your MP you agree: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/tell-y… #cdnpoli
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 20/08/2026
Every six hours, there is an attack on healthcare. In Port-au-Prince, #Haiti, violence is making it harder for women to access maternal and sexual and reproductive healthcare. Watch Naomi Lubin, our Supervising Midwife, share what it takes to deliver care:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 19/08/2026
Half of the children screened in displacement sites in Baidoa, #Somalia, are acutely malnourished. One in four is severely malnourished. Yet funding for the response is falling, even as the needs are growing: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/somali…
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 18/08/2026
#Somalia: On the morning of 17 August, armed clashes erupted in and around Baidoa town, South West state, Somalia. At Bay Regional hospital, MSF teams received 94 wounded people, including 29 women and 20 children, five of them under the age of five.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 17/08/2026
#Canada’s humanitarian assistance funding matters: it’s a commitment to responding where people's needs are most severe. Tell your MP to stand up for people in crisis 🇨🇦: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/tell-your-mp... #cdnpoli
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 14/08/2026
People in DRC are facing multiple challenges at once. Overlapping outbreaks, including the #Ebola disease, increase pressure on exhausted communities and health services. We're calling for vital investments to be maintained across all emergencies so that no crisis is sidelined.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 13/08/2026
What challenges do teams face inside an #Ebola treatment centre? In Mongbwalu, DRC, our teams are caring for people throughout their treatment, from children receiving care to patients being monitored as they recover. Watch our colleagues answer four questions about their work:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 12/08/2026
#SouthSudan: Since 2025, attacks on healthcare have intensified, disrupting medical services and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without access to care. Watch our Secretary General, Laura Leyser, share what she witnessed during her recent visit to the country:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 07/08/2026
The lab at the Elikya #Ebola treatment centre is key for the effective management of patients. Since it was set up, results have been available within 24 hours. This makes it possible to quickly determine whether a person is infected or not. Get a behind the scenes look. 🥼⬇️
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 07/08/2026
#Chad: What happens when over 40,000 don’t have enough water? The lack of humanitarian funding impacts and those who it affects are shown:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 07/08/2026
#Ebola: In settings like Mongbwalu, #DRC, babies like Asanté are among those diagnosed. But what happens when their parents are also infected? Watch her adoption journey and new beginning:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 06/08/2026
#Sudan's war has entered its fourth year. Hundreds of thousands are estimated to have been killed and millions displaced. Those who remain are caught between violence and collapse: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-…
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 04/08/2026
“I brought all my memories with me” says Nisrine, displaced from South #Lebanon. At the height of the war in Lebanon, more than one million people were forced to leave their homes. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/lebano…
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 31/07/2026
Afghan refugees in #Pakistan face the risk of arrest and deportation under the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan. This is preventing them from accessing healthcare, with many avoiding medical care. Returns to #Afghanistan must be voluntary and safe. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/pakistan-msf...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 31/07/2026
#Haiti: When reaching a hospital becomes too dangerous, what happens to people who need care? Haitian artist Vicky Onélien illustrates how violence can prevent patients from reaching hospitals and interrupt treatments. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/haiti-people...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 29/07/2026
After spending 18 days as a patient at our #Ebola treatment centre in Elykia. Dr. Alex Bonane returned to care for others. Watch as he takes you behind the scenes and shares his experience:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 29/07/2026
#Gaza: On July 25, seven airstrikes hit different areas of Gaza. Eight wounded patients were referred to our field hospital in Al Zawayda, Deir al-Balah. Across Palestine, people are under constant attack from Israeli forces. This is not a #ceasefire. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ag...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 27/07/2026
One month after devastating earthquakes struck #Venezuela, thousands are still living with the aftermath of the disaster. In La Guaira and Caracas, our teams are providing medical care, mental health support and clean water. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/venezuela-on...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 23/07/2026
#Gaza: Doctors Without Borders staff have not been spared from the violence. Our colleagues have been shot in their tents, lost family members and fled their homes. This is not a ceasefire.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 22/07/2026
#Mauritania: We are deeply alarmed by a deadly incident on the Atlantic migration route, following the disembarkation in Nouadhibou of survivors from a boat that reportedly departed from The Gambia towards the Canary Islands.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 17/07/2026
#Ebola: “There are people that survive and that’s the reason we do everything we do,” shares John Johnson, our Vaccination and Epidemics Response Advisor. Our teams continue to support survivors after recovery, providing follow-up care and psychosocial support.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 17/07/2026
Since 2023, 1,109 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the #WestBank and East Jerusalem. Photographer Maen Hammad visited our clinic in Nablus, documenting how movement restrictions and violence shape life for Palestinians. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-pa...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 15/07/2026
The current #Ebola outbreak is the third-largest and fastest growing on record. “More people become infected, more families lose loved ones and the response becomes harder to contain.” - Trish Newport, Emergency Program Manager. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 14/07/2026
#Gaza: As this violence from Israeli forces continues, death and injury can strike at any moment. Children who are trying to survive in already dire conditions are being critically injured on a regular basis. There is no respite from the fear that people are living with.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 09/07/2026
#TalkAboutSudan: Um Rakuba refugee camp in #Sudan has gone from having 35to fewer than 10 organizations’ support. Around 17,000 Ethiopian refugees rely on the camp’s services as funding cuts leave growing needs unmet. Watch Dr. Tanya Hajj Hassan, our Pediatrician, update:
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 08/07/2026
#Venezuela #earthquake: Our mobile clinic teams are providing care in affected areas like Playa Verde and La Guaira state. We’re primarily treating diarrhea, respiratory illnesses and skin conditions, while supporting access to safe water and sanitation.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 08/07/2026
What keeps your hope alive? For Khassan, Naomie and Mercedes, it lives in the people they care for and the colleagues who work alongside them. Their stories remind us that hope isn’t the absence of fear. It’s the relentless grit to keep going anyway. hopeisradical.ca
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 08/07/2026
What does a journey through medical evacuation look like for people in #Gaza? Patients who survive severe injuries and receive care abroad are returning to a health system devastated by years of war. Watch the story of Eman, Abdelhadi and Bashir: youtu.be/gQUIZd72mv4
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 06/07/2026
At our Ebola treatment centre in Mongbwalu, #DRC, each survivor is recognized because every recovery is a reason for hope. Florence Baginiyo, a survivor of #Ebola, reflects on surviving the disease and the loss of her sister, who also contracted it.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 03/07/2026
What helps stop an #Ebola outbreak? Community. When communities know the symptoms, know how to prevent infection and know where to seek care, cases can be detected earlier and transmission can be reduced. Esperanza Santos, Emergency Coordinator, explains:
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