Geneva, 13 November 2014 – In the absence of specific treatments for Ebola, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced today that it will host clinical trials in three Ebola treatment centres in West Africa. The separate trials, which are aimed at quickly finding an effective therapy that can be used … Read more
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 – A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) physician who was infected with Ebola Virus Disease was released today from HHC Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Craig Spencer contracted the virus while on assignment in the West African country of Guinea. Following confirmation of test results by the U.S. Centers for … Read more
7 November 2014 – A new project to map the world’s crisis areas so that aid agencies can respond faster and better to emergencies is being launched today in London. At the Missing Maps event, volunteers will map areas of West Africa affected by the Ebola outbreak as well as regions of South Sudan caught … Read more
Brussels, 15th October 2014 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has taken the very difficult decision to temporarily suspend medical activities at Gondama Referral Centre (GRC), near Bo, because of the strain the current response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has put on the organisation’s capacity in the country. Overwhelmed teams means MSF cannot … Read more
Brussels – 16 October 2014 – The bombing of a crowded market on 9 October caused hundreds of casualties in Erbin town in the East Ghouta suburban area near Damascus. Some 50,000 people have been under siege here for more than two years. The medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which supports more than … Read more
Ebola: Treatments and vaccines could help bring outbreak under controlInterview on experimental treatments and vaccines with Dr Bertrand Draguez, MSF Medical Director Dr Bertrand Draguez is MSF’s Medical Director currently working on the West Africa Ebola outbreak. Here he explains why developing vaccines and treatments for Ebola is important, what is needed in order … Read more
On 15 September, Gilead Sciences is expected to announce agreements with a handful of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers to produce and sell generic versions of two new hepatitis C drugs – sofosbuvir and ledipasvir. Approximately 180 million people live with hepatitis C today, with 350,000 people dying annually of the disease. New oral drugs like sofosbuvir … Read more
After the escape of one of our abducted colleagues, MSF asks for help to find the three other members of our team who were taken more than a year ago. On Friday, August 29, Chantal, one of the four members of the MSF team abducted in North Kivu, was found unharmed. However, MSF remains with … Read more
New Delhi/Agartala– The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a medical intervention to respond to the unprecedented malaria epidemic in Tripura. So far malaria has claimed more than 70 lives, mostly children, and more than 30,000 positive malaria cases have been confirmed since mid-June. Following an assessment in … Read more
Yesterday’s attack on Al Shifa hospital, where nearly 2,000 people are sheltering, demonstrates how civilians have nowhere safe to go and shows the current difficulties of providing emergency aid in Gaza. The international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the 28 July attack on Gaza City’s Al Shifa hospital, where an … Read more