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
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
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
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
Natural Disasters
Malawi: “This time around, the destruction is more of houses and farm produce, not of people’s lives”
MSF logistician and community health worker Labana Steven is part of MSF’s emergency team working in Malawi’s Makhanga area to support thousands of people left affected by severe flooding with health and sanitation supplies. Makhanga area was one of the worst affected by heavy rainfall which started in Malawi in early March. The same weather system went on to become Cyclone Idai which struck Mozambique and Zimbabwe on 14-16 March, 2019, one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to hit southern Africa. Labana, who has worked for MSF for 20 years in Malawi, was also part of MSF’s response to severe flooding in the same area in 2008 and 2015. His historical understanding and deep engagement with local partners and communities in southern Malawi are vital to MSF’s ongoing response. Crisis Update - 29 Mar 2019
Access to medicines
As WHO issues critical new TB treatment recommendations, MSF calls on governments to urgently scale-up all oral treatment
MSF calls on countries with large numbers of people with DR-TB to urgently start implementing these new treatment guidelines Press Release - 22 Dec 2018
War and conflict
DRC: Numerous acts of sexual violence committed by armed men in Kasai
Between May 2017 and September 2018, MSF treated 2,600 victims of sexual violence Press Release - 2 Nov 2018
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
The tip of the iceberg”: Stream of survivors offers glimpse into scale of sexual violence in the Central African Republic
Doctors at MSF's clinics across the Central African Republic have treated 1,914 victims of sexual violence in the first six months of 2018 Crisis Update - 7 Sep 2018
Epidemics
