“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...
“Vaccine prices need to come down so that as many children as possible in developing countries can be protected from killer diseases. For that to happen, we need make sure through price transparency, among other safeguards, that pharmaceutical companies are offering the best deal they can. “ -...
“There is now hope down the line. Today we know that if all those who need treatment get it, earlier, we can decrease new infections to such a point that we can push back on this epidemic. That is incredibly exciting if we get the means to do it…..” - Dr. Gilles VAN CUTSEM, MSF Medical Coordinator...
2011 marks the ten-year anniversary of two events that have helped shape people’s ability in developing countries to access quality, affordable medical care. First, the signing of the Doha Declaration, in which governments affirmed the need to prioritise health over trade: access to affordable...
Six months after the birth of South Sudan as the world’s newest independent country, a series of emergencies are unfolding that require urgent humanitarian responses. The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has scaled up into full emergency mode in Upper...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) concluded its first ever International General Assembly in Paris over the weekend. Members of MSF gathered from all over the world to discuss the future of its medical humanitarian assistance, medical innovation, speaking out and advocacy, and logistical support. The...
Faced with the inadequacy of the health system in caring for cardiovascular disease in Grozny, Chechnya, MSF launched a programme targeted at cardiac emergencies in late 2010. Within a few months of its implementation, the teams had treated nearly 700 patients. The first fibrinolysis took place in...
Dr Unni Karunakara, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) In the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria, we should be dealing a knock-out blow. The Global Fund must call an emergency donor conference so countries can reverse these killer epidemics. When the Global Fund to Fight AIDS...
The registered number of refugees gathering at the tiny village of Doro, as of December 7, was 21,500 and increasing daily. Anywhere from 500 to 1,000 newcomers are registering every day. The walk from their homelands in Blue Nile State, Sudan (north), took anywhere from one week to one month...
From February to August 2011, midwife Rose-Louise Cadot worked with the MSF team in Hangu, Pakistan. The purpose of her mission was to support the team in the maternity unit -- which remains under the direction of the hospital and the Ministry of Health -- to improve the quality of care. It was a...
