Global Fund crisis threatens progress against HIV, TB, Malaria

MSF Warns: Pending Global Fund Replenishment Crisis Threatens Decades of Progress Against HIV, TB, and Malaria. Investments Must Be Sustained to Prevent Catastrophic Cuts and Soaring Patient Costs November 17th, 2025: Ahead of the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for world leaders to fully fund the … Read more

MSF and partners make a real difference for tuberculosis patients in Iraq

Umm Salam* sits on the ground outside her family’s home in Sadr City, a crowded district of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. She holds her granddaughter, Zainab*, close, wrapped in her abaya, recalling the young girl’s recovery from tuberculosis (TB). As part of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) programme to detect TB early in children, through a … Read more

Uzbekistan: MSF Successfully Concludes Nukus TB Project

Nukus/ Amsterdam, 22 September 2025 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan (MoH) and the Ministry of Health of Karakalpakstan today marked the successful conclusion of their long-running collaboration on the Karakalpakstan Tuberculosis Programme. The closing ceremony, attended by MSF staff, national health authorities and representatives of expert community, celebrated almost … Read more

Early Results of First Trial Conducted Exclusively in People with Pre-Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Show Promise

Paris/Boston, 13 November 2024 – The endTB consortium has completed endTB-Q, the first Phase 3 randomized controlled trial to exclusively enroll people suffering from pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR-TB), a very hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis (TB). The trial, conducted by the endTB consortium (Médecins Sans Frontières, Partners In Health, and IRD), demonstrated that a shorter treatment strategy … Read more

From innovation to action: MSF shares 25 years of lessons learned in tackling Drug-Resistant TB

January 22, 2025, New Delhi: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders, in partnership with the National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), hosted a panel discussion today to mark the culmination of 25 years of continuous medical efforts to battle tuberculosis (TB) in Mumbai. The event, held at Fire, The Park, … Read more

After 18 years, MSF hands over its Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) Project to the National TB Elimination Program in Mumbai

27 Sept 2024, Mumbai: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders today announced the planned closure of its Mumbai-based Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) project by the end of 2024. This significant initiative has been providing comprehensive care to patients with complex cases of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) since 2006. The project, which has played a pivotal role … Read more

India: Mumbai TB Symposium Focuses on Advancing TB Treatment and Collaboration

10 June 2024, Mumbai: A pivotal symposium organised today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders brought together a diverse coalition of experts and stakeholders to forge actionable strategies against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DRTB). This crucial gathering aimed to highlight the key successes and challenges in the battle against TB, with an emphasis on enhancing the … Read more

India: How Deepak Shegar overcame DR-TB to reclaim his dreams

Mumbai, India- “When I recover, I want to play cricket,” says Deepak Shegar, a 23-year-old whose aspirations extend far beyond his battle with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). With dreams of a career in the garment industry, a love for cricket, and a desire for a brand-new bike, Deepak’s journey to pursue his goals has been long … Read more

Deepak Shegar: Battling DR-TB with resilience and dreams

“When I recover, I want to play cricket,” says Deepak Shegar, a 23-year-old whose aspirations extend far beyond his battle with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). With dreams of a career in the garment industry, a love for cricket, and a desire for a brand-new bike, Deepak’s journey to pursue his goals has been long and challenging. … Read more

Urgent call for Europe to improve treatment access for tuberculosis: Many TB medicines and formulations accessible in lower- and middle-income countries remain unaffordable or unavailable in Europe

Berlin, 6 June 2024: As the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded a meeting with European health officials and civil society to improve access to tuberculosis (TB) medicines in the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA), Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), along with TB activists, urge European countries to maintain this momentum by taking immediate … Read more