A firsthand account from on board of the MSF search and rescue vessell, Geo Barents.
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TB-PRACTECAL: MSF clinical trial finds short, effective and safe drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
New results show a much shorter treatment regimen for drug-resistant TB is superior to current care. TB-PRACTECAL, a clinical trial led by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has found that a new all-oral six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) than the current accepted standard of care. These […]
Haiti fuel crisis: MSF forced to cut back its activities at Tabarre Hospital
A fuel shortage in Haiti in recent days is threatening access and continuity of medical care in the country, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. At its trauma hospital in Tabarre, Port au Prince, MSF has been forced to limit patients and is only treating life-threatening emergencies. The […]
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Why MSF wants Canada to demand a better return on its medical R&D spending
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on Canada’s government to attach simple conditions to the money it spends each year on medical research and development (R&D), to ensure that its public funding is used to increase returns on public health rather than boost private profits for the pharmaceutical sector. Why does that matter […]
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Counter terrorism is “Adding salt to the wound” for MSF’s work in conflict
Twenty years after the start of the ‘global War on Terror’ in the wake of 9/11, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) today released a report “Adding salt to the wound” highlighting the consequences of counter-terrorism wars on its frontline workers. The findings of the research paint a bleak picture of the reality of trying to provide […]
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MSF warns of health and humanitarian impacts of climate change in new 2021 Lancet Countdown Report
In a new humanitarian brief for the 2021 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, MSF medical humanitarians from around the world and across disciplines share their experiences with how climate change has likely exacerbated health and humanitarian crises.
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Northern Syria: Health system overwhelmed in most severe COVID-19 outbreak yet
Northern Syria is experiencing its most severe recorded wave of COVID-19 yet, with needs fast outpacing limited oxygen supplies and health facilities running out of testing kits. In the northwest the health system is already unable to cope, while in the northeast the virus is spreading at a worrying pace, the international medical humanitarian organization […]
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New MSF report: High-income countries must stop hoarding 870 million excess COVID-19 vaccines doses and redistribute them to save lives
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on governments to publicly commit to monthly COVID-19 vaccine redistribution targets by end of October 2021. Ottawa, 06 October 2021 – A new report by MSF warns that millions of people are at risk of dying from COVID-19 if high-income countries, a handful of which are hoarding an estimated […]
South Sudan: Flooding puts lives in jeopardy
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in South Sudan this year, affecting more than 400,000 people so far, according to United Nations estimates, while the rainy season continues. Many of the hardest hit communities are in Jonglei State, where wetlands and tributaries of the White Nile overflowed as seasonal rains arrived earlier than usual. In […]
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Yemen: MSF deeply concerned over civilians affected by conflict in Marib
Missile attacks in the residential area of Rawdah Jadidah in Marib governorate on Sunday, October 3, 2021, have injured multiple civilians, and killed at least four people, including two young children, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF staff working in the emergency department of Marib General Hospital, in conjunction with other hospital staff, treated […]
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