Access to medicines
MSF calls again on J&J to withdraw or abandon extended patents on lifesaving TB drug as main patent expires in India today, opening door to more affordable generics
As Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) 20-year primary patent on the critical, lifesaving drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) drug bedaquiline expires in majority of countries including India today, MSF reiterated its call for the US pharmaceutical corporation to publicly announce it will not enforce any ‘secondary’ patents for the drug in any country with a high burden of TB, and withdraw and abandon all pending secondary patent applications for this critical drug everywhere. Press Release - 18 Jul 2023
Measles
CAR: MSF vaccinates thousands of children after arrival of refugees from Sudan
This vaccination campaign against measles and other diseases is part of the emergency response launched by the medical organization in the town of Birao, in northern Central African Republic, where refugees from Sudan have been relocated. Update - 17 Jul 2023
Cholera
Why is cholera killing hundreds across the Horn of Africa when it is so preventable?
Cholera outbreaks are occurring with increasing frequency, and lasting for longer, across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. Tetiana Gaviuk, MSF communications manager questions in this piece why the death toll from this preventable disease is rising. Article - 14 Jul 2023
Access to Healthcare
Sudan: Over 1,000 wounded people treated at MSF-supported hospital during almost three months of fighting in El Fasher
Since the start of the fighting in Sudan, MSF and Ministry of Health staff have treated over 1,000 war wounded patients at the hospital MSF supports in North Darfur. Here, Mohammed Alfa-qeeh – our project coordinator in El Fasher – describes the current situation in the city Stories from the Frontline - 14 Jul 2023
Access to Healthcare
Everyone is welcome at MSF’s youth-friendly health services in Mombasa, Kenya
Videos and Photos - 13 Jul 2023
Access to Healthcare
Kenya: Everyone is welcome at MSF’s youth-friendly health services in Mombasa
“Key populations”, as they are usually called, have been defined by the Ministry of Health as those who may have unique health needs, including sex workers, people who use drugs, transgender and gender non-binary people, and sexual minority groups (e.g., men who have sex with men, women who have sex with women) and other special vulnerable groups such as street populations. Article - 7 Jul 2023
Malnutrition
Ethiopia: MSF calls for immediate resumption of food distributions
As malnutrition rates surge beyond emergency levels in many areas of Ethiopia, MSF calls for the immediate resumption of food distributions which were suspended across Ethiopia in early June 2023. Press Release - 6 Jul 2023
Malaria