Tuberculosis
MSF: Governments off track on providing tools to prevent TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer after COVID-19
Geneva, 15 June 2021 – As the World Health Organization (WHO) convenes a ‘call to action’ tomorrow on the need to scale up access to preventive treatment for tuberculosis (TB), the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) urged all governments to support and ramp up the implementation of TB preventive treatment (TPT), and demanded that pharmaceutical and diagnostics corporations make all drugs and tests needed to implement TPT accessible and affordable for those in need Press Release - 15 Jun 2021
Cholera
Disease, floods and drought: southern Somalia hit by repeated emergencies
Humanitarian needs are soaring in southern Somalia as Jubaland state is hit by repeated emergencies including severe droughts, flash floods and outbreaks of disease. Statement - 15 Jun 2021
Refugees, Migration and displacement
Sudan: Lack of preparation for rainy season forces stark choices on refugees from Tigray
“I live in a tent that I reinforced myself,” says Dagnew, a 40-year-old man from the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, now staying in Al-Tanideba refugee camp in Sudan. “My neighbours came running to me because their tents were destroyed. We slept 20 people in my tent last night. We have to help each other.” Article - 15 Jun 2021
Access to Healthcare
Conflict in Burkina Faso: “Many people are afraid to sleep at night”
Following the attack on Solhan village in early June – the deadliest in the country’s recent history – MSF head of mission Dr Youssouf Dembélé describes the impact of the continuous violence on people caught up in one of the world’s fastest growing humanitarian crises in recent years. Interview - 14 Jun 2021
Cholera
HELPING EACH OTHER: stories of solidarity after Nyiragongo eruption
Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), erupted on 22 May, leaving hundreds of thousands of people displaced, amid threats of new disasters. The tremors and aftershocks that terrorised the city of Goma, collapsing buildings, triggered a mass evacuation. Families who sought shelter in distant towns, such as Sake, Rutshuru and Minova, struggle to access the aid they so desperately need. At the same time, they find support among the people of the cities they fled to. Photo Story - 14 Jun 2021
Access to Healthcare
South Sudan: “A chain of women surrounded us, spreading their clothes wide to keep us out of sight”
MSF medical advisor Alyssia Ferrarese has just spent two months in Boma county, South Sudan, as part of a small team assessing people’s health needs and running mobile clinics in remote villages. Living conditions were tough and the work was challenging, but these were more than made up for by moments of deep connection with the local community, say Alyssia. Stories from the Frontline - 12 Jun 2021
Access to Healthcare
MSF opens a new project in South Sudan
MSF has opened a new project in the east of South Sudan’s in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA)– a vast area near the border with Ethiopia, where people live scattered over long distances and where there are few health facilities. Many people are semi-nomadic, moving from place to place with their herds; others stay in their villages where they grow crops. Project Update - 12 Jun 2021
Attacks on medical care
DRC - Boga attack, MSF: General hospital looted and burnt down, with grave consequences for local communities
09.06.2021 / Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ituri Province Press Release - 9 Jun 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus
EU, UK, Switzerland, Norway must stop blocking negotiations on landmark pandemic monopoly waiver
Just-released EU counter-proposal is weak and an attempt to derail the will of more than 100 countries Press Release - 7 Jun 2021
HIV/AIDS