Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada

Au #Liban, nos équipes ont découvert que le traitement à l’insuline d’un enfant perdait de son efficacité. Pourquoi? Parce que la famille ne disposait pas de réfrigérateur. Nos équipes ont alors dû faire preuve d’innovation! ⬇️ Nous avons utilisé comme système de refroidissement des pots en terre cuite, et avons soutenu les familles dans la prise en charge de la maladie. Pour les personnes atteintes de maladies non transmissibles, comme le #diabète de type 1, la sécurité des patients et patientes repose sur des soins continus et adaptés. Or, dans les situations de crise, comme les conflits et les déplacements, plusieurs facteurs peuvent rendre difficile la poursuite du traitement : enjeux financiers, sécuritaires et de transport, faiblesse des infrastructures et accès limité aux soins. Apprenez-en plus sur la façon dont nous assurons la sécurité des patients et patientes en contexte de crise : https://lnkd.in/g39uCTiF #JournéeMondialeDeLaSécuritéDesPatientsEtPatientes #JournéeMondialeDeLaSécuritéDesPatients #JournéeMondialeDeLaSécuritéDesPatientes

In #Lebanon, our teams discovered that a child’s insulin was losing effectiveness, not because treatment was unavailable but because the family had no refrigerator and frequent power outages exposed the medication to extreme heat. How did our teams innovate? ⬇️ To help keep it cool, we introduced a clay-jug storage solution and provided education and support to the family! For people living with non-communicable diseases such as Type 1 #diabetes, patient safety relies on continuous, reliable care. Yet in crisis settings, conflict, displacement, financial hardship and weak infrastructure can make it difficult to stay on treatment and prevent serious complications. Read more on how we keep patients safe during crises: https://lnkd.in/gY7hWg-c #WorldPatientSafetyDay

Children are disproportionately affected by the current #Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They must be included in treatment and prevention research. Yet barriers such as delayed inclusion in clinical trials, limited pediatric dosing guidance and safety concerns continue to restrict access to medical countermeasures for children, as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls. Read our statement and the commentary published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health: https://lnkd.in/g_MED4_B

Doctors Without Borders has been providing medical humanitarian care globally for over 50 years. And yes, that means our teams were around in the 80s! 📼🕹️📻 While our logo evolved, our dedication to patients around the world remains. 🌎 Swipe through some throwbacks showcasing our work in the decade. 🩺 ➡️ ------ Depuis plus de 50 ans, Médecins Sans Frontières offre des soins médicaux humanitaires un peu partout à travers le monde. Cela signifie que nos équipes étaient déjà présentes dans les années 80! 📼🕹️📻 Si notre logo a évolué, notre engagement envers les communautés du monde reste inchangé. 🌎 Faites défiler ces photos qui illustrent le travail que nous avons effectué au cours de cette décennie. 🩺 ➡️

L’escalade des combats au #Yémen pousse le système de santé au bord de l’effondrement. Des années de réduction des financements ont considérablement affaibli les structures de santé, qui disposent aujourd’hui de peu de moyens pour faire face à cette recrudescence des combats. Il est essentiel de maintenir un financement durable et flexible pour le Yémen afin que les femmes, les enfants et les communautés les plus touchés continuent d’avoir accès aux soins. Nos équipes apportent leur soutien à diverses équipes médicales dans plusieurs hôpitaux. Lisez notre article pour en savoir plus : https://lnkd.in/gWRVYW4X

Every escalation in #Yemen is not just a data point in a war. It is a woman in labor with fewer places to give birth safely. It is a child who needs surgery in a hospital whose supplies were just rerouted to trauma. It is a nurse showing up for a shift knowing there will not be enough hands. You may have seen the headlines-- about the strait, the geopolitics of who controls what, the way your cup of mocha connects to a trade route in Yemen. But that is not what I want you to know today. I want you to see what our Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada teams are seeing in Yemen right now. Wounded are arriving faster than emergency rooms can absorb them. Operating theatres, blood banks, wards, staff--are pushed past every capacity that had already been rebuilt from the last time. In Aden, our team is helping frontline staff triage the arriving wounded. In Mocha, a small team is still working in the neonatal intensive care unit, where the youngest patients you can imagine are still being cared for despite severe shortages of medicines and anesthetics. When a health system finally collapses, it does not collapse only for the wounded of a war. It collapses for every pregnancy, every child with a fever, every ordinary illness. It collapses for the people who were never in the headlines to begin with. ➡️ Read the full MSF statement: https://lnkd.in/gTfqJfsy PICTURE: Caregivers and children wait in the consultation area at Al-Mafraq Health Centre in Taiz governorate, Yemen, May 2026. MSF-supported teams at the health center receive families from communities across three districts, including people forced to leave their homes. 

This escalation risks pushing #Yemen's health system past the point of recovery. Years of funding cuts have already left health facilities with little capacity to absorb a new wave of conflict. Sustained and flexible funding for Yemen remains essential, so women, children and the communities already bearing the heaviest burden are not left without care. Our teams are supporting various medical teams and hospitals. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gbq4NFvy

Meet Sadia, our colleague and Health Promoter in Ouré‑Cassoni camp in #Chad. She fled the violence in Sudan. Today, she supports people facing the same crisis. More than 117,000 refugees live in the camp. As families fleeing the war in Sudan continue to arrive, needs for food, water, shelter and healthcare are increasing. This is happening at a time when humanitarian funding is decreasing. Read our response and why critical support is needed: https://lnkd.in/gtMbQT6N

“This is the worst humanitarian situation I have seen in years. To preserve the lives, dignity and safety of displaced people in Plaine Savo, as well as to help better protect them against Ebola disease, the response must be urgently scaled up,” shares Trish Newport, our Canadian colleague and Emergency Coordinator. Trapped by insecurity in Plaine Savo, Democratic Republic of Congo (#DRC), displaced families face harsh conditions, limited services and the ongoing threat of #Ebola disease. Our teams have treated an average of 60 survivors of sexual violence each month over the past six months. Every week, seven people arrived with weapon-related injuries and nine others required treatment for malnutrition. More on our response: https://lnkd.in/gTCRP6-q

En #Haïti, l’accès aux soins de santé devient parfois une question de vie ou de mort. À Port-au-Prince, la violence sape un système de santé déjà fragile, ce qui rend l’accès aux soins essentiels de plus en plus difficile. Pour les femmes, cela signifie se heurter à de sérieux obstacles pour consulter du personnel médical, se rendre à des visites prénatales ou recevoir des soins après une agression sexuelle. Nos équipes sont témoins des conséquences désastreuses qui surviennent lorsque des pays riches se désengagent, alors que les besoins humanitaires atteignent des niveaux sans précédent. L’impact des coupes dans le financement se fait déjà sentir en plusieurs endroits à travers le monde. Des cliniques médicales ferment leurs portes. Les distributions alimentaires sont réduites. Les épidémies deviennent de plus en plus difficiles à endiguer. Les membres du personnel de la santé doivent constamment faire plus avec moins.  L’heure est venue de renforcer l’action internationale, non de la réduire. Alors que les besoins humanitaires ne cessent de croître en Haïti et ailleurs dans le monde, le Canada ne doit pas détourner le regard. Rappelez aux membres du Parlement que le Canada doit accroître le financement destiné à l’aide humanitaire : https://lnkd.in/gwkQ2hDf