Cholera in Harare; high price of lifesaving TB drugs; emergency response in Central Sulawesi; and other stories you might have missed this month. A patient at a cholera treatment centre set up by MSF in
MSF operations desk manager Caroline Seguin discusses the recent warnings of famine in Yemen — a country that has been at war for almost four years. A month ago, Save the Children issued a press
“When I found out I had cholera, I was shocked and scared. I thought I was going to die. My thoughts went to my daughter,” says 25-year-old Atlas Murima from Mashonaland West province in northern
The Hague — Activists interrupted the opening ceremony of the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague today, to call on US pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to cut the price of
We call on US pharma corporation Johnson & Johnson to cut key TB drug price in half The Hague — People with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to be deprived of today’s best-possible treatment in part
Name : Designation : Gisela Vallès is the medical team leader at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Abs, the capital of the district of the same name in northern Yemen. Increased fighting in
Annassagie Fekujuna waits patiently in the nutrition department at Bossangoa’s University Hospital, in Ouham province, in north-west Central African Republic (CAR). The serene smile on her face contrasts with the scene around her; the busy
An MSF team from Indonesia – composed of medical, logistics, and water and sanitation specialists – has assessed the situation and the medical and humanitarian needs in areas of Central Sulawesi affected by the earthquake
Name : Designation : Hilde De Clerk is one of MSF’s most experienced Ebola doctors and has been managing outbreaks of Ebola and similar viruses for more than 10 years. Hilde has just returned from
Nauru/Sydney – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the government of Nauru’s sudden decision to cease the provision of desperately needed mental health care provided by MSF to asylum seekers, refugees and the local
Catastrophic events such as war and natural disasters not only affect people’s physical health, but also their mental well-being. That is why mental health services have been an important component of MSF’s emergency work for
A comic produced by illustrator Aurélie Neyret about MSF’s busiest maternity ward In one hospital in Khost, in eastern Afghanistan, not far from the Pakistani border, MSF midwives and doctors have helped bring more than
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