Lipi Upadhyay 
Wednesday 28 August saw heavy fighting in Aden between various armed groups, principally forces loyal to President Hadi opposing the southern separatist movement. In the space of a few hours, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ teams admitted 51 wounded casualties. 10 were dead on arrival. “It’s total chaos here. There was fighting in the city … Read more
Millions of children around the world remain vulnerable to pneumonia – the leading cause of childhood death – because of exploitative pricing by Pfizer and GSK Nearly one-third of the world’s countries have been unable to introduce the vaccine, largely due to its high price More children could be protected if Gavi reserved its special … Read more
Sitting in a teashop in Kutupalong mega-camp, Bibi Jan tugs on her sleeve. She’s covering up scars inflicted during the largest-ever episode of violence against the Rohingya, in August 2017. She tells us of the events that forced her to flee to Bangladesh: her two brothers were killed, she herself was stabbed, and her village … Read more
Today is World Humanitarian Day and World Photography Day. From Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to MSF reviving its search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, and our response to tsunami in Indonesia to our demand to make tuberculosis drugs accessible to patients. We bring you 10 highlights of MSF’s humanitarian … Read more
After each of the four rescues, the MSF medical team completes a primary medical assessment, examining the medical needs of the rescued people. As well as assessing the physical scars, wounds and other conditions requiring immediate medical attention, we identify those who require additional psychological support. When the rescued people come on board the Ocean … Read more
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease for which no treatment exists. The only way to fight it is vaccination and treatment of the symptoms in the hope that the patient will be strong enough to naturally fight off the infection. The measles epidemic declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 10 June … Read more
GENEVA/NEW YORK – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a combination regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, for the treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). As the third new drug developed for TB in over half a century, and the first to be … Read more
AMSTERDAM – After four consecutive days of lifesaving search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean, there are 356 vulnerable men, women and children currently on board the Ocean Viking. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and SOS MEDITERRANEE have now formally requested that the Maltese and Italian maritime authorities take on coordination and support … Read more
Op-ed by Dr Joanne Liu, International President On 25 July, tragedy once again hit the Mediterranean. An estimated 150 people drowned whilst fleeing Libya. It brings this year’s toll in the Central Mediterranean Sea to at least 576 people. This entirely avoidable loss of life highlights the desperate lack of search and rescue capacity, and … Read more
The Democratic Republic of Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola one year ago, on 1 August 2018; with many challenges still to be addressed, the outbreak is not under control and unfortunately shows no signs of ending soon. Below are some of the facts and figures from 12 months of the Ebola response in the … Read more