access to healthcare

TB medicine deal offers short-term solution, but J&J needs to do more for all affected countries

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Christophe Perrin, TB advocacy pharmacist, MSF Access Campaign  “Today’s announcement by the Stop TB Partnership/Global Drug Facility about a deal with pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J), for access to affordable generic versions of the lifesaving tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline, offers a short-term solution for low- and middle-income countries — but the deal remains just a … Read more

Kenya: Everyone is welcome at MSF’s youth-friendly health services in Mombasa

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When an MSF team working in the Kenyan city of Mombasa discovered that there were significant gaps in healthcare for adolescents and young people, they decided to do something about it. The assessment they conducted in May 2021 revealed that, among them, the people who found it hardest to get healthcare were often those with … Read more

Ethiopia: MSF calls for immediate resumption of food distribution

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Addis Ababa, 06 July, 2023 – As malnutrition rates surge beyond emergency levels in many areas of Ethiopia, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for the immediate resumption of food distributions which were suspended across Ethiopia in early June 2023. More than 20 million people in Ethiopia rely heavily on food … Read more

The humanitarian isolation of northwest Syria must be prevented

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Amman, 5 July, 2023 – Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew the cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2672) for the delivery of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. Ensuring increased, expanded, and sustainable humanitarian access through all possible means and crossing points is crucial, to secure the … Read more

MSF condemns denial of medical access in Jenin during the largest military raid in the West Bank since 2002

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Jenin, Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), July 3, 2023 – MSF staff are currently providing emergency healthcare in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, following a large-scale raid by Israeli forces in the city’s refugee camp, the largest in the West Bank since 2002. At least 8 people were reported killed, and 91 others have … Read more

Insecurity and lack of access to healthcare: the forgotten emergency of Ituri

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Since early 2023, Djugu territory in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has seen intense intercommunal violence and armed clashes, forcing an estimated 156,000 people to flee their homes. This is the latest surge of violence in a decades-long conflict, which has seen 700,0001 people displaced within Djugu territory and 1.7 million across Ituri … Read more

No Time to Wait to Protect Vulnerable Lives in Sudan

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By Stephen Cornish, The General Director of MSF Switzerland  If you think the events in Sudan right now are an emergency without warning, think again.   The current conflict is instead an acute symptom of a crisis that has plagued the country for decades. The people of Sudan have been suffering for far too long from … Read more

MSF calls on Gavi to step up efforts to improve vaccine access for children up to at least five years old

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Geneva, 12 June 2023 – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today again urged Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to urgently prioritise reaching ‘zero-dose’* and under-immunised children up to age five, by removing barriers to broadening vaccine coverage for unprotected children, including by waiving co-financing requirements for countries and areas with fragile health systems, and those … Read more

Refugees in eastern Chad may become ‘trapped’ and ‘forgotten’ with onset of the rainy season

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N’djamena, Chad, 9 June 2023 – Thousands of people amassed at Chad’s eastern border in Sila region and other border areas – seeking refuge from a raging conflict in neighbouring Sudan – are at risk of losing access to vital humanitarian and medical assistance with the impending arrival of the rainy season, warns the international … Read more

CAR: “Everyone arrives exhausted from Sudan, and many children are ill”

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In recent weeks, thousands of people fleeing the conflict in Sudan have sought refuge in northern Central African Republic (CAR). Issa Moussa, deputy head of mission for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is coordinating MSF’s emergency response in Birao. Moussa explains how MSF is adapting to provide medical support to Sudanese refugees in CAR. What … Read more