Somalia: Floods in Somalia Leave Thousands Vulnerable and in Need

Mohamed Kalil is MSF's humanitarian affairs advisor for Somalia and Somaliland. He has been working for the organisation for over a decade and was part of the first emergency team… Read more »

Kenya: Forgotton Refugees in Kenya's Dadaab Camps Appeal for Dignity

Dimming prospects of lasting solutions amid continued insecurity in Somalia and ever-shrinking resettlement slots have locked refugees in Kenya's Dadaab camps in conditions of… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Outbreak - November Crisis Update

The current Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the worst on record in the country and the second-largest epidemic of the disease recorded anywhere. Almost a… Read more »

Sudan: MSF Tackles Severe Malaria Outbreak in Western Sudan

Annie Kashung is MSF's medical activity manager responding to the malaria outbreak in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan´s North Darfur state. In this interview, she provides… Read more »

South Sudan: Rising Floodwaters Engulf Hospital in Pibor

MSF medical team leader Benedetta Capelli is just back from Pibor, in South Sudan, where rising floodwaters have engulfed MSF's hospital and much of the surrounding area. She spoke… Read more »

Africa: SoS Mediterranee and MSF Call On European Leaders to Urgently Allow Disembarkation of 104 Survivors

SOS MEDITERRANEE and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) call on a broad coalition of European States to urgently facilitate the assignment of a port to the Ocean Viking… Read more »

Africa: Johnson & Johnson Must Halve Price of Lifesaving TB Drug Bedaquiline

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a global campaign calling on pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to lower the price of its… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Response Overshadows DRC's Fragile Health System

In Mabalako, a rural health zone in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ebola epidemic has taken its toll on the fragile health system. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Urgent Funding Boost and 'Reality Check' Needed to Sustain HIV and TB Progress

In advance of Global Fund replenishment conference, MSF releases report showing that many countries are not financially ready to cover HIV/TB response alone as global funding and… Read more »

Africa: Urgent Boost and Reality Check Needed for HIV and TB Funding

After a decade of strong commitments to fight the twin epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis (TB), a decline in international funding and the rapid shifting of the financial burden to… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Vaccinating Against Ebola - the Challenges of Containing the Outbreak

Esther only winces slightly when a doctor on Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) vaccination team injects the Ebola vaccine called rVSV-ZEBOV into… Read more »

Africa: Access to Medicines - 6 Things Big Pharma Doesn't Want You to Know

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

Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Is Limiting Doses of Ebola Vaccine - Doctors Without Borders

More than a year into the ongoing Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the disease has killed over 2,000 people. The mortality rate in this outbreak… Read more »

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: 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 »

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 »

Nigeria: Ten Years of Violence and Displacement in Northeast Nigeria

It has been 10 years since an insurgency began in northeast Nigeria, with armed opposition groups fighting the Nigerian army. A decade on, the conflict is far from over and… 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 »

Libya: More Than 100 Feared Dead in Mediterranean Shipwreck

Julien Raickman, Libya head of mission for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), gave the following statement today in response to a shipwreck in… Read more »