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Global Vaccine Community Must Make Major Changes to Reach More Children

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As GAVI meets to examine its progress and look ahead, MSF points to needed policy changes – See more at: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/press/release.cfm?id=7125&cat=press-release#sthash.Eat2fQMa.dpuf Geneva/Stockholm/New York, October 28,  2013—Several key policy changes are urgently needed at the GAVI Alliance to help reduce the number of children not benefitting from vaccination globally (22.6 million in 2012), the international medical … Read more

Doctors Without Borders Cycle Tour Comes to Delhi

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New Delhi, October 27, 2013 – Cycle enthusiasts from Delhi are getting on bike saddles today to express solidarity with outgoing International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Unni Karunakara, who is cycling over 5,000 km across the length of India in support of medical humanitarian aid programs in 70 countries around … Read more

Syria: Civilians forced to flee Al Safira under heavy bombardment

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25 October 2013 – More than 130,000 people have fled the district of Al Safira, in Aleppo province, which has been under violent attack since 8th October. There is currently insufficient humanitarian aid to meet the massive, and growing, needs of these displaced people, the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said … Read more

WHO TB report: "An indictment of the global failure to tackle DR-TB"

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Today sees the launch of the World Health Organization’s Global tuberculosis (TB) report for 2013. We call governments, donors, and the Global Fund to properly resource the treatment of this deadly disease. The report looks at the current state of TB globally, including the rate of and access to diagnosis. It also looks at treatment … Read more

CAR: Tens of Thousands Flee Attacks and Killings

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NEW YORK, OCTOBER 16, 2013—Tens of thousands of people have fled a new wave of attacks and ruthless killings by armed groups and government forces in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR), the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. More than 30,000 people are displaced in the town of Bossangoa, … Read more

From Presidency of Doctors Without Borders to Pedalling Cross Country in India

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Dr Unni Karunakara embarks on a personal odyssey to cycle 5000 kms from Srinagar to Kerala to connect with people about health, healthcare, and humanitarianism Srinagar, October 12, 2013 – Outgoing International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Unni Karunakara, is taking to the road on a bicycle to travel 5,000 kilometres … Read more

Dr Joanne Liu new International President of MSF

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Geneva, October 1, 2013. Today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes Dr Joanne Liu as the new International President of the medical humanitarian organisation. Dr Liu was elected President during MSF’s International General Assembly in June 2013. “Today’s challenges in MSF are many,” says Dr Liu. “With contexts continually evolving, how do we deliver lifesaving medical … Read more

US Pressure on India Threatens Access to Medicines

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NEW DELHI/NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013—On the eve of a meeting between US president Barack Obama and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh at the White House, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today warned that India faces retaliatory political pressure from the US government and pharmaceutical industry for its efforts … Read more

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) responds to psychosocial needs in Uttarakhand

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New Delhi, September 9, 2013: Medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has responded to psychosocial needs of people who suffered from incessant rain, cloudbursts and landslides in Uttarakhand in June 2013. The floods had caused widespread destruction and thousands were reported as missing. “MSF intervention has been based on an assessment carried … Read more

Syria: Thousands Suffering Neurotoxic Symptoms Treated in Hospitals Supported by MSF

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Brussels/New York, August 24, 2013 — Three hospitals in Syria’s Damascus governorate that are supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported to MSF that they received approximately 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms in less than three hours on the morning of Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Of those … Read more