Drug-resistant TB
Patient and Staff Stories - 4 Dec 2015
MSF addresses the growing epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis
Since 2007, MSF has worked with partners in Khayelitsha to address the growing epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB).Patient and Staff Stories - 4 Dec 2015
Drug-resistant TB
Press Release - 4 Dec 2015
2016: Time for more decentralized DR-TB care in South Africa
MSF challenges SA’s Department of Health to scale up decentralized management and treatment initiation for DR-TB to at least 1,000 primary health care facilities by the end of 2016.Press Release - 4 Dec 2015
Drug-resistant TB
Briefing Document - 3 Dec 2015
Out of time: access to treatment for DR-TB
In 2014, 1.5 million people died from tuberculosis (TB), displacing HIV as the top infectious disease iller, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2015 Global Tuberculosis Report.Briefing Document - 3 Dec 2015
Drug-resistant TB
Press Release - 2 Dec 2015
New survey shows outdated TB policies and practices
Urgent phase-out needed for outdated policies of mandatory hospitalisation, re-treatment regimens that contribute to drug resistance, and sub-optimal diagnosis.
Press Release - 2 Dec 2015
Drug-resistant TB
Briefing Document - 2 Dec 2015
Out of Step: TB Policies in 24 Countries
The 2015 Out of Step report presents the results of a survey of 24 countries conducted by Stop TB Partnership and MSF.Briefing Document - 2 Dec 2015
#LifeBeyondHIV - World AIDS Day 2015
In celebration of World Aids Day 2015 (1 December), a group of HIV patients and activists from Khayelitsha, Cape Town.- 1 Dec 2015
HIV/AIDS
Press Release - 1 Dec 2015
HIV: Despite better access to treatment, many AIDS patients in African hospitals still die
A new study by MSF stresses the need for continuous support to HIV-positive people under antiretroviral therapy (ART), including at hospital level.Press Release - 1 Dec 2015
Syria: Double-tap bombing on MSF-supported hospital in Homs region – 7 patients killed
A double-tap[1] barrel bombing on Saturday 28 November on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF)-supported hospital in a besieged zone in northern Homs governorate, Syria, has caused 7 deaths.Press Release - 1 Dec 2015
HIV/AIDS
Book - 1 Dec 2015
No Valley Without Shadows
"No Valley Without Shadows" gives an insiders’ account of the early days of the HIV treatment movement in South Africa during the 2000s. The book provides unique insight into the struggle for affordable treatment and the international and local alliances that were forged to fight AIDS denialism and the powerful global pharmaceutical lobby in order to save lives.Book - 1 Dec 2015