MSF Malaria prevention pilot projects in Mali and Chad show dramatic, promising results; Malaria cases and hospitalizations plummet A large scale malaria prevention program, consisting of intermittent distributions of anti-malaria medicines, appears to be drastically reducing the number of new...
South Sudan: a humanitarian crisis Uganda: Escaping conflict in Kivu Democratic Republic of Congo: Malaria outbreak Burkina Faso: malnutrition decrease Zimbabwe: HIV : from Washington to Harare
An outbreak of malaria has struck several regions of Orientale Province in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo. In early June, MSF sent an emergency team into the Ganga-Dingila health region, home to approximately 118,000 people living in isolated, hard-to-reach communities lacking access to...
Thousands at risk of violence and malaria (18 July 2012) Heavy fighting over the last few days in Walikale, a town in the troubled North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its medical activities despite the area being in the...
DR Congo: An alarming surge in malaria Chad: On the brink of a peak in malnutrition Paraguay: The scourge of the vinchuca Uzbekistan: Tuberculose shows resistance Haiti: Medical certificates for cholera patients
Triple-fold increase in cases since 2009; MSF can’t meet increasing caseload alone A massive increase in malaria cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is overwhelming existing prevention and treatment efforts, demanding an urgent and stepped-up response, the international medical...
Several regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing a serious outbreak of malaria. MSF teams are working in three provinces, supporting the Congolese Ministry of Health. So far, MSF has treated more than 17,000 people in Maniema, Equateur and Orientale Provinces. In DRC, malaria is...
“It’s good to get ACTs out there, but we mustn’t neglect the need to get a confirmed diagnosis in the rush to lower prices for the medicines" - Dr. Martin DE SMET, MSF Malaria Working Group An experimental scheme to subsidise malaria treatment gets off to a shaky start Cost is the main reason why...
“There are funding gaps across global health that could be plugged with money from a financial transaction tax. It’s time to invest in real lives – real futures.” - Sharonann LYNCH, HIV/AIDS Policy Advisor, MSF Access Campaign Progress in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria under threat as health...
