Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has resumed medical activities at its maternity hospital in Khost Province, Afghanistan, which were suspended following an explosion in the hospital in April, 2012. 02/01/2013 The reopening follows the demonstration of strong support to MSF, and reassurance over the last few months by the local community and all relevant … Read more
DECEMBER 20, 2012-Regardless of the parties or individuals responsible for the recent escalation of attacks against health workers in Pakistan, both patients and medical workers risk losing their lives while seeking or providing health care, the international organization Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. As a medical humanitarian organization working in … Read more
Despite important progress in research and development (R&D) for global health over the past decade, only a small fraction of new medicines developed between 2000 and 2011 were for the treatment of neglected diseases, highlighting the ‘fatal imbalance’ between global disease burden and drug development for some of the world’s most devastating illnesses, said Médecins … Read more
Analysis of Health R&D Pipeline Shows Important Progress, but Significant Gaps in Innovation Remain NEW YORK, NY, DECEMBER 13, 2012—Despite important progress in research and development (R&D) for global health over the past decade, only a small fraction of new medicines developed between 2000 and 2011 were for the treatment of neglected diseases, highlighting the … Read more
Paris, 12 December 2012 — Tens of thousands of people, many of them wounded, are trapped in the city of Deir Azzour, eastern Syria, due to intense fighting and aerial bombardments. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for the sick and wounded to be evacuated to safer locations and for international medical teams to be given … Read more
Three new issue briefs outlining Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s / Doctors Without Borders main concerns regarding the need for adapted vaccines, the need to bring vaccine prices down, and the need to address vaccine supply problems can be accessed at: msfaccess.org/briefings. MSF is deeply concerned that the current global vaccination strategy is not paying enough attention … Read more
Though I am a first missioner for MSF, I am not new to Africa or working with underprivileged people. Before joining MSF I worked for almost 17 years in India, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka, in various positions including as a community health specialist, programme officer and lecturer. In 2006, working with [the international health charity] … Read more
An already fragile humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has deteriorated further after the border city of Goma fell to M23 rebels last week with hundreds of people injured and thousands displaced from their homes. Teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have rapidly set up additional emergency response activities, treating victims of … Read more
It was my first mission as an orthopedic surgeon for MSF to Teme hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The flutter of excitement was perceptible because it was my first mission as well as the fact that I was travelling to a distant country about which I knew very little. I arrived in Paris after an overnight … Read more
After two grueling years of treatment, Mary Marizani is MSF’s first patient in Zimbabwe to beat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). While this is great news, there is still an urgent need for better treatment that cures people in less time and with fewer side effects. In her home on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital city, 48-year-old … Read more