Ebola virus disease first appeared in 1976 and has a high mortality rate. It is easily transmitted through close contact – leading to rapidly growing outbreaks that are difficult to contain.
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Cholera
Cholera is a deadly but treatable disease that affects millions worldwide.
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Lesvos: Greece denies healthcare to children n Moria camp
In Moria camp, on the island of Lesvos, the Greek government is deliberately depriving at least 140 children with chronic, complex and life-threatening diseases of adequate medical care. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on the Greek government to act on these grave medical concerns and evacuate all severely ill children to the […]
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Tuberculosis: MSF protests price of lifesaving drug as J&J release earnings
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) protested in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York today, demanding the pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) make the tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline available for all people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) for no more than a dollar a day. The price of this crucial drug […]
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COVID-19 (formerly known nCoV-2019)
MSF is following the fast-evolving development of the disease COVID-19 (formerly known nCoV-2019) it is a type of coronavirus.
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Bodies at War: the crossroads of fate and war in the Middle East
Bodies at War recounts the stories of four families whose lives have been scarred by years of conflict in the Middle East. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has joined forces with Upian to produce a unique multimedia smartphone experience based on the stories of Hassan, Qatada, Joud and Abu Wesam now living in Amman […]
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Gaza: Deaths and broken lives are the aftermath of airstrikes
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed 11 civilians in November 2019. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s teams working in Dar al Salam hospital treated an 11-year-old girl who lost her entire family and was badly injured during the raids. Her story exposes the harrowing consequences of these attacks for the helpless population of the blockaded […]
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Libya: Nowhere to go but the sea
Escalating conflict and insecurity in Libya are leading thousands of people to flee, taking their chances on unseaworthy boats across the Mediterranean. On December 20 2019, Ocean Viking rescued 112 people from a rubber boat 32 nautical miles off the Libyan coast, 21 of whom had survived a deadly airstrike on Tajoura detention centre […]
Venezuela: Fighting malaria and failing health system in Bolivar
When one thinks of a nation going through a severe political and economic crisis, the first thing that comes to mind is probably not gold. But in Bolivar, Venezuela’s biggest state, illegal gold mining has been booming for years and the yellow metal has become a motivation for many Venezuelans to head towards the […]
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MSF 10 monumental moments
Here’s a look at just a few of the humanitarian emergencies that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has responded to over the last 10 years.
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