More steps need to be taken to secure access to one-pill-once-a-day HIV treatment The recent invalidation by China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of one of the patents on tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), an essential medicine to treat HIV and hepatitis B, is a welcome step to...
As the US Food and Drug Administration approved the new HIV drug dolutegravir on 13 Aug, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) questioned when people in developing countries would be able to access this promising new drug. Studies have shown dolutegravir, a drug from the potent new integrase inhibitor...
Abuse and manipulation of humanitarian action end 22 years of medical aid in somalia; armed groups and civilian leadership support and tolerance of violent attacks against MSF undermine minimum security guarantees needed to maintain assistance programs After working continuously in Somalia since...
On Monday, 5th of August, a group of armed men attacked a car belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on a main road outside Juba. Two MSF staff members were seriously injured, one of them died from his injuries two days later. The car was clearly marked as belonging to MSF. The exact...
MSF starts first use of pneumococcal vaccine in South Sudan As Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) starts vaccinating against pneumonia in Yida refugee camp, South Sudan, the international medical humanitarian organisation warned that the global vaccination community is neglecting the roll out of new...
Between January and May 2013, tens of thousands of Darfuri refugees and Chadian returnees have fled violent clashes in Darfur and sought refuge into Tissi area, southeast of Chad. Conducted early May, a retrospective mortality survey published today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reveals that 93...
Syria In Syria the number of people in need of urgent medical care keeps increasing. MSF runs six hospitals, four health centres and several mobile clinic programmes inside Syria. The extremely high insecurity means that MSF's reach is limited. Throughout most of the country, there are places where...
After more than two years of war, Syrians make up the largest group of migrants arriving in Greece “It was 5 am. My sister cooked me a delicious breakfast. Then I jumped in the car and made for the Syrian-Turkish border.” Lawand DEEK, a 21-year-old from Ar-Raqqah province, is keeping a diary of his...
Istanbul is home to a growing Syrian community who are torn between returning to their country once the war is over or making their way on to Europe Seated on the left, Yaman. He is 12 years old, quiet, and a keen supporter of Real Madrid football club. He fled Syria and now lives with his family...
Syrian refugees in neighbouring Turkey may have evaded the guns and missiles, but there is no escape from the physical and emotional scars of the conflict Ahmed BEIDUN displays his medical certificate while his son plays on the floor nearby. Ahmed lost his left foot during an airstrike in Aleppo,...
