People living with MDR-TB and their healthcare providers call for urgent action If measures to tackle multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are not significantly stepped up, including addressing barriers that prevent both research into better drug combinations and treatment scale up, MDR-TB...
MSF relief workers are only human, and at times our doctors and nurses find it extremely emotionally draining to serve in conflict settings. Dr. Eva remembers: “It had been a really tough 3 weeks, full of difficult, critical patients… We had a mass casualty incident with a bomb blast in town, and I...
The 26th of January dawned bright and normal in Kunduz. As they left for work, the MSF team cheerfully discussed their plans to hold a small dinner for their Australian colleague in honour of Australia Day later that evening. Everybody was in a brighter mood than usual – when you live and work long...
The Democratic Republic of Congo Fighting between government forces and Mai-Mai militias in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused thousands of people to flee their homes. MSF outreach activities to the surrounding area have been affected by the fighting. Haiti A lack...
“I felt like I had bugs crawling on the inside of my head”. The highly toxic pills and daily injections that Mary was taking made her vomit, lose her appetite and hallucinate. And it was MSF doctors who were telling her she had to keep on taking them, had to bear all those “side effects” in the...
What do the Syrian National Coalition, a foreign jihadi group, a Gulf State and the Iranian and American governments all have in common? All are providing varying degrees of ‘humanitarian’ aid to the side they support in the Syrian conflict, but none are able to curtail the immense suffering alone...
A lack of funds and supplies has crippled cholera treatment programs in Haiti, leading to unnecessary deaths and increasing the risk of greater outbreaks during the upcoming rainy season, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said. In recent evaluations of public health facilities in four Haitian...
Natasha, Lucy and AN Na come from different parts of Asia, with different cultural backgrounds and in different professions, but they share the same values and have become field workers for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to make a difference on the front line. They do exactly the same work as their...
Special Report – Syria two years On: The failure of international aid After two years of extremely violent conflict, the humanitarian situation in Syria is now catastrophic and the aid provided falls drastically short of what is needed. The diplomatic paralysis preventing a political resolution of...
