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Central American Migration: US migration policy endangers lives of asylum seekers in Tamaulipas state

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MEXICO CITY: The lives of asylum seekers are being put in danger in Tamaulipas state, in northeastern Mexico, by the US government’s Migration Protection Protocol (MPP) and the Mexican government’s lack of humanitarian assistance, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The MPP forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are processed, staying in cities … Read more

Greece: Greek and EU authorities deliberately neglecting people trapped on islands

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Some 24,000 men, women and children seeking protection in Europe are trapped on the Greek islands in horrendous conditions while being deliberately neglected by Greek and European authorities, says Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The harmful crisis, which is undermining the well being of thousands of vulnerable people, is the result of a faulty … Read more

Yemen: MSF admits 51 wounded casualties within a few hours amid chaos in Aden

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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

Access to medicines: Gavi should stop awarding special funds to Pfizer and GSK for pneumonia vaccine

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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

Tuberculosis: Promising new tuberculosis drug pretomanid approved, but will it be affordable?

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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

Mediterranean Migration: Place of safety needed for 356 people rescued in Central Mediterranean

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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

Uttar Pradesh: MSF observes World Hepatitis Day in Meerut

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Meerut: The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today observed World Hepatitis Day at the PL Sharma District Hospital in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh where MSF runs a pilot project for the treatment of Hepatitis C providing patients with free testing and treatment. MSF held a rally with patients treated at … Read more

Mediterranean migration: MSF resumes search and rescue amid deteriorating conditions in Libya

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Amsterdam – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announces the resumption of lifesaving search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean, and condemns the criminal inaction of European governments. The return to sea comes after a sustained two-year campaign by EU governments to stop virtually all humanitarian action at sea, and the normalisation of vindictive … Read more

UNAIDS update: High ongoing AIDS mortality reminds us that the fight against HIV is far from over

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Brussels / Geneva / Johannesburg – 770 000 people died of HIV worldwide in 2018. These are disturbing figures in the UNAIDS Global Aids Update 2019 released today in Eshowe, South Africa. Timely use of effective diagnostic tools and medicines to treat HIV/AIDS could prevent most deaths, and yet the annual number of deaths due to … Read more

MSF Scientific Days – Asia 2019: Speakers

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Agenda 2019 Sign Up Amit Harshana Dr Amit Harshana is a medical coordinator with MSF’s Operational Centre Barcelona, and currently oversees work relating to HIV, malnutrition and neglected tropical diseases. He has been primarily involved in the implementation of numerous operational research projects for MSF in India, including work on HIV-visceral leishmaniasis coinfection, antibiotic resistance … Read more