Meet Our New International President
You are cordially invited to a media briefing with Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim, the newly elected International President of Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim is a Sudanese-Iranian emergency medical doctor who joined MSF in 2009. Join us to gain insight into his vision for leading MSF, particularly as the organisation navigates the shifting dynamics of the global humanitarian system and the reordering of the global health architecture.
Key Discussion Points
- An overview of Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim's medical and humanitarian experience around the world
- MSF’s two-decade presence in South Africa and its response to regional health challenges
- MSF’s unique experience in providing healthcare to vulnerable communities — often as one of the few humanitarian actors operating in contexts such as war-torn Sudan and the volatile Northern part of Mozambique
- His reflections on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid a fragile ceasefire
Briefing Details
Date: Friday, 7 November 2025
Time: 10:00 – 11:30
Venue: 9th Floor, Zurich House, 70 Fox Street, Marshalltown, Johannesburg
RSVP: By Monday, 3 November 2025 to Jane Rabothata
Jane Rabothata
About Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is a global network of principled medical and other professionals who specialise in medical humanitarian work, driven by our common humanity and guided by medical ethics. We strive to bring emergency medical care to people caught in conflicts, crises, and disasters in more than 70 countries worldwide.
In South Africa, we currently run a non-communicable diseases (NCDs) project in Butterworth, Eastern Cape province, where we support the Department of Health (DoH) in improving care for patients with diabetes and hypertension. The project focuses on improving screening, diagnosis, management, and prevention of NCDs through advocacy, research, health promotion, training, and mentorship of Community Healthcare Workers.
MSF is also recognised as one of the pioneers in providing antiretroviral treatment (ART) in the public sector. It started the first HIV programme in South Africa in 1999. The organisation's earlier interventions in the country have primarily been on developing new testing and treatment strategies for HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) in Eshowe (Kwa-Zulu Natal) and Khayelitsha (Western Cape). The Eshowe project was handed over to DoH in 2023 after 12 years of operations. The Khayelitsha project was closed in 2020 after 22 years of activities and campaigning for improved HIV and TB treatment.
Other projects we have been involved in include our Migrant Project in the country's capital, Tshwane, which was handed over to authorities and a local Community-Based Organisation after building the capacity to work with undocumented populations. We also previously offered free, high-quality, and confidential medical care to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Rustenburg, North West province.
To learn more about our work in South Africa, please visit this page on our website (www.msf.org.za). To support MSF’s work:
- SMS “JOIN” to 42110 to donate R30 Once-off
- Visit https://www.msf.org.za/donate
