Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

14/10/2026

“I even thought my daughter would not make it.”

When seven-month-old Aisha Abdulkareem fell ill and fainted, her mother, Latifat, feared the worst.

At Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s Nilefa Kiji nutrition facility in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Aisha began receiving treatment. But while staying by her daughter’s bedside, Latifat worries about her other children at home.

“When my eldest son visited me, he asked when I was coming home. He said they were hungry since I had not been around. That makes me feel sad,” she explains.

Alongside medical care, MSF provides mental health and psychosocial support, including counselling, play activities for children and group sessions where caregivers can share their experiences.

For Latifat, this support brings reassurance during an uncertain time.

Learn how MSF builds mental health support into nutrition care and help us respond: https://msfsa.me/4yQFlTm

In northern Nigeria, families are facing a devastating malnutrition crisis. MSF is there to treat severely malnourished children and support the caregivers who are fighting alongside them.

10/10/2026

At Doctors Without Borders (MSF), we recognise that caregivers need support, too. That’s why our teams provide mental health and psychosocial support alongside medical treatment, helping caregivers cope with the emotional challenges of having a malnourished child.

In northern Nigeria, mothers and other caregivers often spend days or even weeks in hospital while their children are treated for malnutrition. While hoping their child will recover, they may also be worrying about the children they have left at home.

The emotional toll can be overwhelming. That’s why our nutrition programmes include mental health and psychosocial support for caregivers.

Discover more about this life-changing programme: https://msfsa.me/4AXIqCz

09/10/2026

Meet Azalet Dube, or 'Mama Dube' as she is affectionately known.

A teacher and counsellor by profession, she traded 10 years of teaching for health promotion with Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

Today she is supporting migrants displaced by June's anti-migrant violence in Johannesburg, where the team provides primary healthcare, chronic care, psychological support, first aid and hygiene kits.

Since July, the team has reached out to over 4,000 migrants.
Her message is simple: “Teamwork is the key to unlocking anything.”

Read her full story: https://msfsa.me/4dugOuE

08/10/2026

"Yesterday, I cried and had no appetite.”

When Fatima Ibrahim brought her 23-month-old daughter, Aisha, to MSF’s facility in Nilefa Kiji, Maiduguri, in Nigeria, she was already overwhelmed with worry.

Aisha had first fallen ill with meningitis. After treatment and a period of improvement, she began having convulsions again. This time, Fatima brought her to MSF, where Aisha was admitted for further malnutrition care.

But while Aisha was receiving treatment, Fatima was struggling too.

She is not alone.

Caregivers of children with severe malnutrition can experience intense anxiety, guilt, despair, and symptoms of depression. Many are also worrying about the children they have had to leave home.

Find out about the emotional toll of caring for a child with severe malnutrition: https://msfsa.me/4yH73ls

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation.

07/10/2026

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) responds to Kenya's first confirmed Ebola case and death in Nairobi.

Following the announcement by Kenya’s Ministry of Health of the country’s first confirmed Ebola case and subsequent death in Nairobi, MSF is closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with the Ministry of Health and other response actors.

In June 2026, MSF opened an Ebola simulation and training centre in Kajiado County, near Nairobi, to strengthen preparedness among Ministry of Health personnel, healthcare workers, partner organisations and MSF teams deploying to the region.

To date, 355 professionals, including 84 Kenyan healthcare workers, have been trained at the centre.

MSF remains ready to support the response in coordination with health authorities and other actors as the situation develops.

Find out more: https://msfsa.me/3UfbrZM

04/10/2026

Mpox is a virus that can spread through close contact with someone who has the virus.

But what should you look out for? And what should you do if you think you have been exposed?

In this short video, we explain how mpox spreads, the common signs and symptoms, and when to seek medical advice.

Find out more about mpox: https://www.msf.org.za/mpox

03/10/2026

A lack of food can contribute to malnutrition, but so can disease, poor sanitation and limited access to healthcare.

These factors can create a cycle where malnutrition weakens the body, making children more vulnerable to infections.

Treating malnutrition takes more than food. Children may need medical care alongside specially formulated therapeutic foods or milk to help them recover.

Learn more: https://www.msf.org.za/malnutrition

02/10/2026

When we think about malnutrition, we usually only consider a hungry child, losing weight or in need of urgent medical care.

For caregivers, weeks spent in hospital can mean being separated from other children, worrying about what is happening at home, losing sleep and living with the fear that their child may not recover.

Caring for a child through severe illness can take a mental and emotional toll on the person sitting at their bedside.

It’s for this reason that caregivers receive mental health and psychosocial support alongside their child’s medical treatment, at Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Nilefa Kiji nutrition facility in Maiduguri,

In northern Nigeria, families are facing a devastating malnutrition crisis. MSF is there to treat severely malnourished children and support the caregivers who are fighting alongside them.

30/09/2026

When a child is fighting severe malnutrition, the focus is naturally on the child.

But behind every sick child is a caregiver carrying their own fears, worries, and exhaustion.

For mothers in northern Nigeria, caring for a severely malnourished child can mean weeks in hospital, separation from their families and the constant fear of losing their child.

What happens to the person caring for them?

This October, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is shining a light on the often-unseen mental and emotional impact of malnutrition on caregivers.

🎥 Watch the teaser and follow the campaign as we share their stories of fear, uncertainty, resilience and hope.

26/09/2026

Humanitarian healthcare depends on energy, medical supplies, transport and logistics to reach people, often in remote and hard-to-reach settings. But these activities also have an environmental impact.

Reducing our environmental footprint is part of thinking differently about how humanitarian healthcare is delivered, without compromising on the medical care people need.

As health professionals, we have an ethical obligation to ‘do no harm’ to people and the planet. That’s why Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has committed to taking action to reduce our environmental footprint.

We have committed to reducing our emissions by at least 50% by 2030, compared with 2019 levels.

Read more about our efforts: https://msfsa.me/4ADyr5k