HIV/AIDS
MSF statement concerning intellectual property and access to medicines in the 2021 UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS Declaration
2 June 2021 - As negotiations continue on the declaration for the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV/AIDS, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges all member states to recognise and retain the full rights and use of internationally agreed public health safeguards enshrined in the Agreement on Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) for access to affordable generic antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and other medicines for HIV. Opinion - 7 Jun 2021
HIV/AIDS
UN HIV declaration must throw a lifeline to people with Advanced HIV Disease
Can we do what needs to be done to stop people dying from HIV/AIDS? Maybe – but only if we pay more attention to the people who are most at risk of dying. World leaders will discuss the next steps in the fight against the disease at the UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS on the 8-10th of June 2021. The political declaration they’re expected to adopt, must contain clear and tangible commitments to tackle HIV related mortality and a specific focus on early detection and treatment of the main killer diseases linked to Advanced HIV Disease (AHD or AIDS). Opinion - 7 Jun 2021
Access to Healthcare
People struggling to find food, shelter, water after east DRC volcano eruption
Nearly two weeks after the eruption of volcano Mount Nyiragongo, in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), many people are struggling to survive in the areas to where they fled. Despite ongoing seismic activity and official warnings, many displaced people are returning to Goma searching for food, water, and medical care. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up our support, but more humanitarian aid is still urgently needed. Crisis Update - 4 Jun 2021
Access to medicines
100 years after the discovery of insulin, governments and health leaders have a crucial opportunity to support a new global resolution on diabetes and insulin access
MSF calls for ambitious targets for diagnosis, treatment and control of diabetes, in line with the 90-90-90 targets for HIV, and transparency on insulin pricing to ensure affordable access Press Release - 13 May 2021
Access to Healthcare
Responding to emergencies amid the conflict in CAR
Since late December, the situation in Central African Republic (CAR) has quickly worsened, as clashes between a coalition of non-state armed groups and government forces supported by foreign troops, which began amid contested elections, have escalated. In response, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have deployed emergency teams across the country to assist people affected by the violence who live in constant fear of attack by all sides. This is what our teams found in Bossembélé, Grimari and Ippy, three areas hit by the conflict Article - 12 May 2021
Internally Displaced People
MSF Crisis Info: Cabo Delgado
The recent attacks in Palma are illustrative of the violence that the population has been exposed to during the conflict in Cabo Delgado, which has been increasing in intensity and spreading over the last year.
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Responding to COVID-19: Global Accountability Report 3
September to December 2020 Reports - 5 May 2021
Access to Healthcare
Ethiopia: People in rural Tigray hit by impact of crisis and humanitarian neglect
Many of Tigray’s six million people live in mountainous and rural areas where they are all but invisible to the outside world. While teams of aid workers have been deployed to the main cities of this northern Ethiopian region over recent months, aid is failing to reach more remote communities, where the impact of the conflict has often been severe. Many people have been unable to access healthcare and other basic services for the past six months and are still living in fear. Article - 4 May 2021
Access to Healthcare
CAR: Healing the visible and invisible wounds of sexual violence
Sexual violence has become a public health issue in Central African Republic (CAR) over the past decade, with women and minors being the most affected groups. In a country marked by years of civil war and facing a long-term crisis, assaults are perpetrated not just by members of armed groups; often the assault is committed by someone known to the victim. While access to medical and psychological care has improved over the years, the response remains insufficient compared to the scale of the needs. Project Update - 13 Apr 2021
Access to Healthcare
Project Update - 8 Apr 2021
Five years of providing general healthcare in Nduta refugee camp
Since 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing health care in the Nduta refugee camp in Tanzania. Teams provide comprehensive health care including general consultation, sexual and reproductive health, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, mental health counselling, health promotion and education as well as referrals from primary to secondary healthcare.Project Update - 8 Apr 2021