Arriving in Tacloban City, the Philippines, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staffer Yann Libessart encountered devastation and chaos, yet he was stunned at the peacefullness of those whose lives have been completely uprooted. Tacloban, November 15, 2013 At last, commercial flights have resumed regular movements between Cebu and Tacloban. Even before landing, the vision … Read more
On November 13, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a mother and child hospital in the northern Jordanian governorate of Irbid, in close collaboration with Jordanian authorities. The hospital provides services for Syrian refugees residing in the local community. The crisis in Syria has caused more than 540,000 refugees to flee to Jordan, including … Read more
November 15, 2013: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have begun treating patients on the ground in some locations in the central Philippines that were battered by Typhoon Haiyan and are continuing to work elsewhere to overcome the huge logistical impediments that the disaster left in its wake. The areas affected by the storm … Read more
November 13, 2013—In the ongoing effort to assist people in the central Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have traveled by car, boat, plane, and helicopter to reach some of the areas that were in the centre of the storm’s path—northern Cebu island, eastern Samar island, Panay Island, and … Read more
November 12, 2013: In the wake of the devastating typhoon that hit the Philippines on November 8, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are trying to reach the worst-affected parts of the country. Efforts to reach the city of Tacloban in Leyte Province are being complicated by roads that are blocked with debris, … Read more
“This sort of disaster is unprecedented in the Philippines” November 11, 2013 – Read the following interview with Dr Natasha Reyes, MSF’s emergency coordinator in the Philippines, about the devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan and the medical needs it has left in its wake. “Right now we’re operating in a relative black hole of information. … Read more
November 10, 2013—Emergency teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) arrived in Cebu, the Philippines, on Nov. 9. They have not yet been able to assess the full extent of the needs as access to the areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan is extremely difficult. Tacloban airport has been destroyed, many of the roads are … Read more
Name : Designation : MSF doctor Ioanna Haziri listens to Orion’s lungs and breathing during her check-up of the little boy. Tajikistan 2013 © Wendy Marijnissen As Orion, a 4-year old boy, runs happily around his family’s home near Vose in southern Tajikistan, his grandfather holds up a picture that shows what the boy looked … Read more
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
New TB drug bedaquiline illustrates need for paradigm shift in developing and ensuring access to new treatment combinations. Paris, October 30, 2013: Without a new approach to developing and pricing new tuberculosis medicines, the global TB response will be unable to deliver the new treatment combinations needed to close the deadly treatment gap for drug-resistant tuberculosis … Read more