HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS in the DRC: Behind the progress, huge challenges remain
20 years ago, MSF teams in the DRC opened the first treatment centre offering free care to people living with HIV in Kinshasa. Since then, great progress has been achieved in the country. But major gaps remain, causing thousands of preventable deaths. Article - 1 Dec 2022
Ebola
Ebola: Health promotion is key
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are involved in supporting the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) in Ebola case management and are carrying out health promotion, a major pillar in fighting the disease. Outreach activities take place in Mubende and Kasanda, where the first cases were identified this September, and in Kampala and Masaka. Article - 27 Nov 2022
Mental Health
Kenya: Stigma and discrimination increase exclusion from mental healthcare for vulnerable populations
Mental health services must be adapted urgently to respond to the needs of vulnerable populations through confidential, friendly, gender-responsive services, and support from health workers while addressing their overlapping vulnerabilities. Article - 25 Nov 2022
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Mozambique: MSF condemns killing of Beira sex workers and calls for their safety
Two sex workers who were part of MSF's programme killed, raising fear and barriers to healthcare Press Release - 21 Nov 2022
Attacks on medical care
Departing Kabo after 16 years of medical intervention
In October 2022, MSF ended our longstanding medical project in a violent hotspot in the northwest of Central African Republic (CAR). Article - 15 Nov 2022
HIV/AIDS
You yourself can make a difference
It was fairly easy for me to become a doctor, as well as getting medical access, but growing up, I knew that that was not the ideal world for everyone. So, I thought of contributing in making it a more equal world thus the humanitarian thought of working in places where people do not have it easier. Stories from the Frontline - 30 Sep 2022
Malaria
Countries must re-engage on HIV, TB and malaria or risk seeing everything undone
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria - If donor countries are to help beat these deadly pandemics, they will need to demonstrate their commitment with increased pledges at the upcoming Global Fund replenishment round. Article - 7 Sep 2022
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