Distribution of essentials
One year on: Soaring needs in Twic County, South Sudan
People living in Twic county suffer from limited access to food, water, sanitation and healthcare Article - 15 May 2023
Access to medicines
MSF demands J&J give up its patent monopoly on TB drug to put lives over profits
Ahead of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) annual shareholders meeting, MSF demanded that the US corporation publicly commit now to not enforce its secondary patents on the tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline in all countries with a high burden of TB, and allow generic manufacturers to supply more affordable, quality-assured generic versions of this lifesaving drug to everyone, everywhere who needs it. Press Release - 26 Apr 2023
Access to Healthcare
Overcoming taboos for women's positive sexual health
MSF projects in Greece, Honduras and Zimbabwe have shown that strengthening women’s own agency and community support can work hand-in-hand to enable positive engagement with women’s sexual and reproductive health needs in a way that reverberates through the social fabric. Article - 8 Mar 2023
Maternal Health
How young mothers in Zimbabwe are raising their voices in the ‘Teen Mums’ Club’
An initiative developed by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Mbare and Epworth, and taken up by the community, is helping adolescent mothers to feel empowered about their sexual health and regain their wellbeing. Article - 8 Mar 2023
Access to Healthcare
Eswatini: Everything for patients
In Eswatini, MSF continues to work to bring medical care closer to patients and their communities. Here's a snapshot of our ongoing work Project Update - 3 Feb 2023![A patient support group at the Blantyre cervical cancer hospital, Malawi [© Diego Menjibar]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msb146491_medium.jpg?itok=gD0EDedf "A patient support group at the Blantyre cervical cancer hospital, Malawi [© Diego Menjibar]")
Access to Healthcare
Malawi: Managing cervical cancer in a country with limited treatment options
Cervical cancer accounts for 37 per cent of new cancers in women in Malawi. Since 2018, MSF has been working to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer and bring down deaths from the disease in the districts of Blantyre and Chiradzulu. MSF head of mission Marion Péchayre explains how. Project Update - 2 Feb 2023![MSF activities in Kule healthcare centre [Gabriella Bianchi/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msb145165_medium.jpg?itok=Th5Yfuea "MSF activities in Kule healthcare centre [Gabriella Bianchi/MSF]")
Access to Healthcare
At the same time, natural disasters pushed people’s coping mechanisms to their limits. Communities across the vastness of the Somali region experienced what is reported as the worst drought in forty years, and when floods struck the Gambella region, more than 180,000 people were displaced from their homes, and health facilities suffered extensive damage. Project Update - 27 Dec 2022
Treating people all across Ethiopia
More than 22 million people were estimated to need humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia in 2022.1 Many faced the tragic consequences of conflict, particularly communities in the regions of Afar, Amhara, Tigray and Southern Nations (SNNPR).At the same time, natural disasters pushed people’s coping mechanisms to their limits. Communities across the vastness of the Somali region experienced what is reported as the worst drought in forty years, and when floods struck the Gambella region, more than 180,000 people were displaced from their homes, and health facilities suffered extensive damage. Project Update - 27 Dec 2022
HIV/AIDS
How care and counselling helped Abdo take control of his HIV
People with HIV who stick strictly to their medication regime can live long and healthy lives. But without the medication, their immune systems weaken and they are unable to fight off infections. Stories from the Frontline - 15 Dec 2022
HIV/AIDS