What is antibiotic resistance (ABR)? Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance (ABR) occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines. Bacteria, not humans or animals,
SANA’A – On Wednesday evening, an aerial attack in Mocha, southwestern Yemen, partially destroyed a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières, when the aerial attack hit the surrounding buildings, including a military warehouse. At the time of
“Since that day, my life has been nothing but suffering and paying out money.” This is how 40-year-old Hawa sums up the medical journey that took her from her hometown Timbuktu to Bamako, Mali, and a
BRUSSELS – Continued conflict in the Idlib region of northwestern Syria is creating a huge need for medical care. A massive explosion in Darkoush town in the afternoon of Thursday 31 October resulted in 12 casualties being rushed for urgent
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. Hyderabad, 30 October – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) joined
The newly-released findings of the Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) – the UK and USA-supported body appointed by the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition (SELC) to investigate incidents in Yemen – have once again failed to
MEXICO CITY —Teams working in Tenosique, Mexico for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are reporting an increase in kidnappings and an escalation of violence faced by migrants and refugees on Mexico’s southern border. In testimonies collected in
Since 2006, MSF is working in Sukma district of Southern Chhattisgarh in India, place of a longstanding low-intensity conflict between Indian security forces and Left-Wing Extremist group. The MSF team works to provide primary health
SOS MEDITERRANEE and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) call on a broad coalition of European States to urgently facilitate the assignment of a port to the Ocean Viking and to finally put in place a
BRUSSELS – The conflict in northwestern Syria continues to cause fear, displacement and acute medical needs among people. Shelling on Thursday 24 October on the village of Janoudia in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, resulted in
MSF medical team leader Benedetta Capelli is just back from Pibor, in South Sudan, where rising floodwaters have engulfed MSF’s hospital and much of the surrounding area. She describes what she saw on the ground. Our hospital in
JUBA – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched emergency assessments in the east and northeast of South Sudan where severe flooding has left thousands of people stranded in inaccessible areas, threatening to make worse
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