The Indian Patent Controller has today rejected one of Gilead’s key patent applications which covered the drug sofosbuvir, used to treat hepatitis C (HCV). The oral drug, which first received regulatory approval in the US
Between May 2013 and November 2014, the Nigerian government declared a state of emergency in three of its northeast States in a bid to combat militant Islamist movement Boko Haram. MSF has been working in
In the wake of a major attack carried out by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram on the town of Baga, in northern Nigeria, a team from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is assisting survivors who
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has admitted its first patients to a new Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Kissy, an Ebola hotspot on the outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone. With the highest Ebola caseload globally, Sierra
Five years have passed since a truly devastating earthquake shook Haiti, affecting approximately 3 million and killing 220,000 according to government estimates. What is the situation in Haiti now after five years of reconstruction efforts,
A clinical trial for a possible treatment for Ebola started in Guinea on the 17th of December. The trial is led by the French medical research institute INSERM and is taking place at MSF’s Ebola
The team collecting victims of Ebola – both living and dead – from the community in Monrovia face a challenging task in the fight against Ebola The phone rings. There is a dead body in
To increase access to care for Ebola patients in Western Sierra Leone, which has been hit hard by the current
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 21,000 women died last year due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Literally, one thousand times more than in Spain. Pau MirandaMinova (DRC) “This child had a miraculous
In Zimbabwe’s many places people still live a rural life with their cattle and goats, existing from what they cultivate. Big clinics are far away. For those living with HIV who need their antiretroviral therapy
Dr Yuri Orlov shakes his head. “My number one problem here is hypertension. Since last year, I’ve seen a 30 percent increase in complications from high blood pressure.” After months of protracted fighting in eastern
A network of motorcyclists makes it possible for MSF to assist people in remote areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo Travelling from Minova to Numbi, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), would be
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