Bangui, 3 June 2014 – The medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has just evacuated a number of staff members from the city of Ndélé in the North of Central African Republic (CAR) following fresh attacks on its staff and facilities. Violent armed robbery Around 1:30 in the morning yesterday (2 June), … Read more
PARIS/NEW YORK—An oral cholera vaccine protected individuals by 86 percent during a recent outbreak in Guinea, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study, conducted by Epicentre, research arm of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the Guinean Ministry of Health, … Read more
On the eve of the World Health Assembly taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, where delegates will adopt an ambitious 20-year global plan to address tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges governments to focus intensely on improving DR-TB testing and care over the next 12 months. MSF is delivering … Read more
In protest against the brutal killing of 16 civilians, including three of its humanitarian workers, at Boguila Hospital on April 26, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is reducing its activities in the Central African Republic (CAR) and related projects in neighbouring countries for one week to emergency medical care only. The organization will also … Read more
With the imminent release of WHO’s report on antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) responds to the report with the following quote: “We see horrendous rates of antibiotic resistance wherever we look in our field operations, including children admitted to nutritional centers in Niger, and people in our surgical and trauma units in … Read more
In the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 2014 “Special 301 Report” released today, India remains on the Priority Watch List, as in previous years, for what the USTR considers to be inadequate protection of intellectual property. This year USTR goes a step further by announcing a more in-depth investigation into Indian patent law (called an Out-of-Cycle … Read more
Accounts of gruesome targeted killings; consequences of the violence leaves thousands in peril Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the unspeakable acts of violencein Bentiu, South Sudan, during and after a major battle on 15 April. Tens of thousands of people have had to flee to UNMISS camps for safety, where they now face life-threatening living conditions. Information … Read more
Amsterdam, April 28, 2014 – Sixteen civilians, including three national staff members with Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), were killed during an armed robbery on MSF hospital grounds in the northern town of Boguila, in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday afternoon. MSF strongly condemns the unprovoked killing of unarmed civilians at a … Read more
New MSF study shows a tetanus vaccine remains effective for up to a month when used outside of a strict cold chain The need for vaccines to be kept constantly cold is proving a major barrier in improving poor immunisation coverage rates, with one in five children born each year missing out on life-saving vaccinations, … Read more
An audio-visual exhibition will engage the general public in Delhi on pressing concerns in medical and humanitarian work world New Delhi : International medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is holding a three-day exhibition at Dilli Haat, INA starting today as part of its public campaign – ‘Who Cares?’. The campaign is … Read more