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From the Deputy Executive Director

“Those who wonder what climate change looks like should come to Mozambique,” says my colleague Adamo Armado Palame.

MSF responds to the crisis in Gaza

MSF teams are treating wounded people and providing overwhelmed hospitals with medical supplies. We also continue to call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire.

El Niño effects hit health hard

The year 2023 was the hottest in recorded history. Driven by human-caused climate change, these record-breaking highs were also boosted by the natural El Niño phenomenon.

Humanitarian action through climate expertise

Worldwide, climate change is affecting health by causing more frequent, extreme weather events, expanding the reach and spread of infectious diseases.

Fighting dengue with mosquitoes

Imagine mosquitoes are no longer a threat to people’s health. Imagine these tiny creatures no longer transmit some diseases but instead become unexpected allies in fighting them.

2023: A year in photos

MSF teams around the world continued to respond to crises in 2023. Our year in pictures offers a glimpse into the work carried out by our teams in over 70 countries last year.

An innovative monitoring tool

Epidemics, extreme weather events, migration and forced displacement: Latin America faces numerous humanitarian challenges, some exacerbated by the consequences of climate change.

Anticipating malaria peaks amid climate change

In many places around the world, the impacts of climate change are worsening people’s existing vulnerabilities, destabilizing communities and increasing the risk of certain diseases.

Where planetary and public health collide

Kiribati is a low-lying, Pacific atoll nation. The people of Kiribati are threatened by a changing climate. The country's small land mass is particularly vulnerable to a rising sea.

A future gift to bring positive change

MSF supporter Luis Ochoa describes himself as an ordinary but privileged person. He shares what giving through his legacy means and why he has named MSF in his will.

Who are MSF Canada STAFF ON ASSIGNMENT?

At any given moment, there are more than a hundred people working abroad on Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada contracts, helping provide care to people caught in crisis. They are doctors, nurses, engineers, coordinators, administrators, surgeons, logisticians and more, and they are drawn from all parts of Canada by the critical humanitarian needs that exist in places affected by conflict, disease, healthcare exclusion or disasters.

They help MSF provide essential care to people in more than 70 countries around the world. We thank them for their compassion, skills and dedication.

0 Workers on Canadian contract abroad as of February 2024 0 Non-medical personnel: Administrators,engineers, logisticians, coordinators 0 Medical personnel: Doctors, nurses, midwives, specialists (including paramedical) their home provinces are: 0 British Columbia 0 Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba 0 Ontario 0 Quebec 0 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, *Includes those back in Canada and under the COVID-19 14-day self-isolation national requirement. their home provinces are: 25 British Columbia 21 Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba 22 Ontario 55 Quebec 4 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, 127 Workers on Canadiancontract abroad as of Feb 2023: 61 Medical personnel: Doctors, nurses midwives, specialists (including paramedical) 66 Non-medical personnel: Administrators,engineers, logisticians, coordinators
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