![Grâce M’Gazio is a young mother about to give birth. She is doing the HIV – AIDS test with Adeline Ouaboua, psychosocial advisor at the Castors maternity, Central African Republic [© Elisa Fourt/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf243219_medium.jpg?itok=AoLgXVKg "Grâce M’Gazio is a young mother about to give birth. She is doing the HIV – AIDS test with Adeline Ouaboua, psychosocial advisor at the Castors maternity, Central African Republic [© Elisa Fourt/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS
The fight against HIV and TB is at a critical juncture
After a decade of strong commitments to fight HIV and TB, we are witnessing a decline in donor and domestic funding Project Update - 7 Oct 2019
Access to Healthcare
MSF responds to malaria outbreak in Turkana, Kenya
Over 45,000 people have tested positive for malaria over the last month in one of the worst outbreaks experienced in Turkana County since 2017 Article - 5 Oct 2019![Two-and-half year old Justin* receives his shot the investigational Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV,at a vaccination point set up in the community of Kimbangu in the city of Beni. [© Samuel Sieber/MSF ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf287201_medium.jpg?itok=hu8R6loI "Two-and-half year old Justin* receives his shot the investigational Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV,at a vaccination point set up in the community of Kimbangu in the city of Beni. [© Samuel Sieber/MSF ]")
Access to Healthcare
Vaccinating against Ebola: The challenges of containing the outbreak in Beni
Beni is one of the recurring hotspots of the current Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Nord Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). MSF has recently started supporting vaccination activities but reaching the right people in time is a complex endeavour. Project Update - 3 Oct 2019
Access to medicines
Oped by Edi Ferdinand ATTE, Medical Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières, (MSF), Doctors Without Borders Opinion - 26 Sep 2019
Striking back at Snakebite
Access to antivenom – let alone access to antivenom that is effective against the species of poisonous snake – is a problem not just in Baringo but across most of Africa.Oped by Edi Ferdinand ATTE, Medical Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières, (MSF), Doctors Without Borders Opinion - 26 Sep 2019
Access to Healthcare
South Sudan: MSF hands over adult inpatient services of Malakal Teaching Hospital to the Ministry of Health
After rehabilitating Malakal Teaching Hospital in 2017, MSF is now handing over the adult inpatient services to the South Sudan Ministry of Health Press Release - 24 Sep 2019
Ebola in DRC: MSF calls for an international, independent committee for Ebola vaccination to overcome WHO’s lack of transparency
An international, independent coordination committee must be set up and assigned transparent management of the Ebola vaccine stock and its deployment in the field. - 23 Sep 2019![Nicole Niyoyankunze, an MSF health promotion worker, raises awareness among carpenters in the Bwiza district, Bujumbura. [ Evrard Ngendakumana ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf283180_medium.jpg?itok=1_I6Jn_Y "Nicole Niyoyankunze, an MSF health promotion worker, raises awareness among carpenters in the Bwiza district, Bujumbura. [ Evrard Ngendakumana ]")
Access to Healthcare
In Bujumbura, accident victims get back on their feet for free
In Bujumbura, MSF staff treats about 2,000 patients every month in its trauma center “L’Arche de Kigobe”. Project Update - 12 Sep 2019![MSF emergency team during the malaria intervention in Baringo county [ © Vincent Ndichu / MSF ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/malaria_intervention_sept_2019.jpeg?itok=Hnph6xfX "MSF emergency team during the malaria intervention in Baringo county [ © Vincent Ndichu / MSF ]")
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Project Update - 11 Sep 2019
MSF responds to Malaria Outbreaks in North-Western Kenya
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent a team in Turkana to conduct an assessment following a reported upsurge in Malaria cases in the county.Project Update - 11 Sep 2019