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Syria

Blast in Syria’s Idlib region causes multiple casualties

A massive explosion in Darkoush town, northwest Syria resulted in 12  casualties on Thursday 31 October
 Press Release - 4 Nov 2019
 

South Sudan flooding

Videos and Photos - 1 Nov 2019
 
Drug-resistant TB

Tuberculosis: Overcoming Distance, Papua New Guinea

MSF has started a TB intervention in the country in 2014 and currently runs two projects: in the capital, Port Moresby, in Kerema (in the North-West of the country) to reinforce the screening, diagnosis and treatment capacity, as well as through outreach activities.

 
 Videos and Photos - 31 Oct 2019
 
Malaria

A state of emergency declared as flooding in South Sudan ensues

The government of South Sudan has called a state of emergency in 27 flood-affected areas, estimated to have impacted between 800,000 – 900,000 people.
 Videos and Photos - 31 Oct 2019
 
Drug-resistant TB

MSF and TB activists disrupt opening of TB conference

Newer medicines for DR-TB are desperately needed, but barriers to access, including high prices, keep them out of reach for most people around the world.

 
 Press Release - 29 Oct 2019
 
Zimbabwe

“We see a lack of medication, diagnostics and human resources for NCD management”

MSF Medical doctor Dr Brian Nyagadza shares his experience working with NCD patients in Mutare on the Manicaland non-communicable diseases project. 
 Latest News - 28 Oct 2019
 
Tuberculosis

Innovative TB trial starts in Sindh province, Pakistan

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Interactive Research and Development (IRD) announced today the start of a clinical trial in Pakistan that aims to find better, shorter treatments against multidrug-resistant forms of tuberculosis. 
 Press Release - 28 Oct 2019
 
Cholera

South Sudan: “The only way to move around the hospital now is by boat”

Rising floodwaters have engulfed MSF’s hospital and much of the surrounding area in South Sudan 
 Press Release - 25 Oct 2019
 
Syria

Mass casualty influx from shelling in northwestern Syria

Shelling in the village of Janoudia in Idlib, northwestern Syria, resulted in an influx of 17 casualties
 Press Release - 25 Oct 2019
 
Drug-resistant TB

Patients tackle the arduous and lengthy tuberculosis treatment in Papua New Guinea

Access to a new drug combination, bedaquiline and delamanid have become available for the treatment of tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea. While injections are no longer necessary, the treatment remains cumbersome. 
 Latest News - 24 Oct 2019