Doctors Worldwide Updates

Doctors of the World strongly opposes H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act. This bill, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, threatens the core...

In Mayotte, Cyclone Chido has officially claimed at least 35 lives, with thousands still missing. This toll is expected to rise dramatically in the coming days. On Saturday, December 14, wind gusts...

Doctors Worldwide recognises that access to healthcare is a human right which is rightly enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the Geneva Conventions and International...

It has now been a year since the devastating attacks on the occupied Palestinian territory began, and civilian deaths and injuries are in the tens of thousands. In the Gaza Strip, the damage to an...

“To forgo measles vaccination of the children of Gaza would be a grave missed opportunity, a demonstrated failure to learn from the past, and in our view, ethically questionable. The children of Gaza...

The latest Human Development Index (HDI) published reflects a very low rate in Sierra Leone, 0.458, ranking 184th . The 2022 female HDI value for Sierra Leone is 0.432, compared to 0.488 for men,...

The crisis at the border continues to unfold this month as President Joe Biden announced new measures on Tuesday to limit access to the U.S. asylum system when illegal border crossings reach...

Right now, we have a team of 20 local Palestinian staff members working on the ground to distribute supplies alongside delivering critical medical support at one of the last functioning hospitals in...

RAMALLAH, 3 April 2024 - A week since the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, and days since the International Court of Justice issued additional provisional...

Globally, 94% of all maternal deaths occur in low and lower middle-income countries, yet most of these deaths could have been prevented (WHO). In Malawi, approximately 70% of pregnant women face...

The recent attack on Gaza that began on the 7th of October may have reached a temporary pause, but over a million people are in need whilst thousands have already died. An overview of the impacts so...

October 18, 2023 73 leaders of UK INGOs have signed a statement calling on the UK government to secure an urgent ceasefire in Israel and Gaza following blasts at al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza and...

Malawi is currently experiencing the deadliest outbreak of cholera in the country’s history. A public health emergency was declared in early December 2022, and there are already 51,568 cases and...

Since the devastating earthquakes on Monday 6th February 2023, Doctors Worldwide’s team in Türkiye mobilised immediately and arrived at the epicentre on the same day to provide emergency relief and...

Pakistan is one of the top ten countries in the world affected by climate change, despite only being responsible for 1% of global greenhouse emissions. Now, after the devastating floods that swept...

Since June 2022, torrential rains have hit Pakistan due to an extreme monsoon season and melting glaciers, causing devastating floods which have killed over 1,500 people so far, of which more than...

Since May 2022, Bangladesh has been hit with one of the worst floods in years, with millions in Sylhet and Sunamganj now homeless and without any belongings. Moreover, according to the European...

The end of April brought us to the near-halfway point of the completion of our PGF Cohort E (Postgraduate Fellowship Programme in Refugee & Migrant Health) Programme, and our DICE Cohort B (Doctors...