Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada

We've been raising the alarm about the massive humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to the Canadian government for over a year. Fighting between state and non-state groups has driven millions of people from their homes and left them in urgent need of safety. Our teams in the country have scaled up our pre-existing medical humanitarian activities but simply cannot do it on our own. Emergency and additional funding from Canada will allow other organizations to scale up and provided urgent support. Read our full statement: https://bit.ly/3KU6ltS

"I’m here in #Sudan, where the world’s largest displacement crisis is unfolding. As one of the only aid organizations left in Sudan our teams are witnessing catastrophic death rates caused not only by the ongoing war, but by diseases like malaria and malnutrition." A message from Dr. Christos Christou, our International President to our supporters:

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Vous avez vu le #mpox à la une des journaux? Apprenez-en plus sur ce virus qui se transmet par contact étroit entre personnes, ou avec des animaux infectés. Endémique en Afrique centrale (souche I) et en Afrique de l'Ouest (souche II) depuis les années 1970, il s'est rapidement propagé dans le monde en 2022-2023, avec des dizaines de milliers de cas liés à la variante ouest-africaine signalés dans plus de 110 pays. L'épidémie actuelle dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (#RDC) est causée par une nouvelle ramification du clade 1, appelée clade 1b, qui provoque une maladie plus grave que le clade 2. Plus de 479 personnes sont mortes depuis le début de l'année 2024. Apprenez-en plus et voyez comment nous réagissons : https://lnkd.in/gSFYCk_X

You've seen #mpox in headlines, learn more about the virus: It is transmitted by close contact between people or with infected animals. It has been endemic in Central Africa (strain I) and West Africa (strain II) since the 1970s, and spread rapidly around the world in 2022-2023, with tens of thousands of cases linked to the West African variant reported in more than 110 countries. The current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is caused by a new offshoot of clade 1, called clade 1b, which causes more severe disease than clade 2. More than 500 people have died since the start of 2024. Scroll to learn more and see how we're responding. ⬇️

Avez-vous reconnu des gens de votre voisinage? Prenez une minute pour découvrir les Canadiens et les Canadiennes qui travaillent avec nous un peu partout à travers le monde. ⬇️ Au cours des six premiers mois de cette année, 211 Canadiens et Canadiennes sont partis en affectation. Il s’agit de chirurgiens, de chirurgiennes, d’anesthésistes, de psychologues, de membres du personnel infirmier et de la logistique, et bien plus encore! Environ 95 % de ces collègues sont bilingues! À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de l’aide humanitaire, nous remercions les membres de notre équipe qui, un peu partout dans le monde, fournissent des soins médicaux humanitaires dans plus de 70 pays! Fait amusant : notre équipe internationale regroupe plus de 69 000 collègues, dont 78 % sont recrutés localement dans les pays où nous travaillons. Pour en savoir plus sur la façon de vous joindre à nous : https://lnkd.in/g-RMZnxY

Do you spot any neighbours from your province? Take a minute to learn about Canadians working with us around the world. ⬇️ During the first 6 months of this year, 211 Canadians went on assignment. This includes surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, psychologists, logisticians and more. Out of those colleagues, 95% of them are bilingual! On World Humanitarian Day, we thank our team members across the world for providing medical humanitarian care in over 70 countries! Fun fact: our global team is made of more than 69,000 colleagues and 78% are locally hired in the countries where we work. Learn more about joining us: https://lnkd.in/eb28HCt9

Aujourd’hui, nous célébrons la Journée mondiale de l’aide humanitaire et nous vous invitons à témoigner de votre solidarité avec le personnel humanitaire qui travaille un peu partout à travers le monde. Comment? En faisant un don hommage à Médecins Sans Frontières. Le don hommage est une belle façon de reconnaître une personne de votre cercle familial, amical ou de travail qui a un impact positif dans la vie des gens qui l’entourent. Soutenez notre équipe qui compte plus de 69 000 personnes à travers le monde, et célébrez avec nous le travail humanitaire : https://bit.ly/4devoEp

Today marks #WorldHumanitarianDay and we invite you to stand in solidarity with humanitarians working around the world. How? Make a tribute gift to Doctors Without Borders. 🌎 When you make a tribute gift, you have the opportunity to recognize someone - a friend, family member, or colleague - who makes an impact in the lives of people around them! 🤍 Support our team of over 69,000 staff around the work and celebrate the humanitarian in your life: https://bit.ly/3SNgEUK

Massive flooding in eastern #Chad has decimated the town of Koukou and surrounding villages. Vast parts of the city are underwater with thousands of people seeking refuge on top of a hill.   People’s homes have collapsed and many have lost everything. They urgently need food, water and shelter as they may be trapped here some time, with the risk that the floods will rise again even higher. Our colleagues report many of the people trapped on the hill are children, pregnant and lactating women and elderly people. The situation is unprecedented.