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September 18
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 »
September 15
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 »
September 08
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 »
September 02
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 »
September 01
Nigeria: The Forgotten Farmer-Herdsmen Conflict in Nigeria's 'Middle Belt' - Benue State
Nigeria’s middle belt states host the largest number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the country, outside of the northeast. Benue state, also known as the… Read more »
August 20
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 »
August 17
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 »
August 10
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 »
August 06
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 »
Africa: MSF Relaunches Search and Rescue Operations in the Central Mediterranean Sea
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will relaunch its lifesaving search and rescue operations in partnership with Sea-Watch, a nongovernmental… Read more »
July 31
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 »
July 30
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 »
July 28
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 »
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 »
July 24
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 »
July 23
Nigeria: MSF Condemns the Killing of Five Aid Workers in Northeast Nigeria
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified to hear the news of the killings of five humanitarian aid workers in northeast Nigeria. The aid workers, who came from… Read more »
July 21
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 »
July 16
Burkina Faso: Displaced People Face Extra Challenges Amid Rain and Violence
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.… Read more »
July 09
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 »
July 08
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 »
July 07
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 »
July 06
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 »
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 »
July 02
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 »

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