HIV/AIDS
Kigali: MSF welcomes the release of WHO guidelines for ‘game-changing’ HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, but remains deeply concerned about access, including licensing limitations.
While MSF welcomes the recent strategic partnership agreement between Gilead and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (the Global Fund), the agreed pricing and supply needs to be transparent to facilitate negotiations for affordable sustainable access to this critical HIV prevention tool outside of the Global Fund agreement. Article - 14 Jul 2025
War and conflict
North Kivu: Living conditions worsen in Bambo – a fragile sanctuary for tens of thousands fleeing violence
Malnutrition wards have had occupancy rates over 100 percent for close to a month; dozens of sexual violence victims are seen every week; and significant numbers of patients continue to seek treatment for diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections Article - 12 Jul 2025
Snakebite
Insecurity and movement restrictions to Healthcare in Amhara: Patients Struggle to Reach Lifesaving Treatment
Additionally, MSF was forced to halt life-saving ambulance referrals for highly critical patients to Gondar University Hospital, exacerbating the challenges faced by those in need of urgent care. Article - 9 Jul 2025
Attacks on medical care
South Sudan: “If we had a closer hospital, maybe my children would be alive today”
People in remote areas of Upper Nile State in South Sudan are suffering from a lack of access to health care, since attacks on medical boats and armed looting in medical facilities since the beginning of the year have forced Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders(MSF) to close its hospital and end its support to 13 community-based primary healthcare facilities in Ulang county. Article - 16 Jun 2025
Access to healthcare
Father first, miner Second: Why a Gwanda artisanal miner puts family before all
Artisanal miners like Zibusiso are often criminalised or forgotten, operating in informal spaces where survival is the only constant but he is grateful to MSF for giving him and his fellow miners a health life line to enable them to at least work for the betterment of their families with less worry on their health needs and that of their families. Article - 15 Jun 2025
War and conflict
Year in Review 2024
In 2024, millions of people continued to be affected by disease outbreaks, exclusion from healthcare, and crises such as wars, conflicts, and natural hazards in more than 75 countries. Around 69,500 Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff provided assistance where and how they could. Article - 13 Jun 2025
Refugees, migration and displacement
Burundi: Congolese refugees in Musenyi site face humanitarian and health emergency
In Burundi, thousands of Congolese refugees who fled the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are living in extremely precarious conditions in the designated Musenyi site. MSF has launched an emergency response to reduce the risk of measles and malaria, but more support is needed as the humanitarian needs remain largely unmet. Article - 7 May 2025
Access to healthcare
The MSF Kiambu Project: Insights on service delivery for people who use drugs(PWUD)
This report reflects on Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s journey, implementing a comprehensive package of care, including medically assisted therapy (MAT) services for people who use drugs (PWUD) in Kiambu County, Kenya. Article - 2 May 2025
Humanitarian challenges
The first 100 days of a growing global health and humanitarian emergency
US cuts to foreign aid are hurting people caught in conflict and crisis. Article - 27 Apr 2025
War and conflict