The BMJ 2025–26 appeal: supporting Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza, Sudan and more than 70 countries worldwide. Please donate if you are able: https://msf.org.uk/bmj-annual-appeal-2025
Over the next eight weeks, The BMJ will be showcasing MSF’s extraordinary work through reporting, opinion articles, and photography. Our coverage will highlight teams responding to complex and fast-moving humanitarian emergencies in a handful of the more than 70 countries where MSF operates, including Gaza, Sudan, and Nigeria.
As Dr Natalie Roberts, MSF UK’s executive director, notes in her piece for us, MSF treats millions of people every year for injuries, malaria, cholera, or malnutrition in war zones, refugee camps, and areas hit by natural disasters. The charity’s independence allows its teams to act fast and reach the people who need medical care the most.
Most MSF staff are locally recruited. One of them, Palestinian doctor Mohamed Abu Mughaisib, has spent almost 800 days working in Gaza. His interview with our correspondent Elisabeth Mahase offers a stark account of how medical staff are bracing for winter as Israeli attacks and aid restrictions continue.
Please donate if you are able: https://msf.org.uk/bmj-annual-appeal-2025
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