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 »

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 »

Libya: Avoiding the Next Tragedy in Libya

Late on the night of July 2, the Tajoura detention center in Libya was hit by an airstrike, killing at least 60 refugees and migrants held there and injuring many others. Doctors… 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: Ethnic Violence Fuels Cycles of Displacement in Ethiopia

Thousands of people have shuttled back and forth between Southern Ethiopia's Gedeo and Guji areas over the past 15 months following an outbreak of ethnic violence in April 2018 and… 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 »

Congo-Kinshasa: Six Years On, Still No News of Our Colleagues Held Hostage By Armed Group ADF

Goma - Six years have passed since our colleagues Romy, Richard and Philippe were abducted, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is still without news of them. 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 »

Africa: World Refugee Day - Refugees Around the World: Stories of Survival

There are now 70.8 million people forced from home around the world--more than at any time in modern history. These are people who have fled extreme danger, whether to escape… 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 »