MSF Welcomes WHO Guidelines On TB Drug Bedaquiline, But More Work Needed
June 14, 2013Geneva, 13 June 2013 - The World Health Organization has today issued interim guidance on the use of bedaquiline, the first new drug to treat tuberculosis in 50 years, which received accelerated approval by the US Food and Drug Administration...
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I learned to make a difference with very limited resources – Amul Rathi
June 11, 2013Name : Designation : Amul Rathi, has worked as a logistician with MSF for more than five years. He shares his experiences from setting up mobile health clinics in forest areas of Chhattisgarh in India to managing supplies for a...
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Speech Delivered to the UN Donor Conference – Syria on June 7
June 7, 2013Mego Terzian, President, MSF-France Six months after the first international donor conference for Syria, humanitarian aid is failing. Security and living conditions have deteriorated dramatically. The population living in areas controlled by opposition groups have almost no access to official...
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"Life Is Suffering": Among The Displaced In Eastern DRC
June 7, 2013June 7, 2013 Victorine and her family fled their home near Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), during four days of violent clashes in late May between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group. She is...
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MSF Open Letter: Words Must be Turned into Humanitarian Action for Syrians
June 5, 2013Please see the following open letter from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as the United Nations convenes in Geneva on June 7 to launch a regional response plan for Syrian refugees and a humanitarian assistance plan for Syria. NEW...
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CAR: MSF Brings Healthcare To People Living In Fear
June 4, 2013Thousands of people left without healthcare after a coup d’etat in Central African Republic (CAR) are now receiving treatment from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Three months after the coup we are still scaling up our response. Our...
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South Sudan: MSF Vaccinates Over 130,000 People Against Meningitis A
June 4, 2013In May, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with the South Sudanese Ministry of Health, stemmed a meningitis A outbreak and vaccinated over 130,000 people against the disease in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, reinforcing its commitment to...
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"A Crisis on Top of a Crisis": MSF Expands Programs in Post-Coup CAR
June 4, 2013Three months after a coup d’etat in the Central African Republic (CAR), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to scale up activities in order to assist thousands of people who were left without access to basic health care or...
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Lebanon: Abundant Medical Needs Among Syrian Refugees And Victims Of Local Conflict
June 4, 2013More than 10,600 Syrian families who have fled their country have taken refuge in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, located approximately 30 kilometers[about 19 miles] from the Syrian border. Its population includes 500,000 Lebanese citizens, Palestinian refugees living in the Baddawi...
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Jordan: International Aid Urgently Needed For Syrian Refugees
May 30, 2013NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2013—Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan are living under increasingly precarious conditions and Jordanian authorities are unable to provide them with adequate water and health care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins...
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Myanmar: Restrictions Severely Impacting Access to Health Care
May 30, 2013YANGON, MYANMAR/NEW YORK, MAY 28, 2013—Nearly a year after interethnic clashes broke out in Myanmar's Rakhine State, government-imposed restrictions on Muslim communities are preventing tens of thousands of people from accessing health care and other basic services, the international medical...
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Jordan: International Aid Urgently Needed For Syrian Refugees
May 30, 2013NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2013—Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan are living under increasingly precarious conditions and Jordanian authorities are unable to provide them with adequate water and health care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins...
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