Over 100 countries support the landmark proposal Geneva —Ahead of a critical meeting at the World Trade Organization (WTO) tomorrow — and against the backdrop of COVID-19 cases surging globally — the international medical humanitarian
BRUSSELS – Renewed conflict on the frontlines to the south of Hudaydah Port on Yemen’s Red Sea Coast has become among the most intense in the country, and the number of civilians needing major war-trauma surgery
Geneva – As the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) starts meeting today and later this month to discuss emergency use authorisation of both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine candidates, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders
In a shelter made of elephant grass and plastic sheets in the Protection of Civilians site (PoC) in Bentiu, northern South Sudan, a widow cooks for her children. Nyamal*, 43 years old, is preparing the traditional dish
This report is the second of the accountability reports MSF is producing on our COVID-19 response. Read also the first report, covering the period March – May 2020. The COVID-19 global health crisis continues to hold the
Some 38 million people in the world are living with HIV/AIDS, over two-thirds of them in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. While Central African Republic (CAR) is considered a low HIV prevalence country compared to many southern African countries, it is
On 4 November, Ethiopia’s prime minister ordered military action against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the Tigray region, in northern Ethiopia, following an attack on a military base. The escalating conflict is now affecting
AMSTERDAM – Early yesterday morning, trucks arrived at Laylan displaced people’s camp, in Kirkuk governorate, Iraq, in preparation for moving residents back to their areas of origin. Camp residents have expressed their fears of being returned against their
The Ebola outbreak in Équateur province, northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has come to an end almost six months after it started thanks to an improved approach to patient care, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins
GENEVA – Ahead of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks to consider a landmark request to waive certain intellectual property (IP) during the COVID-19 pandemic – put forward by India and South Africa in October – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans
MSF calls on governments and donors to step up and speed up TB testing and treatment Geneva — As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to derail the global response to tuberculosis (TB), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans
To many people, diabetes is a common long-term condition. In fact, most of us will know at least one person living with the illness. We may have also heard of insulin: a simple but lifesaving drug.
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