Name : Designation : Samte is the chief of Sugnu village. He is both HIV-positive and has multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). He’s had a hard time with his treatment for his illnesses. When we meet at
All parties to the conflict in Iraq must spare civilians and health structures Geneva, 18 June 2014 — Following severe damage of its clinic in Tikrit as a result of the shellingof the city on
Amidst Bombing of South Kordofan Village, MSF Facility Attacked NEW YORK/PARIS, JUNE 17, 2014 – During an aerial attack on a Sudanese village, Sudan’s air force bombed and partially destroyed a hospital run by the
Six out of the 11 rapid diagnostic tests available in the market are highly reliable, making the lab dispensable Barcelona, 10 June, 2014. – For the first time since Chagas disease was discovered 105 years
Bangui, 3 June 2014 – The medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has just evacuated a number of staff members from the city of Ndélé in the North of Central African Republic
Name : Designation : Miriam Kasztura, a nurse from Switzerland, has just returned from Berberati in Central African Republic (CAR). Since January, Medecins Sans Frontieres has been working in the Regional University Hospital of Berberati
Following heavy clashes this week in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided medical supplies, including dressings, bandages, syringes, antibiotics, and stretchers, to three
Abdulbaset Alzamar is a Yemeni nurse working with HIV positive patients with MSF and the Yemen Ministry of Health. He talks about his experience providing live-saving ARV treatment to patients as unrest tore the capital,
Name : Designation : An intravenous drug user, Aamron tried taking his own life by a heroin overdose when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. He met an MSF health educator while recuperating in hospital in
Since one week, renewed clashes between Christian youths and young Muslims have been producing more victims in Bangui. Some of them have been treated at the General Hospital, where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
The cholera outbreak in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, continues to spread. The latest official statistics report 733 cholera cases. The majority of cases continue to be treated in the main Ministry of
PARIS/NEW YORK—An oral cholera vaccine protected individuals by 86 percent during a recent outbreak in Guinea, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study, conducted by Epicentre,
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