Sana Bég

Sana Bég

@sana.msf.ca

Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.ca

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Sana Bég
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@nobelprize.org Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Navi Pillay refused to accept that courage is needed to tell the truth. As @msf.ca has seen, naming war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide--through evidence, through law, through facts--has become an act of courage.

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

🧡 Today is #Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Denise Boucher was a Dene girl from Łutsel K'e. In 1943, she died at St. Joseph's residential school. Her family wasn't told for a year. She was buried without them. Her grave marker went missing.

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

#WorldHumanitarianDay is about remembrance. But increasingly, it is also a warning. Aid workers are being killed at record rates as the rules meant to protect them are eroded. The rules exist because we chose to write them. The world we want will exist only if we choose to defend them. @msf.ca

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⚽️ #Congo’s first-ever #WorldCup knockout run ended today. 🩺While we cheered, our @msf.ca teams were showing up in Ituri, Bunia & Goma, 2 months into responding to an #Ebola disease outbreak. The game is over. The outbreak isn't. Don't forget eastern Congo when the final whistle blows.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
@madhupai.bsky.social

Allowing epidemics to continue comes at a massive cost Ebola Outbreak Could Push Nearly One Million More People into Poverty and Cost Africa Billions www.undp.org/press-releas...

undp.orgEbola Outbreak Could Push Nearly One Million More People into Poverty and Cost Africa Billions, warns UN Development ProgrammeA new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) assessment warns that the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is sparking a far-reaching socioeconomic crisis which could push 985,000 more people into poverty, with women disproportionately suffering the economic and health fallout. The Ebola crisis also risks eliminating tens of thousands of jobs, disrupting education and healthcare services, and costing African economies up to US$ 3.6 billion if broader regional and global shocks intensify.
Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

Of the patients admitted to @msf.ca our #Ebola treatment ctr in #DRC, 68% of confirmed cases admitted are women. But there is hope. And our teams are clear about what it takes. The women of DRC deserve more than to be a statistic. They deserve a response & a hope that is radical. #HopeisRadical

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

⚽️In #Gaza, an estimated 421 footballers have been killed since 2023. More than 1,000 #Palestinian athletes total. The people we treat @msf.ca aren't categories. They're not just patients. They're people who loved the same things we do--including the beautiful game. #FIFAWorldCup2026 #Canada

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
@madhupai.bsky.social

An illustration of why surveillance & early detection matters in outbreak containment “The reality today is that nobody knows the true scale and severity of this outbreak. New suspected cases are being reported daily, yet 100s of samples remain untested" healthpolicy-watch.news/congo-ebola-...

healthpolicy-watch.newsCongo Ebola Outbreak Now Third-Largest On Record As Suspected Cases Pass 1,000 - Health Policy WatchA rare and deadly strain of the Ebola virus is spreading rapidly through a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has never previously

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
@msf.ca

#Ebola outbreak: Sana Bég sits with Maria Kestane of The Big Story to discuss how our teams are responding, what we can do to help and how it affects us here in #Canada. Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-the-latest-ebola-outbreak-could-affect-you/id1399721065?i=1000769451244

podcasts.apple.comHow the latest Ebola outbreak could affect youPodcast Episode · The Big Story · May 25 · 26m

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
@madhupai.bsky.social

You know what's a perfect storm? - A virus - A world where authoritarianism is rising - A world where multi-lateralism is failing - A WHO weakened by US exit - Deep, abrupt aid cuts by rich nations - Anti-scientific leadership in the US - Growing anti-vax movement - Disinformation is everywhere

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

On April 2, a drone attack hit a hospital in #Sudan, killing 10 people, during a children’s vaccination campaign. In #Gaza, @msf.ca faces critical shortages of medicines, supplies, and equipment. Aid trucks remain blocked, and no supplies have entered since January. #Easter #GoodFriday #Passover

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🤔 Is it just me, or are we all scrolling past stories of what’s being done to women & girls while perpetrators are known yet never held accountable? In #Darfur, 97% of survivors treated by @msf.ca describe perpetrators as armed men acting with complete impunity. More➡️https://tinyurl.com/k62e7dnc

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

#Canada’s international aid is not meant to act as a trade strategy. People deserve care because they are human. Not because they trade something, produce something, or benefit our markets. #RandeepSarai #IDW2026

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
@msf.ca

“The biggest impact is not going to be on aid organizations. The biggest impact is going to be on the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, our Executive Director. Israel’s withholding of NGO registrations could end MSF’s operations in #Gaza by March 1: ca.news.yahoo.com/gaza-aid-und...

ca.news.yahoo.comGaza aid under threat: Canadian NGOs warn humanitarian system could collapse as Israel withholds registrationsNGOs provide lifesaving medical care, food and rehabilitation services in Gaza and the West Bank. That could end March 1.
Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

#Access is what allows #journalists to bear witness. It allows aid workers to deliver care. When both journalists & aid orgs lose access— you should be deeply, deeply concerned.

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

Last night, government forces bombarded an @msf.ca hospital in South Sudan. This is part of an alarming and dangerous pattern: 🚨 Attacks on healthcare are becoming normalized in conflict zones. Pay attention. Demand accountability. #NotATarget

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@sana.msf.ca

Palestinians in #Gaza already face a brutal winter, destroyed homes & barely functioning healthcare. If @msf.ca is expelled, the impact will be devastating. We remain committed to dialogue with #Israel. We remain focused on returning attention to where it belongs: the catastrophic needs in #Gaza.

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

Medevacs from space are now a reality. NASA just evacuated sick astronauts from orbit back to Earth. If we can organize a medical evacuation from outer space, #Israel can certainly organize safe, timely evacuations for critically ill @msf.ca patients in #Gaza.

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@sana.msf.ca

#Israel has denied registration to international medical humanitarian aid organizations in #Gaza. This is not some administrative detail. It is a death sentence for civilians already being dehumanized in every possible way. @msf.ca

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
@msf.ca

“Let’s not call it deregistration, let’s call it a death sentence  —  that is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules. montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

montrealgazette.comOxfam-Québec surprised to be among aid groups Israel bars from GazaNearly 40 organizations supplying aid in Gaza are scheduled to be barred as of Thursday for not complying with new registration requirements.

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Adam R Houston
@healthlawadamh.bsky.social

Canada lost its #measles elimination status today. Here's something @jwnickerson.bsky.social and I wrote a while back in @theconversation.com for @msf.ca: "Measles is a humanitarian issue, and its unwelcome reappearance in Canada is a reminder of its importance" theconversation.com/measles-is-a...

theconversation.comMeasles is a humanitarian issue, and its unwelcome reappearance in Canada is a reminder of its importanceAny upsurge in measles is of real concern, but in settings aggravated by poor living conditions and malnutrition, it can be disastrous. It can affect adults, but young children are at particular risk.

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins
@pollypw.bsky.social

It was thought provoking to sit down a couple of months ago to talk with @sana.msf.ca and @tammam.bsky.social about whether humanitarianisn has a marketing problem for the @newhumanitarian.bsky.social Give it a listen! www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/202...

thenewhumanitarian.orgRethinking Humanitarianism | How to make people care? Emergency aid’s marketing problemDo people not care about conflicts and crises, or are humanitarians missing the mark? On the podcast: Ideas to win the battle for public attention.

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Levi Sharpe
@levisharpe.bsky.social

I've been thinking about this topic for a long time and I'm really excited to have finally gotten to do an episode about it! @tammam.bsky.social speaks with @sana.msf.ca and @pollypw.bsky.social about whether humanitarianism has a marketing problem. 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

podcasts.apple.comHow to make people care? Emergency aid's marketing problem | Rethinking HumanitarianismPodcast Episode · The New Humanitarian · 10/30/2025 · 1h
Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

⚠️The start of a #ceasefire (already violated) is not the end to accountability or outrage. Here's what I find absolutely abhorrent as I sift through our @msf.ca data: Over 2 million Palestinians being forced into 13% of #Gaza- a patch of land so small that the scale of suffering is catastrophic.

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Imagine if all of us in #Toronto were crammed into an area 6x smaller than the city with no protection, sanitation or hospitals. Or if the entire pop of #Chicago were squeezed into 1/3rd the area of #Manhattan. Or if all ppl in #Brussels were jammed into a few neighborhoods, exposed to the elements.

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

@msf.ca data shows diseases directly linked to these poor living conditions-- these account for 70% of outpatient consultations in our clinics. The only responsible course of action? It's not complicated. ⚡We need an immediate, massive scale-up of humanitarian aid & access. We need it NOW.

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

Human rights should never be conditional. In #Gaza, 2 yrs of systematic dehumanization through a brazen genocide has denied civilians the even the most basic necessities. This week, our @msf.ca teams resumed medical + water activities in Gaza City. Here's what we've done:

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

➡️ Reopened our wound care clinic, which has received hundreds of patients, most with trauma-related injuries that went untreated for weeks. ➡️ Restarted water trucking, delivering safe drinking water daily. ➡️ Continuing remote support for local hospitals, through incentives, supplies, + fuel.

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

This is nowhere near enough, but it's a start. Reclaiming even fragments of humanity in a place where it’s been stripped away is what keeps us going. 📣 Because access to water, to care, to dignity--these should never depend on politics, nor on who the world decides is human enough to deserve them.

Sana Bég
@sana.msf.ca

#GAZA: We've been living now through years of brazen undermining of agreed upon global norms and conventions such as international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions. Should it come as any surprise that the definition of a ceasefire has become meaningless as well? ⬇️

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)@msf.ca

Just in from #Gaza: Morten Rostrup, emergency doctor, working inside Al-Aqsa Hospital, describes receiving dozens of wounded after the Israeli airstrikes across the #GazaStrip yesterday It killed more than 45 people and injured over 150, according to the Ministry of Health.