![Grâce M’Gazio is a young mother about to give birth. She is doing the HIV – AIDS test with Adeline Ouaboua, psychosocial advisor at the Castors maternity, Central African Republic [© Elisa Fourt/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf243219_medium.jpg?itok=AoLgXVKg "Grâce M’Gazio is a young mother about to give birth. She is doing the HIV – AIDS test with Adeline Ouaboua, psychosocial advisor at the Castors maternity, Central African Republic [© Elisa Fourt/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS
The fight against HIV and TB is at a critical juncture
After a decade of strong commitments to fight HIV and TB, we are witnessing a decline in donor and domestic funding Project Update - 7 Oct 2019
Access to medicines
Oped by Edi Ferdinand ATTE, Medical Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières, (MSF), Doctors Without Borders Opinion - 26 Sep 2019
Striking back at Snakebite
Access to antivenom – let alone access to antivenom that is effective against the species of poisonous snake – is a problem not just in Baringo but across most of Africa.Oped by Edi Ferdinand ATTE, Medical Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières, (MSF), Doctors Without Borders Opinion - 26 Sep 2019
Access to Healthcare
South Sudan: MSF hands over adult inpatient services of Malakal Teaching Hospital to the Ministry of Health
After rehabilitating Malakal Teaching Hospital in 2017, MSF is now handing over the adult inpatient services to the South Sudan Ministry of Health Press Release - 24 Sep 2019
Access to Healthcare
Hope is born: improving access to safe birth in Kenya
This story of three women illustrates the success and challenges of expanding sexual and reproductive healthcare in Kenya’s coastal region of Likoni. Reducing maternal and infant mortality is central to realising the SDG health targets. Unremitting efforts will be needed to achieve these goals. MSF has striven to reinforce health authorities’ capacity to provide a comprehensive package of emergency obstetric and neonatal care. Article - 26 Aug 2019![[ © Mack Alix Mushitsi / Médecins Sans Frontières]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf278744_medium.jpg?itok=Tyc0J3c7 "[ © Mack Alix Mushitsi / Médecins Sans Frontières]")
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Central African Republic: Silence aggravates the wounds of sexual violence
In CAR, as in many other countries, sexual violence is a taboo subject and often survivors of sexual assault are forbidden from talking about it due to the shame it will bring on their family Article - 23 Jul 2019
HIV/AIDS
Closure of MSF’s Insein clinic marks milestone for people living with HIV in Myanmar
The closure of the Insein clinic represents a milestone both for MSF and for Myanmar, marking the country’s growing capacity to provide antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for people living with HIV. Press Release - 9 Jul 2019
Access to Healthcare
Mozambique: Peer educators support key and vulnerable populations to tackle HIV
At over 13 per cent, Mozambique has one of the world’s highest rates of HIV according to the last Ministry of Health survey Article - 3 Jul 2019![Vials of Amphotericin B which is used to treat Cryptococcal Meningitis [© Albert Masias/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msb19679_medium.jpg?itok=qa7v1l54 "Vials of Amphotericin B which is used to treat Cryptococcal Meningitis [© Albert Masias/MSF]")
Access to medicines
Press Release - 27 Jun 2019
Gilead Sciences fails on promise to expand access to lifesaving drug for people living with HIV
Inaction by US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead to follow through on its so-called ‘access initiative’ leaves people unable to access a vital drug to treat a deadly infection.Press Release - 27 Jun 2019
Access to Healthcare
MSF teams responding to the Ebola outbreak in Western Uganda
MSF teams are supporting the Ministry of Health to respond to the outbreak in Uganda, in which three people from the same family have died Article - 15 Jun 2019
HIV/AIDS