Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
MSF challenges COVID-19 myths with new quiz challenge app
The new COVID-19 quiz app encourages people to behave safely if someone in their family or community catches COVID-19. The concept for the app came from a quiz challenge game developed by MSF in 2019 during the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to help patients and their families manage Ebola and to counter misinformation about the disease. This app available in English, French, Arabic and Spanish, and there are plans to introduce additional languages. It will be used by families and communities across the 70-plus countries worldwide where MSF works – and beyond. The app is available for both Android and IOS systems and is free to use; once downloaded it can be played offline, making it accessible to people with no regular internet connection. Latest News - 6 Nov 2020
Mozambique
Press Release - 3 Nov 2020
Urgent assistance needed for people displaced by violence in northern Mozambique
MSF accelerates mobile clinic activities & clean water provision as more displaced people arrive in Pemba.Press Release - 3 Nov 2020
HIV/AIDS
Two HIV treatment professionals reflect on 20 years in Khayelitsha
Patient and Staff Stories - 30 Oct 2020
South Sudan
Latest News - 26 Oct 2020
South Sudan: Severe flooding worsens in many areas, raising health risks
Severe flooding is affecting an estimated 800,000 people across a wide swath of South Sudan, inundating homes and leaving people without adequate food, water or shelter. Many areas have been flooded since July, while river levels are continuing to rise, worsening the crisis.Latest News - 26 Oct 2020
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MSF in South Africa 2000 – 2020
Year 2020 marks 20 years of Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s humanitarian work in South Africa.
Migrants
Sea Watch rescue 4 : Accounts from survivors about their experience
The Central Mediterranean has been emptied of rescue boats, the result of a sustained campaign to criminalize NGOs trying to save lives at European borders. Even as we hear the news of fatal shipwrecks, Sea-Watch 4 and our MSF team onboard remains trapped in the port of Palermo, unable to resume life-saving operations. Latest News - 16 Oct 2020
HIV/AIDS
From watchman to logistics manager – Joseph Kachapila’s MSF journey
Joseph Kachapila's journey with MSF has been a long one, but he does it with passion and now he is a logistics manager. Patient and Staff Stories - 16 Oct 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
Press Release - 15 Oct 2020
Fix the Patent Laws Coalition supports South Africa and India’s proposal to facilitate access to COVID-19 vaccines
The Fix the Patent Laws Coalition (FTPL), a group of over 40 organisations working to reform South Africa’s patent laws, welcomes the progressive proposal by South Africa and India for a waiver of all intellectual property in respect of COVID-19 related diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.Press Release - 15 Oct 2020
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