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Tim Shenk

@tim.doctorswithoutborders.org
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Senior Communications Officer, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA. Based in NYC and internationally focused. Opinions my own. @doctorswithoutborders.org

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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 01/09/2026
Children are especially vulnerable to Ebola virus disease. An urgent call from @doctorswithoutborders.org to improve medical research for children affected by the current outbreak.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Over 1,400 people were killed in gang-related violence in Haiti between April and June alone. The neighborhood struck in the latest attack had already endured an attack last month which left 105 people dead. Haiti is not safe for people to return to. Gift link: www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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They came in silence: Why killings, abductions in Haiti mountain town has U.N. worried
“The mass killing in Kenscoff underscores the urgent need for national authorities to enhance the protection of the population, particularly communities living in areas affected by gang violence.”
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 28/08/2026
Under the 2nd Trump administration, the US has excluded Yemen from humanitarian funding and food aid. Humanitarian organizations have scaled back services at many health care centers, increasing demand at @doctorswithoutborders.org -supported facilities. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/yemen...
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Yemen: Malnourished children are reaching hospitals in critical condition
MSF urges donors to sustain essential support as health and malnutrition services scale back across northern Yemen, partly due to US aid cuts.
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
World Humanitarian Day falls this week, so hats off to aid workers struggling to help others even when they are defunded and targeted. Last year 350 aid workers were killed, mostly in Gaza and Sudan, and 235 were kidnapped. So thank you for your courage and dedication.
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Michal Ruprecht @michalruprecht.com · 14/08/2026
My first dispatch from the @stanfordcigh.bsky.social Media Fellowship. This story was supported by the @pulitzercenter.org. Photos by Michal Ruprecht. www.npr.org/2026/08/13/g...
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The drug lenacapavir is a mighty weapon against HIV. Its rollout gets mixed reviews
It's a twice-a-year injection that is remarkably effective in preventing an HIV infection. Distribution is starting. But questions are being raised about getting it to the areas that need it most.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/08/2026
Hospital admissions for severe malnutrition in Somalian displacement camps have surged 83 percent compared with last year, Doctors Without Borders reported, as the African country weathers drought and aid cuts from the U.S. and other donors.
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Severe malnutrition in Somalia is surging after U.S. cuts, aid groups say
“What we are seeing is shocking and far beyond the threshold of an extremely critical emergency,” one humanitarian official said.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 12/08/2026
@doctorswithoutborders.org teams are doing everything they can to save children's lives in southwestern Somalia amid a malnutrition crisis and a complete suspension of US humanitarian aid. Their message: the world must do more. wapo.st/45r1k6e @washingtonpost.com
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Severe malnutrition in Somalia is surging after U.S. cuts, aid groups say
“What we are seeing is shocking and far beyond the threshold of an extremely critical emergency,” one humanitarian official said.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 11/08/2026
@doctorswithoutborders.org : The world must not wait for a famine declaration in Somalia before acting www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/world...
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The world must not wait for a famine declaration in Somalia before acting
Half of young children screened by MSF in Baidoa are acutely malnourished.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 29/07/2026
@doctorswithoutborders.org had to suspend operations for three weeks at a maternity hospital in Port-au-Prince due to armed clashes. Now that we've returned, we're sharing the stories of how people were affected by this violence. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-r...
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MSF resumes care at maternity hospital in Haitian capital
The resumption of services at Isaïe Jeanty Maternity Hospital means women can once again access care, in a context where access to health services remains extremely difficult.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 28/07/2026
More than 300,000 Haitians in the US lost TPS and face deportation. But is it safe to return to Haiti? Jelle Krings' new photo story in @theguardian.com vividly shows otherwise. Françoise, 8 months pregnant, receives care at a @doctorswithoutborders.org clinic, days after gun battles shook the area
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 28/07/2026
"Under international law, hospitals, healthcare workers and wounded people are afforded special protection. It was a founding principle of the first Geneva convention in 1864 ..." But today we "almost have to justify why we shouldn't be targeted" says Liz Harding of @doctorswithoutborders.org
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/07/2026
From Ukraine and Sudan to Gaza: why have hospitals become a target of war?
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From Ukraine and Sudan to Gaza: why have hospitals become a target of war?
International law states only military sites can be targeted during conflicts, but this is routinely being ignored
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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 15/07/2026
In Ukraine, attacks on the medical system are impacting people's ability to seek care, and medical staff’s ability to provide it.
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The destruction of healthcare in Ukraine is deliberate and calculated | MSF
MSF's latest report documents attacks on healthcare in Ukraine, indicating a deliberate strategy to destroy the medical system.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 26/06/2026
"Public services have all but collapsed. Entire neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince have fallen within the control of violent armed groups." @doctorswithoutborders.org Tirana Hassan writes on Haiti's crisis in @time.com after a Supreme Court ruling raises risk of deportations time.com/article/2026...
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The Crisis I Witnessed in Haiti
As the Supreme Court clears the way for Trump to potentially end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Doctors Without Borders witnesses a growing crisis.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 25/06/2026
"Today's Supreme Court decision means that more than 330,000 Haitians could now face return to a country where widespread violence, displacement, and nearly collapsed health services make daily life unsafe." - Tirana Hassan @doctorswithoutborders.org www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/after...
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After Supreme Court ruling, Haitian TPS holders face potential return to a country in crisis
More than 330,000 Haitians could now face returning to a country where widespread violence, displacement, and nearly collapsed health services make daily life unsafe.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 16/06/2026
Malnutrition is surging in southwestern Somalia amid a drought and steep humanitarian funding cuts. With hospital wards beyond capacity, @doctorswithoutborders.org calls for an urgent emergency response to food, water and health needs: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/malnu...
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Malnutrition surges in southwestern Somalia
An emergency response is urgently needed to scale up food distribution, water, livelihood assistance, and nutrition support.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 03/06/2026
Some cautious good news: @doctorswithoutborders.org is resuming medical activities at its hospital in Cité Soleil in Port-au-Prince after a 3-week suspension due to armed clashes. Hoping for better days in Haiti. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...
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Haiti: MSF hospital in Cité Soleil reopens after three-week closure
MSF began to gradually resume medical services at its Cité Soleil hospital on June 1, after clashes forced the suspension of operations in mid-May.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 27/05/2026
No one should be afraid to go to the hospital. As Haitians face deportation from multiple countries, @doctorswithoutborders.org describes the risks that people face while seeking health care in Haiti's capital theworld.org/segments/202... @theworld.org
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Dominican Republic targets Haitian mothers and newborns for deportation - The World from PRX
Immigration officials in the Dominican Republic are staking out hospitals. When people who are pregnant arrive, they are arrested and deported — sometimes soon after they’ve given birth, along with th...
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 21/05/2026
Bundibugyo virus: Why this Ebola disease outbreak is different www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/bundi... The latest from @doctorswithoutborders.org
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Bundibugyo virus: Why this Ebola disease outbreak is different
An MSF expert on epidemic response answers common questions about the outbreak of Ebola disease currently sweeping through parts of DR Congo.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 30/04/2026
More than 350,000 people from Haiti are at risk if the Supreme Court enables the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status. Meanwhile in Haiti, the humanitarian situation has gone from bad to worse, as @cnn.com heard from @doctorswithoutborders.org edition.cnn.com/2026/04/29/a...
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A lifeline for Haiti could soon be severed by the US Supreme Court | CNN
Ysmael is already feeling the squeeze of rising prices in Haiti. “Everything has gone up,” she says in a World Food Programme video, from the fare for a ride on a “tap-tap” bus to the cost of putting ...
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 28/04/2026
A rare look at South Sudan's humanitarian crisis as people flee fighting between government and opposition forces. @doctorswithoutborders.org is attempting to bring lifesaving aid in remote areas where people are dying from starvation, but the government has denied access. apnews.com/article/sout...
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A South Sudan community is denied aid as government and opposition blame each other
Displaced people in a South Sudan village have been denied lifesaving aid by the government, according to eyewitnesses and aid groups.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 24/04/2026
As the Supreme Court takes up the case of Haitians with Temporary Protected Status, US policymakers must recognize how dangerous life has become in Haiti - @doctorswithoutborders.org www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 03/04/2026
Difficult and important to read @doctorswithoutborders.org
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Doctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 01/04/2026
We strongly condemn airstrikes allegedly carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces on March 31 in South Darfur, near the Teaching Hospital and within a densely populated civilian area. Following at least two strikes, the MSF-supported hospital received 5 wounded patients and the body of one person.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 31/03/2026
Worth reading in its entirety, including "What survivors demand." Sexual violence must not be ignored.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 30/03/2026
In a world on fire, spare a moment for South Sudan (thread)
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 27/03/2026
Don't forget who else gets hurt when the world is in turmoil: Overwhelming fuel prices cause Somalis to struggle to reach health care www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/overw... @doctorswithoutborders.org
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Overwhelming fuel prices leave Somalis struggling to access care
Following the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, soaring fuel prices have made journeys to health facilities unaffordable for many families.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 25/03/2026
An update from a neglected crisis as conflict worsens in South Sudan: theworld.org/segments/202... @doctorswithoutborders.org is responding, but many of our own staff are among the displaced @theworld.org @joshuacoe.bsky.social
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Fighting between political factions edges South Sudan toward civil war - The World from PRX
As Sudan’s civil war rages on, the United Nations is warning that a roiling political feud in neighboring South Sudan could escalate into another fractious conflict. The World’s Host Marco Werman spea...
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 04/02/2026
Sharing open @doctorswithoutborders.org positions today for no reason: msfamman.recruitee.com/o/strategic-... job-boards.greenhouse.io/msfcareers/j...
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MSF AMMAN - Strategic Communications Advisor
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 28/01/2026
A @doctorswithoutborders.org clinic has provided care to nearly 17,000 survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Port-au-Prince since 2015. Since 2021, patient numbers have nearly tripled. Their stories are harrowing. Our full report: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...
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Haiti: MSF report documents alarming rise of sexual violence in Port-au-Prince
An explosion of systematic sexual violence in Haiti in recent years has had a direct impact on the bodies of women and girls in Port-au-Prince.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 20/01/2026
1 year ago today, the 2nd Trump administration began upending global health and humanitarian programs around the world. The human costs have been catastrophic and are growing. @doctorswithoutborders.org statement: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/how-u...
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How US policies are reshaping global health and humanitarian aid, one year later
We are witnessing a wholesale reimagining of why and how the US provides aid and engages with the world on health and humanitarian issues.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 08/01/2026
The community of Bel Air in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has been wracked by clashes this week between armed groups and the Haitian National Police. @doctorswithoutborders.org calls attention to this crisis as already-limited medical services are cut off: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/haiti...
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Haiti: Escalating violence in Bel Air, Port-au-Prince
The violence is endangering the lives of thousands of civilians and alarmingly compromising their access to health care.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 22/12/2025
MSF’s vital humanitarian assistance at risk amid Israel’s new INGO registration rules for Gaza www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-...
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MSF’s vital humanitarian assistance at risk amid Israel’s new INGO registration rules for Gaza
Countless people will imminently lose access to critical medical care, water, and lifesaving support if Israel revokes MSF’s access to work in Gaza.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 12/12/2025
His full speech is a wake-up call: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-i...
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MSF International President Javid Abdelmoneim addresses UN Security Council on DR Congo
Until civilians are no longer treated as expendable, no political process will bring real relief.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 12/12/2025
Javid Abdelmoneim, International President of @doctorswithoutborders.org will brief the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo during a 10 a.m EST session on Friday, December 12. @unwebtv.bsky.social link webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12...
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The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Security Council, 10063rd meeting
The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 10/12/2025
A searing report on the "epidemic" of sexual violence in Haiti's capital. Survivors are speaking and the world should listen. @doctorswithoutborders.org
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Doctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 09/12/2025
This year in South Sudan: Funding cuts and escalating conflict are disrupting health care access amid declining international interest and support for humanitarian needs. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/lates…
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 02/12/2025
I have the privilege of working with @doctorswithoutborders.org colleagues who are directly assisting people on the edge of survival around the world. Thank you to all our donors who make this possible! A special opportunity to give today #GivingTuesday give.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/742...
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 01/12/2025
Bearing witness to rising sexual violence in Haiti: "Many of our patients talk about how they were aggressed in their own homes, because when armed groups come to new areas they want to control, they break into people's houses and they rape women"- Diana Manilla Arroyo @doctorswithoutborders.org
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 19/11/2025
"We can see the fear in their eyes." @doctorswithoutborders.org colleagues are bearing witness to unconscionable violence and malnutrition in Sudan's North Darfur region, as people flee the embattled city of El Fasher. @wbur.org
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Q&A: What we know about people fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher
MSF’s emergency coordinator in Sudan describes the intense needs of people fleeing mass violence in the embattled city in North Darfur.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 18/11/2025
"They are describing a real massacre." All the children are malnourished. We are seeing people that have been tortured, arriving to the hospital, people with fresh gunshots, cases of sexual violence
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 18/11/2025
Listening to a @doctorswithoutborders.org colleague speak on @wbur.org Here & Now now on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan: www.wbur.org/radio/progra...
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Here & Now
NPR and WBUR's live midday news program.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 01/11/2025
“It's some kind of blind violence. It's not only about taking the city, but it really looks now like some kind of revenge.” - Sylvain Pénicaud of @doctorswithoutborders.org, bearing witness to atrocities in the war in Sudan www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... @pbsnews.org
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Sudan's brutal civil war escalates as paramilitary forces go on killing rampage
Sudan's civil war has entered a new and horrific phase as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have gone on a killing rampage after taking over the key city of El Fasher in western Darfur. Hundreds of th...
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 27/10/2025
Sudan's war is so far out of sight that it seems like another world, but it is our own. Giulia Chiopris, @doctorswithoutborders.org pediatrician in North Darfur, speaks of thousands fleeing famine. Keep eyes on Sudan. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... @khoureld.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
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Sudanese paramilitary enters army’s last stronghold in Darfur
El Fashir is the last major city in the western region of Darfur held by Sudan’s military forces. The Rapid Support Forces’ entry raises fears of a bloodbath.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 02/10/2025
Sobering report from my @doctorswithoutborders.org colleagues in Port-au-Prince: Civilians in Haiti are caught in deadly, escalating violence. Many people have lost access to medical care amid a territorial conflict between armed groups and the police. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/civil...
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Civilians in Haiti are caught in deadly, escalating violence
Many people have lost access to medical care amid a territorial conflict between armed groups and the police.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 18/09/2025
@doctorswithoutborders.org calls on US lawmakers to: • Ensure a surge of lifesaving humanitarian aid to people in Gaza • Suspend arms transfers to Israel • Call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza STOP THE GENOCIDE! LET GAZA LIVE! Sign on: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/campa...
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 12/09/2025
Happy to share: @doctorswithoutborders.org USA appoints Tirana Hassan as new CEO: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/docto...
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Doctors Without Borders USA names Tirana Hassan as new CEO
Hassan brings decades of experience across the humanitarian and human rights fields.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 12/09/2025
Thank you, Grace. All of the above, but insecurity and access are among the biggest challenges.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 11/09/2025
Yesterday was a terrible day in Sudan's Darfur region. Hospitals received 99 people wounded in attacks including drone strikes on populated areas and the shooting and beating of people fleeing the besieged city of El Fasher. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/darfu... @doctorswithoutborders.org
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Darfur hospitals receive nearly 100 wounded people in one day
Survivors who managed to escape El Fasher report an unbearable situation in the besieged city and ongoing dangers on the road to Tawila.
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Tim Shenk @tim.doctorswithoutborders.org · 15/08/2025
In the midst of war, Sudan is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in years. @doctorswithoutborders.org teams are calling for a scaled-up response. @evesampson.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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Sudan, Battered by War, Is Hit by Its ‘Worst Cholera Outbreak’ in Years
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