Access to medicines
As J&J release earnings, MSF protests price of lifesaving TB drug in front of New York Stock Exchange
New York, 22 January 2020—Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) protested in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York today, demanding the pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) make the tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline available for all people with drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) for no more than a dollar a day. The price of this crucial drug must be lowered to reflect the joint contributions made in the research and development of this drug by taxpayers, and the global scientific and TB community, including by MSF itself. Press Release - 21 Jan 2020
Access to Healthcare
Five New Year’s resolutions for improving care in 2020
A new year is an excellent opportunity to see how we can further improve our work. Every MSF project is unique and is set within its own context, and will therefore have its own priorities of areas to improve. But there are also things we want to do better across all of our projects. Here are five examples of things we want to get better at in 2020. Press Release - 9 Jan 2020
Access to medicines
We would like to share with you our vision of how we want to see things change for people we serve in our projects and other people in developing countries in the form of our annual ‘Wishlist’.
Please enjoy and share so we can continue to build our Access to Medicines community and together change the world! Press Release - 3 Jan 2020
Wishlist 2020
As we move out of our anniversary year, MSF’s Access Campaign team is looking forward eagerly to the work that lies ahead in 2020 to open up access to medicines.We would like to share with you our vision of how we want to see things change for people we serve in our projects and other people in developing countries in the form of our annual ‘Wishlist’.
Please enjoy and share so we can continue to build our Access to Medicines community and together change the world! Press Release - 3 Jan 2020
![Sex worker in the Kimbi project, South Kivu[Photo: Nathalie San Gil/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf291129_medium.jpg?itok=IRDwyFa7 "Sex worker in the Kimbi project, South Kivu[Photo: Nathalie San Gil/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS
Violence in the Fields
In the province of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams treat survivors of sexual and gender based violence. Many are survivors of rape and multiple forms of violence often perpetrated at community level. The main challenges facing the team are encouraging survivors to come forward, breaking down stigma and information around essential services and care. To help address this, MSF has put in place a community-based strategy with trusted focal points within the community. Article - 18 Dec 2019
HIV/AIDS
DRC: HIV/AIDS in mining areas
In the South East of the South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operates at the Misisi health centre. The mining area of Misisi is home to many miners, sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS Article - 18 Dec 2019
HIV/AIDS
Reaching young people with Khetha, a digital HIV counselling platform
Videos and Photos - 6 Dec 2019![Lita arriving at Nsanje District Hospital. [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf295968_medium.jpg?itok=klM86HcB "Lita arriving at Nsanje District Hospital. [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS
Gerrald and Lita
Lita and her father Gerrald live in Suwali, Nsanje. Stories from the Frontline - 2 Dec 2019![Malawi - Advanced HIV[Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf295945_medium.jpg?itok=iullwFqR "Malawi - Advanced HIV[Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS
Empowering patients to reach an HIV-free Malawi
Despite having taken huge steps to reduce the prevalence of HIV and the numbers of people dying from it, many people in Malawi still get sick and develop advanced HIV. But a new model of care could help communities spot the symptoms of HIV and speed up the referral process, so that HIV positive patients receive care quickly and effectively. Stories from the Frontline - 2 Dec 2019![Manfred being helped to go to the Ndamera Health Centre while some of his friends are seeing him off. [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf295963_medium.jpg?itok=Xya11pbO "Manfred being helped to go to the Ndamera Health Centre while some of his friends are seeing him off. [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS
Manfred Luka
“I come from Chitomeni Village and I am a fisherman. During one of my usual fishing errands, I was having trouble breathing. I had chest pain. When I realised that my health was deteriorating, I went to Ndamera Health Centre. Stories from the Frontline - 2 Dec 2019![Kingsley Makwale MSF clinician examining Aisha at Mbenje Health Centre [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf295979_medium.jpg?itok=0kQyQ5hG "Kingsley Makwale MSF clinician examining Aisha at Mbenje Health Centre [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS