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The platform "Documenting the Targeting and Destruction of the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip" presents accurate and detailed information about the Israeli assault on health during the genocidal war. This includes data on the attacks on healthcare facilities and health workers who have been killed, abducted, tortured, and maimed by Israeli forces during the genocide, and relevant statements by international organizations and healthcare institutions. These are complemented by original analysis by researchers and authors covering a range of issues in the targeting of the health sector, through which Israeli occupation forces have created a "war biosphere". Read more

Israeli UNRWA ban will deepen Palestinian humanitarian catastrophe

 

Protection must be guaranteed for MSF doctor and medical staff detained by Israeli forces

Statement31 October 2024

The Broken Lens: Antimicrobial Resistance in Humanitarian Settings

Report11 November 2024

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing threat in humanitarian and low-resource settings, particularly in conflict-affected regions where fragile health systems, access barriers to healthcare, and environmental contamination amplify its impact. Since 2014, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has made reducing the AMR burden a key priority, integrating it into its broader medical humanitarian efforts.

In Gaza, all the components of a society have been destroyed

Op-Ed15 November 2024

By Dr Isabelle Defourny, President, MSF France
     Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General, MSF International

Lives of children and newborns put at risk by living conditions in Gaza

Project Update22 November 2024

A minor correction was made to medical figures in this article on 22 November.

Obstacles to essential supplies deepen Gaza's catastrophic humanitarian and medical situation

Press Release29 November 2024

Three questions about the “apocalyptic” situation in Gaza

Interview 3 December 2024

Caroline Seguin, emergency coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), visited the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, where fighting has been raging for over 45 days, following an offensive launched by the Israeli forces in early October. She answers three questions about the apocalyptic situation in the north of the Strip, and recounts how 1.7 million people are living in frightful conditions in the south. 

Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports

6 April 2024

Statement

A WHO-led multi-agency mission accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 5 April to conduct a preliminary assessment of the extent of destruction and identify needs to guide future efforts to restore the facility. The highly complex mission was conducted in close partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), United Nations Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS), and in collaboration with the acting Hospital Director.

Rafah incursion would substantially increase mortality and morbidity and further weaken an already broken health system

3 May 2024

Statement

WHO is deeply concerned that a full-scale military operation in Rafah could lead to a bloodbath. More than 1.2 million people are currently sheltering in the area, many unable to move anywhere else.   

A new wave of displacement would exacerbate overcrowding, further limiting access to food, water, health and sanitation services, leading to increased disease outbreaks, worsening levels of hunger, and additional loss of lives.  

First phase of polio campaign concludes successfully in Gaza

4 September 2024

News release

Over 187 000 children under ten years of age were vaccinated with novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in central Gaza during the first phase of a two-round polio vaccination campaign, conducted between 1–3 September 2024. Vaccination coverage in this phase exceeded the initial estimated target of 157 000 children due to population movement towards central Gaza, and expanded coverage in areas outside the humanitarian pause zone.  
 

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