https://www.medsf.org/rss/guatemala en https://www.medsf.org/msf-concludes-project-migrants-guatemala From late 2021 to June 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) ran a project for people migrating through Guatemala, seeking to reach the United States. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:28:43 +0000 18407ead-97d8-4539-b949-c45eb8916c97 https://www.medsf.org/msf-details-violence-and-abuses-faced-migrants-central-america-and-mexico MEDSF report details abuses faced by migrants in Central America and calls for adequate response to address health and protection needs of migrants in the region. Mon, 27 May 2024 08:12:30 +0000 a01db136-6fa9-40a1-a72d-d6d12899517d https://www.medsf.org/violence-desperation-and-abandonment-migration-route Fri, 24 May 2024 08:46:07 +0000 10a37e71-3f82-4991-851c-b48fd1d1540c https://www.medsf.org/guatemala-msf-highlights-urgent-need-care-patients-chronic-kidney-disease Since 2021, MEDSF has been responding to chronic kidney disease in three municipalities in Guatemala. As the project is closing, we stress the need for health authorities to run renal health programmes across the country. Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:32:35 +0000 703aedca-d43d-4833-87de-441d85b8eb9f https://www.medsf.org/fighting-chronic-kidney-disease-guatemala MEDSF has been working in the department of Escuintla, Guatemala, to implement a comprehensive, sustainable and reproducible care model for chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin, since August 2021. Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:05:18 +0000 5fc862fe-5b48-4bb2-944f-26263961a4ea https://www.medsf.org/report-no-way-out-central-american-migration The report, No way out: The humanitarian crisis for migrants and asylum seekers trapped between the United States, Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America, looks to expose the devastating effects that the criminalisation of migration is having on people fleeing violence. Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:55:42 +0000 6ed23e88-2131-43b4-a260-ea1a5350c781 https://www.medsf.org/mexico-not-option-my-family-stay-migration Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers from across Central America, trying to cross to the United States, are stuck in Mexico and currently living in shelters and on the streets of violent border cities, such as Reynosa, Mexicali and Nuevo Laredo. Fri, 24 May 2019 11:41:47 +0000 bffaabdb-4416-4edd-b3e2-5bae15b63a7c https://www.medsf.org/central-america-leaving-country-seek-asylum-often-only-option-survival Stephanie Puccetti, a humanitarian affairs advisor for MEDSF-USA, talks about the challenges facing migrants and asylum seekers in Honduras and Mexico, and along the US border. Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:22:29 +0000 d8c79e1c-7d5a-44f8-9ea6-d7084cf3a364 https://www.medsf.org/forced-flee-report-central-american-migration For millions of people from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, fear and horrific violence are dominant facets of daily life in which they try flee, heading north. MEDSF surveyed migrants and refugees making their way through Mexico to learn their reasons for leaving and the level of violence they experienced along the way. Fri, 12 May 2017 12:14:34 +0000 443cb88d-856c-43a4-8b88-b5cf0666043e https://www.medsf.org/central-american-insomnia For the migrants crossing Mexico, the route to the US is beset with obstacles, violence and sleeplessness Mon, 04 Aug 2014 10:13:12 +0000 5f9effbb-43d3-413a-bd95-938ac51ad164