The medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about the implications of the current economic crisis in Swaziland on people living with HIV/AIDS. To pre-empt stock ruptures, which are already affecting patients, MSF has supplied a contingency stock of...
Novartis will go before the Indian Supreme Court tomorrow in the latest attempt by the Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company to undermine a key public health safeguard in Indian patent law specifically designed to prevent drug companies from abusively patenting known medicines. If successful,...
The international medical-humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is assisting wounded patients in the town of Galcaayo in the Mudug Region of Somalia. Heavy fighting broke out on Thursday (1/9/11) in the town, leading to many casualties including among civilians. The hospital in...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has redoubled its efforts to reach those most in need in Somalia, where it has been working for more than 20 years. The international medical organisation has increased its capacity to treat malnourished children in its nine projects across the country in response to...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its partners to decide immediately to launch follow-up vaccination campaigns in Equateur and Orientale provinces so that the campaigns can begin in early September. The DRC has been affected by a...
Hundreds of vulnerable migrants and refugees in Tripoli are living in appalling conditions without proper medical care or security, according to Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF). MSF, which has started providing basic health care to two communities of displaced foreign nationals, says they need...
MSF resumes activities in the detention facilities for undocumented migrants in Evros and Rodopi The situation for migrants kept in the detention facilities in Evros and Rodopi, northern Greece, is once again critical. For almost a month now, no medical care has been provided to migrants and asylum...
On August 18, medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) officially inaugurated its new specialized emergency obstetric care hospital in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The hospital is called CRUO – Centre de Référence en Urgences Obstétricales (Referral Centre for...
Habiba ISMAEL has dark rings under her eyes and looks tired. She has agreed to open the door of her house in Agadez, Niger, to tell Médecins Sans Frontières（MSF） the story of her journey from Libya. Along with several hundred immigrants fleeing the bombing, her experience has not been a happy one...
