Activists at AIDS2024 demand: Break Gilead’s Lenacapavir monopoly

Gilead’s Price is 1,000 Times the Target Generic Price for 100% Effective Prevention Shot Munich, 23 July 2024: Today at the International AIDS Conference, a coalition of activists, including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), called for immediate global action to break Gilead’s monopoly on lenacapavir, in response to new data showing that generic lenacapavir can be … Read more

Gaza: Living conditions and lack of care threatening the lives of pregnant women and newborns

When Hanin first sought care for her malnourished daughter in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the clock began ticking on her chances of survival. “[My] child was in a critical condition. They referred me to the hospital but there was no means of transportation,” explains Hanin. Finally, they reached the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) inpatient … Read more

A war on people: The human cost of conflict and violence in Sudan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE MSF REPORT ON VIOLENCE IN SUDAN  The consequences of over a year of full-blown conflict on the health and wellbeing of people in Sudan are disastrous. The population has faced horrendous levels of violence, succumbing to widespread fighting and surviving repeated attacks, abuse, and exploitation by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) … Read more

‘A war on people’ – MSF report reveals catastrophic toll of violence in Sudan

Amsterdam, 22 July 2024 – The war in Sudan has led to a collapse in the protection of civilians with communities facing indiscriminate violence, killings, torture and sexual violence amid persistent attacks on health workers and medical facilities according to a report released by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today. The report, … Read more

Myanmar: MSF teams face major obstacles providing medical care to communities in Rakhine state

This June 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was forced to indefinitely suspend its medical humanitarian activities in northern Rakhine following the extreme escalation of conflict and burning down of MSF’s office in Buthidaung Township. While in some townships in the central part of Rakhine MSF has been able to maintain a … Read more

MSF welcomes Indian Patent Office’s rejection of J&J’s application for paediatric formulation of lifesaving TB drug

Mumbai, 17 July 2024 – On Friday 5 July 2024, the “pre-grant opposition” filed in December 2020 by The Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+) and a Mumbai-based tuberculosis (TB) survivor Ganesh Acharya, and supported by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was successful: the Indian Patent Office rejected the US pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & … Read more

Kenya: Raging floods raise the risk of cholera and malaria

Raging floods have hit Kenya, killing nearly 200 people and displacing tens of thousands in Nairobi and other parts of the country, as heavy rainfall continues to batter the country since March. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Kenya started supporting those affected by the floods. With ongoing heavy rainfall across Kenya and the region, … Read more

Sudan: MSF suspends delivery of care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital

Nairobi – After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Turkish Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan – including threats made against the lives of MSF staff – MSF has taken the decision to evacuate our team from the hospital. This decision has not been taken lightly. Amidst the ongoing war in Sudan, MSF … Read more

No end in sight: The repeated trauma of displacement for people in Gaza

Since the horrifying war on Gaza, Palestine, began, at least 38,000 Palestinians – more than half of them women and children – have been killed, and 87,000 others have been injured. For those who have managed to survive the relentless onslaught of bomb blasts, shelling and gunfire, staying alive has meant moving continually from place to place … Read more

Zimbabwe: Bringing healthcare to artisanal miners

Limited access to primary health services in artisanal and small-scale mining characterizes the harsh realities of excessive exposure to silica-containing dust, overcrowding and poor living conditions. Zimbabwe is currently experiencing a high burden of TB, silicosis and HIV among communities of artisanal and small-scale miners. Multi-sectoral and innovative interventions are required to stem this triple … Read more