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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
Kinshasa – Between May 2017 and September 2018, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated 2,600 victims of sexual violence in the town of Kananga in Kasai Central province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Eighty per cent reported having been raped by armed men. “These figures are an indication of … Read more
Cholera in Harare; high price of lifesaving TB drugs; emergency response in Central Sulawesi; and other stories you might have missed this month. A patient at a cholera treatment centre set up by MSF in Harare, Zimbabwe. An outbreak of cholera was declared in Harare in September, and over 9,000 patients have suspected cholera. It … Read more
MSF operations desk manager Caroline Seguin discusses the recent warnings of famine in Yemen — a country that has been at war for almost four years. A month ago, Save the Children issued a press release alerting that 5.2 million children were at risk of famine in Yemen. Soon after the United Nations warned that … Read more
“When I found out I had cholera, I was shocked and scared. I thought I was going to die. My thoughts went to my daughter,” says 25-year-old Atlas Murima from Mashonaland West province in northern Zimbabwe. She had visited her sister in Harare, over 160 kilometres away, where an outbreak of cholera had been sweeping … Read more
The Hague — Activists interrupted the opening ceremony of the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague today, to call on US pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to cut the price of the TB drug bedaquiline in half, to ‘one dollar per day’, so that people who urgently need it can afford … Read more
We call on US pharma corporation Johnson & Johnson to cut key TB drug price in half The Hague — People with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to be deprived of today’s best-possible treatment in part because of high drug prices, according to a new report — DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope — released today by … Read more
Name : Designation : Gisela Vallès is the medical team leader at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Abs, the capital of the district of the same name in northern Yemen. Increased fighting in the region in recent weeks is causing new waves of displacement. Gisela explains the challenges and obstacles her team face … Read more
Annassagie Fekujuna waits patiently in the nutrition department at Bossangoa’s University Hospital, in Ouham province, in north-west Central African Republic (CAR). The serene smile on her face contrasts with the scene around her; the busy ward is full of severely malnourished children, including her son Juvenal. Annassagie holds her son in her arms, while waiting … Read more
An MSF team from Indonesia – composed of medical, logistics, and water and sanitation specialists – has assessed the situation and the medical and humanitarian needs in areas of Central Sulawesi affected by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the island on 28 September and is helping local health centres and communities get back on … Read more