Guinea: Questions and Answers on the New Ebola Outbreak

On 14 February 2021, the Guinean authorities declared a new Ebola outbreak. As one of the key medical organisations responding in the huge 2014 – 2016 West Africa Ebola… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Health System Exhausted by Most Recent Covid-19 Wave

Following a recent spike in COVID-19-related cases and deaths, Zimbabwe’s already struggling health system is buckling under the pressure. In several facilities,… Read more »

Southern Africa: Urgent Need for Vaccines as New Covid-19 Strain Ravages Countries

As a highly infectious new strain of COVID-19 spreads through southern Africa, health workers in Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi are struggling to treat escalating numbers of… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Must Step Up Safe Abortion Efforts and Access

On January 28, US President Biden rescinded the Mexico City policy, more commonly known as the Global Gag Rule. The policy prevents United States government funds from going to any… Read more »

Ethiopia: People Finding Access to Healthcare Difficult in Tigray

Albert Viñas has been involved in almost 50 emergency responses with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) over 20 years. He has just returned from Ethiopia, where… Read more »

Africa: No More Neglected Diseases, No More Neglected Patients

Patients with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) need better access to diagnosis and to treatment that is safe and effective, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: South Kivu - an Endless Flight

In the last two years, the unrest in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has forced thousands of people to flee their homes. Many have found refuge on the other side of the… Read more »

Malawi: The 'Second Wave' of Covid-19 is Overwhelming Malawi

Friday, January 29, 2021 — After being relatively spared by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Malawi is being swept by a new, fast-spreading wave of the disease that is quickly… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi Is Overwhelmed By Second Wave of Coronavirus Covid-19

After being relatively spared by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Malawi is now being swept by a new, fast-spreading wave of the disease that is quickly overwhelming the healthcare… Read more »

Central African Republic: MSF Ramps Up Support Amid Violence

The security and humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly in Central African Republic, according to reports by MSF teams, as clashes escalate between coalition armed groups… Read more »

Ethiopia: Providing Assistance to People in Ethiopia and Sudan in Wake of Tigray Violence

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia after fighting broke out in early November 2020, according to… Read more »

Mali: Patient Dies After an MSF Ambulance Is Detained in Mali

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ambulance transporting patients between Douentza and Sévaré, in central Mali, was violently stopped by armed men for… Read more »

Mozambique: Displaced By Violence, Trying to Stay Alive in Mozambique

Caroline Gaudron is the strategic support manager for MSF in Mozambique, focusing on the conflict in Cabo Delgado province. Here she describes the chaos and challenges for people… Read more »

Central African Republic: Barriers to Accessing Healthcare in Ouaka, Central African Republic

Notice: The security situation has significantly worsened since the writing of this piece. Fighting and armed violence have erupted in different regions of the country in the days… Read more »

Nigeria: Extra-Long Malaria Season in Borno Claims Lives

Nigeria has some of the highest number of deaths from malaria worldwide. Usually, peak malaria season takes place during the rainy season from August to mid-October, when… Read more »

Nigeria: Killings, Looting and Abductions in Zamfara State

"We decided to leave our village after 56 people were killed by bandits in one day," says Fatima Y. Sitting on a yellow chair in the shade and wearing an orange veil, Fatima's… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: MSF Forced to Pull Out of Eastern DRC Territory Following Violent Attacks

Bukavu, DRC/Amsterdam - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has made the difficult decision to end most of our support to healthcare provision in Kimbi and Baraka in Fizi… Read more »

Africa: A critical HIV situation in Central African Republic - A state of silent crisis

Some 38 million people[1] in the world are living with HIV/AIDS, over two-thirds of them in sub-Saharan Africa. While Central African Republic (CAR) is considered a low HIV… Read more »

Ethiopia: MSF Providing Medical Care and Assistance in Sudan to People Fleeing the Violence in Ethiopia

On November 4, Ethiopia’s prime minister ordered military action against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the Tigray region, in northern Ethiopia,… Read more »

South Africa: What Will It Take For South Africa to Prevent TB

South Africa has good TB policies, an impressive achievement that comes through in Step Up for TB 2020, a report released this week by Stop TB Partnership and Doctors Without… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Improved Medical Response Sees the End of Eleventh Ebola Outbreak in DRC

The Ebola outbreak in Équateur province, northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has come to an end almost six months after it started thanks to an improved… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: End of the 11th Ebola Outbreak: An Improved Medical Response

MSF applied the lessons learned during the previous Ebola outbreak in the country to the benefit of patients. Medical teams have worked to be closer and more accessible to the… Read more »

Africa: Governments Must Support Proposal to Waive Coronavirus Covid-19 Patents

Ahead of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks to consider a landmark request to waive certain intellectual property (IP) during the COVID-19 pandemic - put forward by India and… Read more »

South Africa: HIV Treatment Professionals Reflect on 20 Years of MSF in Khayelitsha

Two pioneers of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) HIV programmes in Khayelitsha, Dr Eric Goemaere and nurse Nompumelelo Mantangana, look back at the defining moments of the last 20… Read more »

Mali: Vaccinating Against Measles in Timbuktu

"It's between 11am and midday at the moment. Anyone who knows shadows knows that," says Djeynabou Abdoulaye, smiling. She has come to the village school in Tassakane to get her… Read more »