Papua New Guinea: A comprehensive response to family and sexual violence is critical
November 25, 2013Port Moresby, 25 November 2013 – Family and sexual violence (FSV) is a medical-humanitarian emergency with serious consequences for survivors, at individual and also family level. Its effects go far beyond domestic borders and affect public health at national level....
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MSF Responds to EMA approval of new tuberculosis drug delamanid
November 22, 2013On November 22, 2013, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for delamanid, only the second new TB drug to be developed in 50 years. It is hoped...
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Philippines Typhoon: "As Long As People Need the Help, I Will Be Here"
November 22, 2013Cindy Penalber is a Filipino nurse from the town of Estancia in northeast Panay Island. She has been helping survivors of Typhoon Haiyan since it hit the Philippines on November 8. Cindy and many of her colleagues are now working...
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MSF Responds to EMA approval of new tuberculosis drug delamanid
November 22, 2013On November 22, 2013, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for delamanid, only the second new TB drug to be developed in 50 years. It is hoped...
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Gilead attempt to secure patent on hepatitis C drug opposed in India
November 22, 2013‘Patent opposition’ seeks to ensure production of affordable generics November 22, 2013, New Delhi/New York: DoctorsWithout Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports the ‘patent opposition’ just filed at India’s Patent Office by the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), which...
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Philippines: First Baby born in MSF maternity ward, Guiuan
November 22, 2013November 22, 2013: At 2:50 am on Wednesday 20 November, a 2.2 kilogram baby boy, Justin James Warren Pambulan, was born in Guiuan on the east coast of Samar island in the Philippines. He was the first baby delivered in...
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Philippines: MSF team sets up inflatable hospital
November 22, 2013November 22, 2013: Developed specifically for natural disasters, MSF’s inflatable hospital is a temporary structure in which its teams will provide secondary healthcare and surgical care in the typhoon-hit city of Tacloban over the next three to six months while...
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Philippines Typhoon: Survivors tell their stories – “We have nothing, we lost everything.”
November 21, 2013November 20, 2013: Cradled in his father’s arms, five-month old Niño James Padernos cries feebly. He is coughing and has been feverish for two days, with red spots on his face. “Two days ago he came down with a fever....
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Typhoon Haiyan: Teams Encounter Widespread Medical Needs
November 20, 2013November 19, 2013: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in the Philippines are treating patients for wounds, chronic medical conditions, infections, and psychological trauma. Here, Dr. Natasha Reyes, MSF emergency coordinator, describes the widespread needs. MSF has been doing...
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Typhoon Haiyan: "The situation is catastrophic" – interview with MSF emergency coordinator
November 18, 2013Almost ten days after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, aid is reaching airports, ports and cities but people in many rural areas are still struggling without assistance, says MSF emergency coordinator Caroline Seguin. Here, she describes the huge logistical challenges...
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Typhoon Haiyan: MSF medical activities start taking shape
November 16, 2013November 16, 2013: While serious logistical difficulties remain, the activities of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams on the islands most affected by Typhoon Haiyan are taking shape. With 137 international staff in the Philippines today, and the arrival...
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Philippines Update:"People are in Need of Everything"
November 15, 2013Esther Sterk is a medical doctor who arrived in the Philippines earlier this week to assist in the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) response to Typhoon Haiyan. She is working with a team assessing the immediate needs in some...
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