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The huge numbers of patients with complex and serious gunshot wounds are overwhelming the healthcare system in Gaza, leaving thousands in danger of infection and disability. A slow-motion healthcare emergency is unfolding in Gaza as the cumulative needs of patients shot by the Israeli army and seriously injured during protests mount. The vast majority of … Read more
Slow-motion healthcare emergency in Gaza; another attack on lifesaving search and rescue in the Mediterranean; escalation of fighting in Hodeidah; and other stories you might have missed this month Ataallah, 18, suffered gunshot wounds at the Great March of Return protests in Gaza and had to have his right leg amputated. 5,866 people have been … Read more
MSF criticises pharma for dragging feet on developing HIV drugs for children Geneva – Ahead of a Vatican City meeting on scaling up HIV diagnosis and treatment for children, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) criticised pharmaceutical corporations for their delays and failure to develop appropriate formulations of HIV medicines … Read more
Kala azar or visceral leishmaniasis a neglected tropical disease and the second-largest parasitic killer in the world. India accounts for over 30% of the total kala azar cases in the world. 80% of these cases occur in Bihar. Since 2007, MSF is providing treatment for kala azar in Bihar. While there has been a sharp … Read more
On November 20, 2018, Libyan security forces conducted an operation to forcibly disembark 81 refugees and migrants remaining on the Panamean-flagged cargo ship Nivin, docked in the commercial port of Misrata, while an MSF team was prevented from accessing the area. Among the group forcibly disembarked, there were over 20 minors, people who reported having … Read more
MSF teams have treated more than 500 war-wounded people since the start of a new offensive launched by Saudi and Emirati (SELC)-backed forces against Ansar Allah troops on 1 November. MSF is extremely worried for its patients and staff threatened by fighting very close to its facilities in Hodeidah, Yemen. Heavy fighting and shelling has … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the decision by Italian judicial authorities to request the seizure of the Aquarius for alleged anomalies in its disposal of on-board waste. It is a disproportionate and unfounded measure, purely aimed at further criminalizing lifesaving medical-humanitarian action at sea. “After two years of defamatory and unfounded allegations … Read more
MSF calls on Global Fund Board to make urgent changes to prevent drug stock-outs and quality issues Geneva – On the eve of the Board meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on the Board to make urgent changes to … Read more
How does conflict damage national health? In 1918, as the First World War ended, a deadly new virus began to spread across Europe. The Spanish Flu quickly infected a third of the world’s population, killing up to 100 million people in a single year, more than both World Wars combined. Conflict weakens the national immune … Read more
Amsterdam/ Sana’a – The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced today the closure of its humanitarian project in Ad Dhale governorate, southern Yemen. This has been an extremely difficult decision for MSF to take. The decision to close is a result of repeated attacks and threats of violence on the … Read more