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Responding to Texas Floods, Medical Needs in Rural Puerto Rico, and More

Santa Barbara, July 18 -- Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 575 shipments of requested medical aid to 47 U.S. states and territories and 15 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 8... Read More


Holistic care to prevent lasting consequences of childhood malnutrition

Nigeria, July 18 -- Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) teams in Nigeria have recorded a surge in malnutrition cases in the country's north, raising major concerns over potentially ... Read More


US cuts to international aid harm people caught in conflict and crisis around the world

New York, July 18 -- The US Congress' decision to claw back around $8 billion of funding previously approved for foreign assistance will exacerbate an already dire situation for people caught in confl... Read More


In the shadow of conflict: Rising epidemics in DR Congo

Congo, July 17 -- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing an increasing number of epidemics this year, with measles and cholera-two deadly and highly contagious diseases-of particular conce... Read More


Medical evacuation from Gaza: Thousands need care no longer available in the Strip

Palestine, July 17 -- The decimation of Gaza's health system by Israeli forces over the last 22 months of all-out war has left Palestinians with scarce options to access care as needs continue to skyr... Read More


A devastating mental toll: Constant settler and military violence in the West Bank

Palestine, July 17 -- Palestinians in the West Bank, especially those living in Hebron's southern countryside in areas like Masafer Yatta, face daily threats of forcible transfer, injury, and death. T... Read More


Sortoni: A once-thriving hub now abandoned in Sudan's Darfur region

Sudan, July 16 -- Nestled in the Jebel Marra mountains of Sudan's Darfur region lies the village of Sortoni, a once-thriving humanitarian hub that has been largely abandoned. Its residents say they ha... Read More


Neglected communities in Sudan's Jebel Marra mountains need urgent support

Sudan, July 16 -- Access to health care is one of the most urgent and challenging issues in conflict-affected regions across Sudan. In the remote mountainous area of Jebel Marra, Darfur, the situation... Read More


Afghan refugees fear seeking care amid Pakistan deportations

Afganistan, July 15 -- Since November 2023, the government of Pakistan has been implementing a campaign of deportations of Afghan refugees. While at first it began with deporting unregistered Afghan r... Read More


MSF internal review finds three staff members were deliberately targeted and killed in Tigray, Ethiopia in 2021

Ethiopia, July 15 -- Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres/ (MSF) has published the findings of an internal review of the brutal killing of three of its staff members-Maria Hernandez Matas,... Read More