The awful reality is that more women and girls could die due to disruption of sexual and reproductive health services than to the coronavirus itself — By Avril Benoît, executive director for Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières in the United States (MSF-USA) As world leaders attempt to tackle an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises, many of them deepened beyond imagination by the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is throwing its weight around on the global…

ER Doctor Craig Spencer is on the front lines in New York City to help slow down the spread of coronavirus — Dr. Craig Spencer is a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) board member and aid worker. He’s currently the Director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. In 2014, he was on the front lines of the West Africa Ebola outbreak in Guinea fighting to…

On the anniversary of the Global Gag Rule, we’re launching a free, open-source, evidence-based online course on medication abortion. An abortion with pills is simple, safe, and effective — even for those in the hardest to reach places. Dr. Manisha Kumar MD, MPH is a family medicine doctor and Head…

Despite personal tragedy, a nurse in Mozambique draws strength from treating cyclone survivors — A.* is a 26-year-old nurse working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Mozambique. She and her children survived Cyclone Idai, but her husband was killed. Despite the tragedy, she cares for patients in the most remote areas of Mozambique, in communities devastated by the effects of the cyclone…

Whether it’s advocating for safe abortion care and access to medicines, or condemning the bombing of hospitals, these women around the world are speaking out to empower others and protect patients. They will not be silent. — Meet just a few of these inspiring women we’re highlighting for Women’s History Month. “We will not leave patients behind. And we will not be silent. Seeking or providing health care must not be a death sentence… Make no mistake: we will relentlessly denounce attacks on health care. We…

Last night Trump used our data, again, to justify policies that would trap vulnerable people in places where their lives are at risk. — US Administration officials are sounding the alarm about a humanitarian crisis along the border with Mexico to justify building a border wall. As a medical humanitarian organization treating people in Honduras, El Salvador, and along the migration route through Mexico, we can be absolutely sure of this: a wall will…