April 25
Africa: TB Clinical Trials: An UnPrecedented €34 Million Price Tag in Drug Development
At the 5th WHO Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies conference today, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) presented the costs of its landmark TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial… Read more »
March 20
Africa: Five Things to Remember a Decade After the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
Ten years ago, on 23 March 2014, Guinea declared an outbreak of Ebola. Beforehand, Ebola outbreaks were known to be dangerous, but small. Not this time, though: it would take two… Read more »
March 18
Africa: Tuberculosis - MSF Launches Unprecedented Project to Tackle Underdiagnosis Among Children
Tuberculosis (TB) in children is a silent scourge: one child dies of TB every three minutes and more than half of all children with TB are never diagnosed. Taking the opportunity… Read more »
February 23
Africa: Responding to Cholera Is a Multipronged Approach
Over the last two years, countries' ministries of health and organisations like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been trying to respond to a string of cholera… Read more »
February 21
Africa: EU Policies Deny Safety and Protection to Refugees and Migrants
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released a report today detailing the harrowing consequences of Europe's policy-made crisis at its borders and beyond. Read more »
November 23, 2023
Africa: At COP28, More Failure Is Not an Option for Vulnerable Communities
Too little is being done to protect the most vulnerable people against the negative impacts of climate change, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). World leaders… Read more »
November 08, 2023
Africa: MSF Implores Govts to Use Recent TB Wins to Beat Back Deadly Infectious Disease
Recent price reductions to WHO-recommended TB tests and treatment should enable more countries to make these vital medical tools available Read more »
October 28, 2023
Africa: Immediate Ceasefire Is Needed in Gaza to Stop the Bloodshed
Médecins Sans Frontières calls for an immediate ceasefire to prevent more deaths in Gaza and allow desperately needed humanitarian supplies in. Since Friday 27… Read more »
July 14, 2023
Africa: TB Medicine Agreement - 'J&J Needs to Do More'
"The announcement by the Stop TB Partnership/Global Drug Facility about a deal with pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J), for access to affordable… Read more »
July 13, 2023
Africa: European Commission Must Scrutinise Italian Law Restricting Rescues At Sea
Brussels - Five leading Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have submitted a complaint to the European Commission (EC) about Italian Law 15/2023, and the practice by Italian… Read more »
June 30, 2023
Africa: Greece - EU Migration Policies Are Killing People At Sea
EU migration policies are once again killing people as they search for safety Read more »
June 16, 2023
Africa: The EU Must Not Be Complicit in the Loss of Lives At Sea
Once again, dozens of lives have been lost at Europe's borders due to the EU's failure to allow people seeking protection to reach Europe safely. Read more »
May 23, 2023
Africa: Noma Survivors Shine a Light On Neglected Disease
In many ways, Muhammadu, Mulikat and Dahiru have little in common. They were born in different corners of Nigeria (Yobe state in the northeast, Lagos in the southwest and Niger… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Africa: MSF Urges Scale Up of TB Testing and Rollout of Safer, Shorter Drug-Resistant TB Treatment
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on governments and donors to speed up access to new, shorter, safer and more effective treatments for drug-resistant tuberculosis… Read more »
March 15, 2023
Africa: Tales of Women at Sea
Testimonies of survivors fleeing across the central Mediterranean Read more »
March 07, 2023
Africa: Women Face Additional Burden While Crossing the Sea
Anyone crossing the sea to escape a dangerous situation, or to find a better life, is in a vulnerable position. But women face the additional burdens of gender discrimination and,… Read more »
February 28, 2023
Africa: MSF Statement On Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
The following statement was read out at the Fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a World Health Organization instrument on pandemic prevention,… Read more »
February 13, 2023
Africa: New Gavi CEO Must Prioritise Catch-Up Vaccination and Increase Inclusive Engagement
Today Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which supports access to immunisation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), announced the appointment of Dr Muhammad Ali Pate of Nigeria as… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Africa: Groundbreaking MSF Trial Finds Better Treatment for People With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
A new all-oral, six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) than the current options for people with… Read more »
September 12, 2022
Africa: Project for Stranded Asylum-Seekers in Ter Apel Netherlands Closes
Amsterdam- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has ended its intervention in The Netherlands. An MSF team had been present outside the main Dutch reception centre for… Read more »
August 03, 2022
Africa: Critical Risk of More Deaths in the Central Mediterranean in Absence of Search and Rescue Operations
Central Mediterranean - Sixteen boats in distress have been rescued within five days by the Geo Barents, a search and rescue (SAR) ship operated by MSF, and the Ocean Viking a SAR… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Africa: WHO Recommends Accelerated Access to New Game-Changing HIV Prevention Drug
As the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for HIV prevention, and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and UK pharmaceutical… Read more »
Africa: MSF Aids 2022
The 24th International AIDS Conference is in Montreal, Canada, from 29 July - 2 August 2022. Read more »
June 15, 2022
Africa: Antibiogo - A Revolutionary Application to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance
Paris - Recently CE-certified, the Antibiogo application will be deployed as of this summer in several Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) laboratories. This innovative… Read more »