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Lesotho

Lesotho: Free maternal care has an impressive return on investment

The introduction of free deliveries at a hospital in Lesotho drastically reduced maternal deaths during labor and delivery, making the intervention a cheap and highly effective public health measure
 Press Release - 3 Nov 2015
 

At least 550 wounded in horrific market-bombing in Damascus besieged area

At least 70 people have been killed and 550 injured in an airstrike on a marketplace in the Douma neighbourhood near Damascus, Syria.
 Press Release - 2 Nov 2015
 
Tuberculosis

Decentralized diagnosis and treatment of DR-TB in Khayelitsha

Worldwide, drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a serious public health concern. In South Africa, tuberculosis (TB), including DR-TB, was determined to be the leading cause of death in 2012.
 Briefing Document - 2 Nov 2015
 
Afghanistan

MSF SA fieldworkers talk about their experience working in Kunduz, Afghanistan

Three MSF SA fieldworkers, Gilberta Jairos, Maureen Akeng'a and Dr Vanessa Naidoo, shared some of their memories from their time working in Kunduz, Afghanistan. 
 Fieldworkers Stories - 30 Oct 2015
 
HIV/AIDS

Yemen: antiretroviral treatment beneath the bombs

In the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula, more than 1,300 people living with HIV/AIDS are receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, around half of them in the capital, Sana’a.
 Press Release - 29 Oct 2015
 

Massive displacement in northern Syria as violence escalates and intensifies

Increased airstikes in Syria forces 1,700 families to join an existing 110,000 internally displaced Syrians in four cluster camps spread around Atmeh, located in Idlib governorate. 
 Press Release - 29 Oct 2015
 
South Africa

Timeline revealing how broken promises by the DTI

The Fix the Patent Laws Campaign, today called on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to end years of pharmaceutical company price gouging and broken promises for patent law reform.
 Briefing Document - 29 Oct 2015
 
HIV/AIDS

Stalled policy will cost lives: Patient groups appeal to Minister Davies

The Fix the Patent Laws Campaign, today called on the DTI to end years of pharmaceutical company price gouging and broken promises for patent law reform and produce a final intellectual property policy and bill to amend the Patents Act.
 Press Release - 29 Oct 2015
 
South Africa

Fieldworker: Mirriam Sakala "I love to help and save lives"

MSF SA fieldworker, Mirriam Sakala, as she shares her MSF experience
 Fieldworkers Stories - 28 Oct 2015
 
Pakistan

Earthquake response in Pakistan

Earthquake response in Pakistan – after initial influxes of injured, MSF assessing further needs.
 Press Release - 28 Oct 2015