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Villagers surrounded by water and stranded in a shrinking area of dry land[Photo: Nicola Flamigni/MSF]
Access to Healthcare

South Sudan: “People tell us these are the worst floods they have ever seen”

Kim Phillips, logistics coordinator of MSF in South Sudan Stories from the Frontline - 5 Dec 2019
 
$262 million subsidy should not go to pharma giants Pfizer and GSK for pneumococcal vaccine [Photo: MSF]
Access to medicines

MSF: $262 million subsidy should not go to pharma giants Pfizer and GSK for pneumococcal vaccine

New Delhi, 3 December 2019—Ahead of this week’s board meeting of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in New Delhi, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on board members to immediately stop paying out funds from a remaining US$262 million subsidy to the pharmaceutical corporations Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the pneumococcal vaccine. MSF called for the remaining funds to instead be used to support the uptake of a more affordable pneumococcal vaccine expected to come to market shortly. Press Release - 3 Dec 2019
 
Lita arriving at Nsanje District Hospital. [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]
HIV/AIDS

Gerrald and Lita

Lita and her father Gerrald live in Suwali, Nsanje. Stories from the Frontline - 2 Dec 2019
 
Malawi - Advanced HIV[Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]
HIV/AIDS

Empowering patients to reach an HIV-free Malawi

Despite having taken huge steps to reduce the prevalence of HIV and the numbers of people dying from it, many people in Malawi still get sick and develop advanced HIV. But a new model of care could help communities spot the symptoms of HIV and speed up the referral process, so that HIV positive patients receive care quickly and effectively. Stories from the Frontline - 2 Dec 2019
 
Manfred being helped to go to the Ndamera Health Centre while some of his friends are seeing him off. [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]
HIV/AIDS

Manfred Luka

“I come from Chitomeni Village and I am a fisherman. During one of my usual fishing errands, I was having trouble breathing. I had chest pain. When I realised that my health was deteriorating, I went to Ndamera Health Centre. Stories from the Frontline - 2 Dec 2019
 
Kingsley Makwale MSF clinician examining Aisha at Mbenje Health Centre [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]
HIV/AIDS

“No time to lose”: AIDS deaths toll stagnating due to lack of basic testing at community level

A 15-country snapshot report on progress in the fight against advanced HIV Press Release - 2 Dec 2019
 
Cover of " No time to lose: Detect, Treat and Prevent AIDS"
HIV/AIDS

NO TIME TO LOSE: DETECT, TREAT AND PREVENT AIDS

Reports - 2 Dec 2019
 
Portrait of John * and Jean * in the CHK. Jean was diagnosed with HIV in 2010.[Photo: Pablo Garrigos/MSF]
HIV/AIDS

In Kinshasa, HIV-positive people wait until ‘death’s door before coming to receive treatment’

Francois Sennesael*

A few weeks ago, the countries of the world gathered in Lyons to announce their contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. At the event, almost $14 billion were pledged to support the fight against these diseases over the next three years. While this is a respectable sum, it is far from enough to meet the growing needs faced by the worst-affected countries. An illustration of this is in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, at one of the few facilities to treat patients with advanced HIV/AIDS. Article - 30 Nov 2019
 
MSF in Galkayo, Somalia
Access to Healthcare

Gaarsiinta daryeel caafimaad dadka ku nool bartamaha Soomaaliya

Qeybo ka mid ah koonfurta iyo bartamaha Soomaaliya ayaa xilligan waxaa saameeyay fatahaad, taasoo ka kexeysay boqollaal kun oo ruux guryahooda isla markaana dhalisay dhibaato bini'aadannimo. Laakiin xitaa fatahaadda kahor, dadka ku nool Soomaaliya waxay ahaayeen kuwo aad u nugul kaddib sannado badan oo ay la daala-dhacayeen dagaallo daba dheeraaday.

Gaalkacyo, oo ah magaalo ku taal bartamaha dalka Soomaaliya, waxay hoy u tahay dad aad u tiro badan oo gudaha ku soo barakacay kuwaasoo ka soo cararay rabshadaha, abaarta iyo khataraha kale ee ay sababtay cimillada dalka ka jirta. Magaalada waxay kaloo ay martigelisaa dadka muhaajiriinta ah iyo qoxootiga, iyo sidoo kale dadka ka soo jeeda deegaanka Soomaalida ee dalka deriska ah ee Itoobiya, kuwaasoo raadinaya daryeel caafimaad oo wanaagsan.

Isbitaalka Gobolka Mudug waa isbitaalka ugu weyn ee magaalada Gaalkayo, kaasoo u adeega nus milyan qof. Hay’adda MSF waxaay taageereysay isbitaalka illaa bishii May 2017. Maanta, waxaan ka hawlgalnaa qeybta gargaarka deg-degga ah, waxaan daryeel nafaqo siinnaa carruurta nafaqo-xumada hayso, waxaan daweynaa dadka qaba cudurka qaaxada, waxaan caawimaad siinnaa haweenka uurka leh. Waxaan kaloo maamulnaa xarumaha caafimaadka guur-guura. Kuwani waa qaar ka mid ah sheekooyinka bukaannada ay MSF caawiso ee Galkacyo. Article - 20 Nov 2019
 
MSF in Galkayo, Somalia
Access to Healthcare

Bringing medical care to people in central Somalia

Southern and central parts of Somalia are currently affected by floods that have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and triggered a humanitarian crisis. But even before the floods, people in Somalia were very vulnerable following decades of protracted conflict.

Galkayo, a town in central Somalia, hosts a large number of internally displaced people who have fled violence, drought and other climate hazards within the country. It also hosts migrants and refugees, as well as people from the neighboring Somali region of Ethiopia seeking better healthcare.

Mudug Regional Hospital is the city´s main referral hospital, serving some half a million people. MSF has been supporting this facility since May 2017. Today, we work in the emergency room, care for malnourished children, treat people with tuberculosis, assist women with complicated pregnancies and run mobile clinics. These are some of the stories of MSF’s patients in Galkayo. Press Release - 20 Nov 2019