Over the last two days, the US Administration and other governmental authorities have referred to reports from several agencies, including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), while stating that the use of chemical weapons in Syria was “undeniable” and to designate the perpetrators. MSF today warned...
Syrian refugees are crossing the border into Iraqi Kurdistan in huge numbers, with more than 42,300 passing through the Peshkabour border crossing since it reopened a week ago on 15 August. Teams from the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have set up health posts on...
Testimonies gathered in the detention centre for migrants in Sana'a, Yemen. June 23-25, 2013 Taju Hassane TURDO (31 years old) “I had a good and beautiful life. I supported my family in peace and in health. My children didn’t have problems getting enough milk. They didn’t have any kind of problems...
Three hospitals in Syria's Damascus governorate that are supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported to MSF that they received approximately 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms in less than three hours on the morning of Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Of those patients, 355...
The far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) should be a force for improving health outcomes for the more than half a billion people in twelve countries affected by the pact, but instead negotiators are moving towards finalizing a deal that in fact would restrict access to affordable...
Dr Unni KARUNAKARA, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Our announcement on 14 August that we were closing all our medical programmes in Somalia sent shockwaves through political and humanitarian communities. It came at a moment when world leaders, for the first time in...
Country’s first international symposium to tackle DR-TB crisis begins 22 August An urgent health threat in Myanmar is drawing together leading experts to explore new ways to tackle the drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) crisis. Forms of TB that cannot be treated with standard drugs are presenting at an...
MSF project coordinator Ahmed FADEL describes the fast reactions, the teamwork and the emotional extremes involved in responding to an emergency at Chatuley hospital in Léogâne, Haiti. It’s past 10 pm at MSF’s Chatuley hospital in Léogâne, Haiti. A two- year-old boy is receiving oxygen. He’s in a...
Access Campaign The US Food and Drug Administration approved the new HIV drug dolutegravir on 13 Aug, but drug’s producer ViiV's indicating it would pursue a ‘tiered-pricing’ strategy that will keep the drug out of reach for people who need it, limiting the use and sale of generic versions to only...
