Lay health workers - the glue holding everything together
The Lay workers are the unsung heroes of the HIV treatment movement. They form the links in the life-saving chain between people and treatment programmes to halt the spread of the virus.Latest News - 5 Aug 2016
New IP consultative framework for SA: three years’ delay is three too many
Cabinet recently approved a new Intellectual Property (IP) Consultative Framework for South Africa. This follows a Draft National IP Policy published for comment in 2013 – on which MSF and many other groups commented.Press Release - 2 Aug 2016
Cholera
Press Release - 1 Aug 2016
Cholera: MSF vaccinating high risk groups in Juba
MSF launched a vaccination campaign to protect people who have a higher risk of contracting Cholera in Juba, South Sudan.Press Release - 1 Aug 2016
Malaria
Fieldworkers Stories - 29 Jul 2016
Patrick Muhoza “I want to keep helping sick kids, wherever they are”
Meet MSF fieldworker Patrick Muhoza who recently came back from his nine month assignment in Chad.Fieldworkers Stories - 29 Jul 2016
Cholera
Press Release - 28 Jul 2016
MSF calls for affordable pneumonia vaccines ahead of Pfizer’s patent hearing in India.
Tomorrow at India’s Patent office, #MSF will defend the right of millions of children to be protected against pneumonia.Press Release - 28 Jul 2016
Syria: Trapped, under attack, & struggling to survive
Continuous aerial attacks pound the east of the city, while shelling strikes the west, causing many casualties and injuries.Latest News - 28 Jul 2016
Cholera
Press Release - 27 Jul 2016
MSF warns of large-scale humanitarian disaster in northeastern Nigeria
An extremely critical health situation is unfolding in the Borno State, in Northeast Nigeria. A massive relief operation is required to respond to this crisisPress Release - 27 Jul 2016
Yemen
Press Release - 26 Jul 2016
Yemen: Dialysis treatment at breaking point
Dialysis treatment centers in Yemen are at a breaking point as they have been struggling since the beginning of the war to obtain materials needed for dialysis sessions.Press Release - 26 Jul 2016
Sexual and gender-based violence
Latest News - 26 Jul 2016
TRAPPED IN TRANSIT Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers locked up in Libya
Migrants and refugees in Libya face harassment, inhumane treatment, violence, slavery and forced labor shown by the hundreds of testimonies collected by teams from people rescued at sea.Latest News - 26 Jul 2016
Mental Health
Latest News - 26 Jul 2016
Sharp increase in violence against migrants since border closures in the Balkans
The conditions where people are currently living in the transit zones in Serbia are not fit for human habitation in any form of dignity as there is almost no minimum standard met. More and more people are trapped in terrible conditions which is also having an impact on their mental health.Latest News - 26 Jul 2016