Janice LEE is a pharmacist who worked with medical teams in MSF projects in Liberia and Zimbabwe before starting work with MSF’s Access Campaign. Her job is, among many other things, to identify potential new sources of drugs that could be of use to MSF’s work treating patients in developing...
More than two weeks after Cyclone Giri struck the west coast of Myanmar on 22 October, the emergency response is insufficient to meet people's needs. The cyclone caused massive destruction in villages east and south of Sittwe, Rakhine State. At least 81,000 people are homeless and 40,000 acres of...
Europe Seeking to Undermine India’s Pro-public Health Law As negotiations on an EU-India free trade agreement (FTA) resume in Brussels today, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on Europe’s highest trade official to halt actions that will...
As the cholera epidemic continues in Haiti’s northern and central regions, a primary objective is to ensure treatment for affected communities dispersed throughout these areas. With Hurricane Tomas having moved past Haiti, MSF medical teams will be able to expand their support and activities. As of...
Barely hidden beneath the surface of Pakistan's worst flooding in living memory were the geopolitical stakes shaping both the justifications for official Western assistance and how aid was delivered to victims of the disaster. The perverse result may be a further restricting of the ability of...
MSF teams in Port-au-Prince remain prepared; Treatment centers offer the best defense In the midst of the current cholera outbreak in Haiti, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams continue to treat patients. As of October 31, MSF has treated close to 3,600 people who presented to medical...
“Since the project started in 2003, the quality of medical care offered to HIV patients in Guangxi province has vastly improved, and this project is a good example of how such collaboration between China’s health authorities and an international medical organization like MSF can be beneficial for...
A demonstration at a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cholera treatment center in the Haitian town of St. Marc on Tuesday, October 26, has disrupted efforts to prevent the spread of cholera and treat people already suffering from the disease, MSF said today. Construction of a 400-bed cholera...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continued to support the Haitian Ministry of Health in response to the outbreak of cholera in and around the Artibonite area north of Port-au-Prince, widening its work in the most affected areas and preparing for any further spread of the disease. There have been some...
St. Marc MSF teams continue to work with the Haitian Ministry of Health at St. Nicholas Hospital. Plans are underway to erect a cholera treatment center in the town, which should be functional within the week. Petite Riviere de l'Artibonite MSF is setting up a 20-bed cholera treatment center in the...
