Cameroon: Cameroon and the Lake Chad Region - How to Stem the Spread of Cholera

The north of Cameroon is facing an outbreak of cholera, with an increase in the number of cases reported since May 2019. Read more »

Chad: An Epidemiological Response to Cholera in the Lake Chad Basin

The rainy season arrived several weeks ago in West and Central Africa, bringing with it seasonal diseases. Cases of cholera have already been identified in northern Cameroon, where… Read more »

Africa: Mediterranean Migration - a Day in the Clinic On Board the Ocean Viking

After each of the four rescues, the MSF medical team completes a primary medical assessment, examining the medical needs of the rescued people. Read more »

Africa: Promising New Tuberculosis Drug Approved, but Will It Be Affordable?

Geneva/New York - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a combination regimen containing a new drug,… Read more »

Africa: Third New TB Drug Developed in Over Half a Century Must Be Affordable

New drug pretomanid could be a lifesaver for people with XDR-TB, but MSF warns it must be made affordable to make a real difference Read more »

Africa: Third New TB Drug in Over 50 Years Must Be Affordable

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomed today's approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a combination regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, for… Read more »

Libya: Europe Must Act Now to End Preventable Deaths in Libya and At Sea

An estimated 150 people drowned whilst fleeing Libya. It brings this year's toll in the Central Mediterranean Sea to at least 576 people. This entirely avoidable loss of life… Read more »

Libya: Mediterranean Migration - Europe Must Act Now to End Preventable Deaths in Libya and At Sea

An estimated 150 people drowned whilst fleeing Libya. It brings this year's toll in the Central Mediterranean Sea to at least 576 people. This entirely avoidable loss of life… Read more »

Nigeria: More Mental Health Support Needed for People in Pulka

Life in Pulka is anything but easy. The town is close to the frontline of the conflict between the military and non-state armed groups that has devastated northeast Nigeria for the… Read more »

Libya: Lybia Shipwreck - There Are No Words to Describe Their Suffering

"We received a call yesterday in the morning that there were people disembarked at the military base in Khoms. We arrived at around 10.30 am. Our team was made up of one doctor,… Read more »

Africa: Interview On Plight of People On the Move in Agadez, Niger

Niger has been on Africa's migration route for centuries, and particularly the Agadez region. In recent years, travellers heading north have been joined by thousands of people… Read more »

Central African Republic: Fighting Stigma and Caring for Victims of Sexual Violence in Central African Republic

Olga's voice trembles as she describes what happened: "Yesterday afternoon I left home to go and look for a bit of yucca in a field near the airport," she says. "On my way there,… Read more »

Liberia: Providing Psychiatric Care Close to Home

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is expanding a free treatment program for people with… Read more »

South Africa: Minimal Decline in AIDS-Related Deaths Worries MSF

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is concerned about the minimal decline in mortality due to AIDS-related diseases since 2014 despite welcoming the progress made in the HIV fight… Read more »

Ethiopia: The Constant Cycle of Displacement in Ethiopia

Thousands of people have shuttled backwards and forwards between the Gedeo and Guji areas of southern Ethiopia over the past 15 months, following an outbreak of ethnic violence in… Read more »

Africa: Six Things Big Pharma Doesn't Want You to Know

For decades, the global pharmaceutical industry has spread a deceptive narrative justifying the sky-high and ever-increasing prices of drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics as necessary… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Urgent Humanitarian Response Needed As Multiple Crises Hit Ituri

Hundreds of thousands of people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance as multiple crises hit Ituri province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said the… Read more »

South Africa: Doctors Without Borders Share More HIV/AIDS, TB Success Stories

It is day two, (11 June – 14 June 2019) of the South African AIDS conference taking place in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal. Today, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) shared its success… Read more »

South Africa: HIV Project in Eshowe Reaches 90-90-90 Target One Year Ahead of 2020 Deadline

Ahead of the SA AIDS Conference which take place from 11-14 June 2019, in Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) wanted to take this opportunity to share a success… Read more »

Africa: MSF HIV Project Reaches Ambitious Global Treatment and Prevention Targets

Community-level interventions for people who can't access conventional health services are key to getting ahead of the HIV epidemic Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: MSF Calls for Support As Recently Declared Measles Epidemic Quickly Spreads

Mobilization of vaccinations and treatment key in curbing deadliest measles outbreak in years Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Mobilisation Urgently Needed to Curb Fast-Spreading Measles Outbreak

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for a massive mobilisation of national and international organisations to help combat a measles epidemic in the Democratic… Read more »

South Sudan: New MSF Hospital in Ulang Assists People Affected by Violence and Neglect

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has started a stable project in the northeastern town of Ulang, close to the Ethiopian border in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region, to address the… Read more »

Nigeria: Children Are Still Dying From Measles in Borno State

In the 70-bed Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) measles unit inside Maiduguri's State Specialist Hospital, Doctor Muhammad Abdullahi checks on… Read more »

Nigeria: I Have Not Seen Such High Numbers of Measles Cases

Five-year-old Mustapha Osman is receiving fluids intravenously in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) measles unit inside State Specialist hospital in Maiduguri, in… Read more »