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MSF states that Israel is using access to water as a weapon in Gaza.
Parliamentary hearing on access to healthcare for undocumented migrants.
47 consultations this morning at the downtown mobile clinic.
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On the occasion of the International Day for the Right to Abortion, Doctors of the World gives a voice to those who, every day, support people having an abortion.
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Maison Benoît Labre, a long-standing partner of Médecins du Monde, is facing numerous attacks from people who want it shut down in Saint-Henri.
Doctors of the World Canada unveils its electoral platform for the 2026 provincial elections and calls on parties to address access to care for people experiencing homelessness, migrants without health coverage, women in situations of precariousness, and Quebec’s international commitments in health and human rights.
How can violence be proven when the system meant to recognize it remains out of reach? This is the question that guided the conference jointly organized by Médecins du Monde and the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health (CanWaCh), with the participation of Save the Children and Avocats sans frontières Canada, on June 25, 2026.
The DEVENIR project, funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and implemented by the consortium of NGOs Médecins du Monde and SOCODEVI, has just reached a major milestone in the health districts of Niamey Commune V and Agadez, in service of access to health and the socioeconomic empowerment of women and adolescent girls.
In the Darién region, between Colombia and Panama, Doctors of the World Canada deploys fixed and mobile clinics to address the health emergency of migrants. A report on a project that provides care, prevents, and encourages speaking out.
On June 25, 2026, a violent earthquake shook several states in Venezuela, causing numerous casualties, injuries, and significant damage to infrastructure and essential services. Doctors of the World immediately activated its emergency response mechanisms and mobilized its teams on the ground to provide rapid assistance to the most vulnerable populations.
In one of the most isolated provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, women walk for hours to reach a health centre. Thanks to the project implemented by Médecins du Monde (MdM) with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), they now find free healthcare, quality medical follow-up and life-changing support.
Montreal, June 12, 2026 – The Regroupement des ressources alternatives en santé mentale du Québec (RRASMQ), the Ligue des droits et libertés, the Association des groupes d’intervention en santé mentale du Québec (AGIDD-SMQ), the Réseau d’aide aux personnes seules et en situation d’itinérance de Montréal (RAPSIM), the Association des juristes progressistes (AJP), Médecins du Monde Canada, ReprésentACTION Santé Mentale Québec, and the Collectif des personnes survivantes de la P-38 are joining their voices to denounce the rushed adoption of Bill 23, a bill aimed at facilitating and broadening the criteria for involuntary hospitalization.
In just over two weeks, the Ebola epidemic affecting the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has affected more than 320 people, nearly 50 of whom have already died, while dozens of suspected cases continue to be recorded every day.
Montreal, May 25, 2026 — Médecins du Monde Canada today inaugurates its very first building acquired since its founding, located at 6235 Saint-Hubert Street, in the heart of Plaza St-Hubert in Montreal. This acquisition marks both the official opening of a unique space dedicated to health and the organization's 30th anniversary.
Toronto, ON | March 31, 2026 – Today, exactly one year after the Ontario government forced nine Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS, also known as Supervised Consumption Services - SCS) sites to close across the province, over 250 organizations – led by the HIV Legal Network, the Drug Strategy Network of Ontario, and the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition – have sent a clear message to the Ontario government.
Montreal, March 24, 2026 – Following the introduction of Bill 23, An Act mainly to better support persons whose mental state may pose a risk to their own safety or that of others, presented by Sonia Bélanger, Doctors of the World Canada expresses its concern about the negative effects on persons experiencing homelessness and marginalized individuals, already disproportionately impacted by P-38.
OTTAWA, March 27, 2026 – A broad coalition of human rights, civil liberties, refugee and migrant rights, gender equality, and privacy protection organizations is denouncing the adoption of Bill C-12, which came into force today.
March 16, 2026. Canada’s leading humanitarian aid organizations, united under the Humanitarian Coalition, are launching a fundraising appeal to deliver emergency aid to Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Doctors of the World launches RESPECT+, its first interactive web documentary.
Paris, March 3, 2026. Since the start of American and Israeli airstrikes on Iran and Iranian retaliatory strikes in several Middle Eastern countries, thousands of civilians have already been impacted.
MONTRÉAL, November 19, 2025 – The Coalition for Supervised Consumption Services in Quebec (SCS) firmly denounces the adoption of Bill 103 by the National Assembly. This law represents a dangerous setback in the fight against the overdose crisis. By weakening already established services and erecting barriers to the opening of new SCS, the government is endangering essential health services that save lives and whose effectiveness is well established.
Montreal, November 4, 2025—A coalition of over 100 NGOs, led by Cooperation Canada and the Canadian Partnership for Women’s and Children’s Health (CanSFE), expresses its concern over the government’s decision to reduce Canada’s International Assistance Envelope in the 2025 Budget tabled today. This represents a step back from our global commitments and a breach of a promise made by Prime Minister Carney during the election campaign.
"As world leaders gather next week at the United Nations, we call on all Member States to act in accordance with the mandate entrusted to the UN 80 years ago."
Montreal, September 9, 2025. Israeli forces bombed a building located a few metres from one of Doctors of the World’s clinics in Gaza City yesterday. All staff and patients are unharmed, but the explosion caused severe damage, rendering our facilities completely unusable. No alert or evacuation request had been communicated to our teams. Doctors of the World strongly condemns this new, flagrant and unacceptable violation of international humanitarian law.
MONTRÉAL, August 7, 2025 — Representatives from four Quebec humanitarian aid and international solidarity organizations protested in Montreal on Thursday to express their anger at the mirage of so-called humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.
Montreal, June 11, 2025. Yesterday morning around 11:00 AM local time in Gaza, a building housing a Médecins du Monde office in Deir El Balah was attacked by drones.
The Inter-Organizational Liaison Framework (CLIO) expresses deep concern over the alarming deterioration of the security situation in Haiti. While the population of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area remains daily exposed to extreme violence, insecurity is now spreading to the Centre and Artibonite departments, severely affecting localities such as Mirebalais, Hinche, Lascahobas, Saint-Marc, Petite-Rivière, and Verrettes.
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