Access to medicines
Panic over scarcity of life-saving HIV drug in hospitals
By Angela Oketch MSF in the news - 16 Oct 2019
Refugees, Migration and displacement
It is an endless life of hopelessness and anxiety for many refugees
By Sandra Wekesa and Evelyn Makena MSF in the news - 16 Oct 2019
Access to Healthcare
The long shadow of the Ebola response; a health system at risk of turmoil
In Mabalako, a rural health zone in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ebola epidemic has taken its toll on the fragile health system. Project Update - 11 Oct 2019
Access to medicines
MSF launches global campaign urging Johnson & Johnson to reduce price of life-saving TB drug
Bedaquiline was developed using taxpayer money and contributions from the global TB community, those who contributed to bedaquiline’s development should have a say in how the drug is priced Press Release - 11 Oct 2019
![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
