South Africa: Covid-19 and Rural South Africa

The media’s focus as COVID-19 has washed over the globe has largely concentrated on urban centers, a preoccupation that is justified by the high case numbers in cities. Yet,… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Nurses Lay Foundation For Better Chronic Disease Management

In Zimbabwe, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are estimated to account for 31% of total deaths, with diabetes, hypertension and asthma as the main killers.  The country has… Read more »

Central African Republic: Malaria Is a Deadly Killer of Children During Coronavirus in CAR

The hospital in Batangafo - a town of 31,000 people, including 22,000 displaced from elsewhere in the Central African Republic - is bustling with activity. While a particular focus… Read more »

Nigeria: Children With Mental Health Needs in Gwoza

Gwoza, a garrison town in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, is home to 60,000 people, many of them displaced from their homes elsewhere by the conflict. Living conditions are… Read more »

Libya: Sea-Watch 4 Gets Port of Safety for Rescued Mediterranean Migrants

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), together with Sea-Watch, has been back at sea in the central Mediterranean since 15 August, on board the ship the Sea-Watch 4.… Read more »

South Sudan: A Forgotten Crisis Continues in South Sudan

The Jonglei and Greater Pibor administrative areas of South Sudan have seen repeated cycles of bitter inter-communal fighting - some lasting for months at a time - throughout 2020.… Read more »

Africa: Responding to Covid-19 - MSF Global Accountability Report, Part 1

This report covers MSF activities in response to COVID-19 from March through May 2020. Read more »

Africa: MSF and Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented health crisis of global scale. Since early 2020, it has put tremendous strain on healthcare systems, disrupted economies, and halted large… Read more »

South Africa: As Khayelitsha Field Hospital Closes, MSF Lends Support to Hospitals in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal

The 60-bed COVID-19 field hospital run by MSF in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Health will no longer admit new patients, thanks to a substantial decrease in… Read more »

Libya: People Shot and Killed in Libya While Trying to Flee Arbitrary Detention

Three people were shot dead and two were severely injured at the disembarkation site in Khoms on Tuesday night, 28 July, after being returned to Libya, the country they were trying… Read more »

Africa: MSF Forced to Close Covid-19 Centre On Lesbos Greece

Athens - A COVID-19 isolation centre set up on the island of Lesbos, Greece, by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to close, after local authorities… Read more »

Africa: Cepheid Overcharges and Undersupplies WHO Effort to Test People for Covid-19 in Developing Countries

Pharmaceutical corporation charges four times more than it should per COVID-19 test Read more »

Africa: Diagnostic Company Cepheid Charging More Than It Should for Covid-19 Tests

Given the urgent global need for rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests to deal with the continuous spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Médecins Sans… Read more »

Niger: 'Simplifying Isn't as Simple as It Sounds!'

We talk to nutrition advisor Béatrice Mounier about simplifying the protocol for diagnosing and managing acute malnutrition in Niger. Read more »

Burkina Faso: Growing Insecurity and Violence Displace Thousands

The number of displaced people seeking safety in Burkina Faso's Centre-North region has almost doubled in six months to 386,000 as a result of growing insecurity and violence. Many… Read more »

Malawi: Providing Care for Cervical Cancer in Malawi

A diagnosis of cancer is a life-changing event. In Ennerti Williams' case, cervical cancer changed things in many ways: it affected not only her health, but also her ability to… Read more »

Africa: US Withdrawal From WHO 'Dangerous and Self-Defeating' - MSF

The Trump Administration's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) could have life-threatening consequences for people around the globe, said the… Read more »

Africa: Providing Safe Abortion Care During National Lockdown

In 2015, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surveyed 800 women between the ages of 18 and 49 in Rustenburg and found that one in four women had… Read more »

Africa: MSF Response to UNAIDS 2020 Global Aids Update

As the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) released its 2020 Global AIDS Update Report today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières… Read more »

Africa: MSF Welcomes Price Cut On Lifesaving TB Drug

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) announcement… Read more »

Africa: MSF Responds to UNAIDS 2020 Global Report Warning the World Will Miss Its Targets

As the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) released its 2020 Global AIDS Update today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)… Read more »

Mozambique: Violent Attacks in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique - 'It Was Like the End of the World'

In recent months, resource-rich northern Mozambique has become the epicenter of social and economic tensions, with devastating consequences for the population. In February, at… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania - No One Chooses to Be a Refugee

Barthelemy is a Burundian refugee and staff member with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Nduta camp, northwestern Tanzania, where MSF is the sole healthcare provider… Read more »

Africa: Responding to COVID-19 Must Not Come at the Expense of Malaria Activities, Otherwise Children May Pay The Price

MSF paediatrician Carola Buscemi raises concerns about the COVID-19 response interfering with the treatment of measles for children in Sierra Leone. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Misinformation and COVID-19 - 'If There is a False Rumour Then There May Be a Sick Child Suffering in a Village'

Sierra Leone was later than most to experience its first cases of COVID-19. Though the virus itself did not arrive in the country until 31 March 2020, rumours and fears spread… Read more »