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[ © 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
 
YANGON, MYANMAR – Patients receive medicine after a counselling session at MSF's Insein clinic. Some of these patients are on their last visit to this clinic as they will soon be transferred to Myanmar’s National AIDS Programme for continued treatment. [
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
 
Aida talks with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) outreach workers about the use of contraception. | ©Morgana Wingard/NAMUH
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]
Access to medicines

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
 
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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
 
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HIV/AIDS

HIV project in Eshowe, South Africa reaches 90-90-90 target one year ahead of 2020 deadline

In the study group, 90% of people with HIV know their status, 94% of those are on treatment and 95% have a suppressed viral load Press Release - 12 Jun 2019
 
Yakong is a 36-year-old mother of seven. Her twins Both and Duoth – ‘first’ and ‘second’ in Nuer – were born in late March at MSF’s hospital in the town of Ulang, in northeastern South Sudan.
Access to Healthcare

South Sudan: New MSF hospital in Ulang assists people affected by violence and neglect

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has started a stable project in the northeastern town of Ulang, close to the Ethiopian border in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region, to address the needs of people living in a remote and neglected area who have been affected by years of war and frequent bouts of intercommunal violence and who struggle to access medical care. Press Release - 13 May 2019
 
A road in Zimbabwe has been partly washed away following devastation caused by Cyclone Idai, 15 March 2019.
Natural Disasters

Cyclones and flooding in Mozambique and southern Africa

MSF emergency teams are working in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe Project Update - 10 May 2019
 
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Access to Healthcare

MSF’s ‘Access Campaign’ marks 20 years of work

Marking the 20th anniversary of the Access Campaign provides an opportunity to reflect on what has been learned and accomplished – and what needs to be done going forward – in medical innovation and access for all people in need.  Article - 9 May 2019
 
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Cholera

Crisis update: MSF's response to Cyclone Idai

MSF emergency teams are responding to the devastating impact of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Crisis Update - 8 Apr 2019