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MSF leaves Polish border after being blocked from assisting people

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AMSTERDAM – Three months after sending an emergency response team to assist migrants and refugees crossing from Belarus to Poland, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has withdrawn teams after being repeatedly blocked by Polish authorities from accessing the forested border region, where groups of people are surviving in sub-zero temperatures, in desperate need of medical and humanitarian … Read more

Syria: Casualties arrive en masse at MSF hospital following an airstrike in Idlib

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NORTHWEST SYRIA – On Saturday, 11 December, 15 casualties were rushed to a hospital co-managed by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) following an airstrike in Idlib governorate, northwest Syria. Eleven children under 14 years of age and two women were among the wounded; two people, unfortunately, died before reaching the hospital. A four-year-old patient … Read more

Tuberculosis: Clinical trial results offer hope to DR-TB patients with short, effective treatment

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LONDON – 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) [1] than the currently accepted standard of care. These results signal the start of a new chapter for people with drug-resistant (DR)-TB, who … Read more

Tuberculosis: EndTB clinical trial for multidrug-resistant TB completes enrolment

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BOSTON/PARIS — Hundreds of patient volunteers from four continents have enrolled in a trial that aims to find safer, shorter, and effective treatments for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), an airborne, infectious disease that has grown resistant to standard medications. A group of scientists and clinicians led by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Partners In Health (PIH), and Interactive … Read more

Countries must not let another opportunity slip by to advance the global waiver on overcoming COVID-19 medical-tool monopolies

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Geneva – As countries reconvene tomorrow for another round of discussions on the “TRIPS Waiver” proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO), after a gap of over two months, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the European Union (EU), strongly backed by Germany, and the UK, Norway, and Switzerland to stop blocking this initiative … Read more

Access to Medicines: Lifesaving TB medicines still out of reach for children in high-burden countries

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Geneva – The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new rapid guidance recommending that children of all ages with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have access to all-oral treatment using the drugs bedaquiline and/or delamanid. However, adopting these new recommendations in high TB burden countries requires access to the paediatric formulations of bedaquiline (produced by Johnson & Johnson) … Read more

Launch of public health partnership to tackle the silent epidemic of hepatitis C in low- and middle-income countries

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The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, and the Treatment Action Group are joining forces to tackle a ‘silent’ public health injustice: the continuing disparities in access to diagnostics and treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), home to … Read more

Breakthrough in treatment of HIV-related cryptococcal meningitis gives Gilead another opportunity to fulfil its promise to scale up access to lifesaving drug

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Today, as preliminary AMBITION trial results demonstrated a breakthrough in treatment of HIV-related cryptococcal meningitis, simplifying and shortening treatment by using a single dose of liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) in combination with existing oral therapy, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called on the US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences, the world’s key supplier of quality-assured … Read more

Central African Republic: Repeated attacks on medical care leave people vulnerable to disease and death

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Relentless attacks on patients, health staff and medical facilities in the Central African Republic (CAR) during a countrywide surge in violence are forcing the suspension of medical activities and seriously constraining people’s access to healthcare, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). “The resurgence of the conflict in CAR since December has … Read more

MSF calls for Tigray murders investigation and safety for humanitarian workers

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Following the brutal murder of three of our staff in Tigray, Ethiopia on 24 June, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an immediate investigation into the killings and demands that aid workers be allowed to do their jobs in safety.  In response to the killings, we announce the suspension of our activities in Abi Adi, Adigrat and Axum, in central … Read more