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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Chaos and Solidarity in Tacloban, the Philippines
November 15, 2013Arriving in Tacloban City, the Philippines, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staffer Yann Libessart encountered devastation and chaos, yet he was stunned at the peacefullness of those whose lives have been completely uprooted. Tacloban, November 15, 2013 At last,...
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New MSF Mother-and-Child Hospital in Jordan Offers Care for Syrian Refugees
November 15, 2013On November 13, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a mother and child hospital in the northern Jordanian governorate of Irbid, in close collaboration with Jordanian authorities. The hospital provides services for Syrian refugees residing in the local community....
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Typhoon Haiyan: Treating Patients and Tackling Logistical Challenges
November 15, 2013November 15, 2013: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have begun treating patients on the ground in some locations in the central Philippines that were battered by Typhoon Haiyan and are continuing to work elsewhere to overcome the huge...
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Philippines Update: MSF Rapidly Scaling Up the Response to Typhoon Haiyan
November 13, 2013November 13, 2013—In the ongoing effort to assist people in the central Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have traveled by car, boat, plane, and helicopter to reach some of the areas that were...
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Philippines Typhoon Haiyan: MSF Rushing Personnel, Supplies to Respond to "Catastrophic" Situation
November 12, 2013November 12, 2013: In the wake of the devastating typhoon that hit the Philippines on November 8, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are trying to reach the worst-affected parts of the country. Efforts to reach the city...
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Philippines Update:Typhoon Haiyan – Interview with MSF Emergency Coordinator
November 12, 2013"This sort of disaster is unprecedented in the Philippines" November 11, 2013 - Read the following interview with Dr Natasha Reyes, MSF’s emergency coordinator in the Philippines, about the devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan and the medical needs it has...
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Typhoon Haiyan: MSF Emergency Teams Arrive in Cebu; Cargo Flights of Supplies Begin Tomorrow
November 11, 2013November 10, 2013—Emergency teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) arrived in Cebu, the Philippines, on Nov. 9. They have not yet been able to assess the full extent of the needs as access to the areas affected by...
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A Boy’s family joins MSF to help him fight TB Meningitis
November 1, 2013Name : Designation : MSF doctor Ioanna Haziri listens to Orion's lungs and breathing during her check-up of the little boy. Tajikistan 2013 © Wendy Marijnissen As Orion, a 4-year old boy, runs happily around his family's home near Vose...
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A 5-Year-Old Undergoes MDR-TB Treatment in Tajikistan
October 30, 2013Name : Umeda at her aunt's home. Tajikistan © Wendy Marijnissen Designation : Umeda at her aunt's home. Tajikistan © Wendy Marijnissen Umeda and her family live in Shariston, a town near Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe. Her parents are looking for...
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Global Vaccine Community Must Make Major Changes to Reach More Children
October 30, 2013As GAVI meets to examine its progress and look ahead, MSF points to needed policy changes - See more at: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/press/release.cfm?id=7125&cat=press-release#sthash.Eat2fQMa.dpuf Geneva/Stockholm/New York, October 28, 2013—Several key policy changes are urgently needed at the GAVI Alliance to help reduce the...
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TB: First new tuberculosis drug in fifty years risks being squandered without better research and pricing strategies
October 30, 2013New TB drug bedaquiline illustrates need for paradigm shift in developing and ensuring access to new treatment combinations. Paris, October 30, 2013: Without a new approach to developing and pricing new tuberculosis medicines, the global TB response will be unable to...
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