Access to Healthcare
Improved testing and provision of care slashes HIV rates in Ndhiwa sub-county, Kenya
Between 2014 and 2018, improved access to testing and treatment, and a higher quality of care significantly reduced the percentage of the population living with HIV in Ndhiwa sub-county, Homa Bay county, Kenya, according to a study by medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Epicentre. Press Release - 23 Nov 2020
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Press Release - 19 Nov 2020
MSF calls on all governments to support landmark move at WTO to suspend monopolies during COVID-19
Proposal is already backed by 99 countries, including KenyaPress Release - 19 Nov 2020
Access to medicines
New tests and drugs for world’s deadliest infectious disease, TB, remain out of reach - TB Report
MSF calls on governments and donors to step up and speed up TB testing and treatment Press Release - 19 Nov 2020
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MSF in South Africa 2000 – 2020
Year 2020 marks 20 years of Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s humanitarian work in South Africa.
Attacks on medical care
Armed with a mic, a lapel pin and a song, MSF battles COVID-19 stigma in South Africa
Healthcare workers have a crucial role as patient advocates, and recognizing their experience of the disease can be a key means of addressing COVID-19 stigma Project Update - 28 Aug 2020
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Kenya: MSF raises alarm over risk of increased mortality during healthcare workers strike in Homa Bay
MSF urges both parties to reach minimum agreement to allow for immediate resumption of emergency and lifesaving services during the strike. Press Release - 26 Aug 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus
to provide a transparent picture of our interventions, refl ect on some of the major challenges we faced, and share our best
practices in fi ghting this pandemic. We commit to reporting regularly on our activities related to the pandemic in the months
to come. Crisis Update - 13 Aug 2020
Responding to COVID-19: Global Accountability Report
By documenting the fi rst phase of MSF’s global COVID-19 response from the beginning of the year through May, we wantto provide a transparent picture of our interventions, refl ect on some of the major challenges we faced, and share our best
practices in fi ghting this pandemic. We commit to reporting regularly on our activities related to the pandemic in the months
to come. Crisis Update - 13 Aug 2020
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South Africa: Western Cape begins to breathe after COVID-19 peak
Opened beginning of June, MSFs Khayelitsha Field Hospital played a major role in helping the struggling Khayelitsha District Hospital to cope with the burden of COVID-19. Due to a decrease in admissions of people with COVID-19 at Khayelitsha district Hospital, and a slowdown in COVID-19 patients requiring hospital care across the City of Cape Town, MSF and the Department of Health have decided to scale down and close the facility by mid-August, with MSF now shifting focus to the Eastern Cape Province Project Update - 6 Aug 2020
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