![Sex worker in the Kimbi project, South Kivu[Photo: Nathalie San Gil/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf291129_medium.jpg?itok=IRDwyFa7 "Sex worker in the Kimbi project, South Kivu[Photo: Nathalie San Gil/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS
Violence in the Fields
In the province of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams treat survivors of sexual and gender based violence. Many are survivors of rape and multiple forms of violence often perpetrated at community level. The main challenges facing the team are encouraging survivors to come forward, breaking down stigma and information around essential services and care. To help address this, MSF has put in place a community-based strategy with trusted focal points within the community. Article - 18 Dec 2019
HIV/AIDS
DRC: HIV/AIDS in mining areas
In the South East of the South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operates at the Misisi health centre. The mining area of Misisi is home to many miners, sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS Article - 18 Dec 2019![Masisi, a neglected crisis in North Kivu[Photo: Pablo Garrigos/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf291594_medium.jpg?itok=x1KVXQXt "Masisi, a neglected crisis in North Kivu[Photo: Pablo Garrigos/MSF]")
Primary care
· In the territories of Masisi, Rutshuru and Walikale, more than 687,500 displaced people now live in camps or are hosted by local families, with worrying levels of malnutrition and sexual violence.
· Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is one of the last organisations providing emergency support in these territories. Faced with increasing medical and non-medical needs, MSF is calling on humanitarian organisations and donors to urgently return to this neglected area. Press Release - 16 Dec 2019
DR Congo: extra humanitarian assistance highly needed in southern North Kivu crisis
· Far from the cameras, a humanitarian crisis is affecting the southern part of DRC’s North Kivu province, with almost no aid organisations on the ground.· In the territories of Masisi, Rutshuru and Walikale, more than 687,500 displaced people now live in camps or are hosted by local families, with worrying levels of malnutrition and sexual violence.
· Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is one of the last organisations providing emergency support in these territories. Faced with increasing medical and non-medical needs, MSF is calling on humanitarian organisations and donors to urgently return to this neglected area. Press Release - 16 Dec 2019
![A boy leads a donkey with water canisters from the berkit (rainwater collecting clay pond)[Photo:Susanne Doettling/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf293810_medium.jpg?itok=ipqLRvZb "A boy leads a donkey with water canisters from the berkit (rainwater collecting clay pond)[Photo:Susanne Doettling/MSF]")
Access to Healthcare
Doolo Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia Stories from the Frontline - 13 Dec 2019
Giving birth on the move
A Somali midwife working to tackle maternal deaths among nomad womenDoolo Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia Stories from the Frontline - 13 Dec 2019
Access to Healthcare
"We are not sure that words can always save lives, but we know that silence can certainly kill."
Videos and Photos - 10 Dec 2019
HIV/AIDS
Reaching young people with Khetha, a digital HIV counselling platform
Videos and Photos - 6 Dec 2019![Villagers surrounded by water and stranded in a shrinking area of dry land[Photo: Nicola Flamigni/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf295696_medium.jpg?itok=vdE6485p "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]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf230311_medium.jpg?itok=UHWmKP-G "$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]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf295968_medium.jpg?itok=klM86HcB "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]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf295945_medium.jpg?itok=iullwFqR "Malawi - Advanced HIV[Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS