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DRC: Potential new Ebola drugs being trialled in MSF treatment centres
Tuberculosis: TB activists challenge Johnson & Johnson patent application on bedaquiline in India
DRC: Ten thousand people living in desperate conditions in Nizi
Yemen: MSF dismayed by findings of investigation into bombing of medical facility
Bangladesh: The 5 things we've found after one million consultations in Cox’s Bazar.

DRC: Potential new Ebola drugs being trialled in MSF treatment centres
Tuberculosis: TB activists challenge Johnson & Johnson patent application on bedaquiline in India
DRC: Ten thousand people living in desperate conditions in Nizi
Yemen: MSF dismayed by findings of investigation into bombing of medical facility
Bangladesh: The 5 things we've found after one million consultations in Cox’s Bazar.

DRC: Potential new Ebola drugs being trialled in MSF treatment centres
Tuberculosis: TB activists challenge Johnson & Johnson patent application on bedaquiline in India
DRC: Ten thousand people living in desperate conditions in Nizi
Yemen: MSF dismayed by findings of investigation into bombing of medical facility
Bangladesh: The 5 things we've found after one million consultations in Cox’s Bazar.

Stories from the field

Bihar: "I try to bring hope to patients living with kala azar-HIV co-infection"
Kala azar is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases in the world. It is spread to humans by bites from infected female sand flies and attacks the immune system. While cases of the disease are declining steadily, kala azar-HIV co-infection is fast becoming a…
Uttar Pradesh: "Hepatitis C is more than a disease"
I have been working at the clinic in Meerut from the day it opened. The assessment we had done prior to opening the clinic had indicated that Meerut district was one of the hepatitis C hotspots. But nothing could have prepared us for the numbers we are seeing now. MSF Dr…
Five of the most read stories from our Indian field workers in 2017
We've compiled a list of the top five reads from our Indian field workers who've shared their stories with us this year. How my first assignment with MSF changed me Anaesthetist Deepa Kannadi went to South Sudan earlier this year for a short stint in an MSF hospital.…

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December 11, 2018

"Migration is not a crime. Saving lives is not a crime"

MSF International President Dr Joanne Liu's speech on a panel discussion at the Global Compact on Migration conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, 11 December 2018. Thank you for being here today, and for gathering to address the challenges of migration. This is not an issue countries can deal with in isolation. It must be tackled collectively, and-crucially-humanely. Last week MSF was forced to stop search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea. A concerted, sinister campaign of legal challenges and administrative...Read More

February 21, 2018

Syria:Extraordinary mass-casualty influxes in East Ghouta as hospitals and clinics run short of life-saving medicines

Brussels – Mass casualty influxes, with hundreds of dead and wounded, have been reported to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) by medical facilities the medical aid organisation supports in the opposition-controlled East Ghouta besieged enclave near Damascus in Syria. This comes amid an extraordinary increase in bombing and shelling over the area, with 13 hospitals and clinics that are regularly or ad-hoc supported by MSF hit and damaged or destroyed over just 3 days, reducing health capacity at a...Read More

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August 12, 2017

Why India’s TB control is faltering: Poor diagnostics, drug supply disruptions and no counselling

India’s tuberculosis control programme is not fully equipped to prevent, diagnose, and treat patients. The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program uses outdated diagnostic techniques, suffers fr...Read More

August 12, 2017

India skips 6 Of 16 key WHO recommendations on TB

India does not implement six out of the 16 key World Health Organisation (WHO)- recommended tuberculosis (TB) control policies in diagnosis, patient care and treatment, a new global report has found....Read More

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June 29, 2018

Mediterranean crisis: European government policies condemn people to be locked up in Libya or drown at sea

European governments must come to their senses and end policies which trap extremely vulnerable people in Libya or leave them to die at sea, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...Read More

June 14, 2018

Bihar: MSF conducts orientation programme on kala azar-HIV co-infection for care coordinators, ART counsellors and PLHIV+ group members

Kala azar Elimination is not possible without addressing the emerging issue of kala azar-HIV coinfection. As a disease that affects the most vulnerable and poorest in society, the deep-rooted stigma a...Read More

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