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MSF reveals cost of its landmark TB clinical trial in precedent-setting move towards drug-development cost transparency

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At the fifth WHO Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies conference today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) presented the costs of its landmark TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial that helped identify a shorter, all-oral treatment regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), * which totalled €34 million. * This is the first time the detailed costs of an individual […]

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Sudan: Bomb puts El Fasher paediatric hospital out of action

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On the evening of May 11, an airstrike carried out by the SAF landed 50 metres from Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital, which is supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in El Fasher, North Darfur. This led to the collapse of the roof above the intensive care unit (ICU) and the death of two […]

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Sudan: MSF forced to suspend work at the only functional hospital in Wad Madani

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to suspend work and withdraw staff from Madani Teaching Hospital, the only functional hospital for the hundreds of thousands of people in dire need of medical assistance in the capital of Al Jazirah state, Sudan. This extremely difficult decision comes after more than three months of […]

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Thousands forced to flee Rafah as Israeli military offensive intensifies and aid is blocked

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Israeli forces have begun their offensive on Rafah and have seized control of the border, effectively cutting off lifesaving aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip. As thousands of Palestinians are forced to flee eastern Rafah following Israel’s recent evacuation orders, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for protection of […]

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MSF statement on Rafah evacuation

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“Yesterday (May 6), Israeli forces issued an evacuation order for several blocks in eastern Rafah, forcing around 100,000 people to quickly leave the area with nowhere safe to go. Last night there was intense bombing in the eastern areas of the city.   The impact of an offensive on Rafah will have disastrous effects for over […]

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Haiti: Healthcare Navigates New Heights of Conflict in Port-au-Prince

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The violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has seen a new and dramatic increase since Feb. 28 2024, with armed groups attacking new parts of the city. This surge in conflict, occurring frequently in residential zones, has deeply affected the community and has seriously disrupted the healthcare system, which is struggling to remain functional. At Doctors Without […]

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The impossible task of getting lifesaving supplies into Gaza

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An oxygen concentrator is a medical device that filters out the nitrogen in air, delivering purified oxygen to patients. For malnourished children with severe anaemia, injured people with severe blood loss and newborns with breathing difficulties, this device can be the difference between life and death. But despite being essential to our patients’ survival, we […]

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Sudan: As fighting escalates around El Fasher, major malnutrition crisis persists in Zamzam camp

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In response to the escalating fighting in North Darfur, Doctors Without Border/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated over 100 war wounded patients – including 11 children, many with gunshot wounds – at South Hospital, El Fasher, over the past two weeks, but is simultaneously scaling-up its response to the major malnutrition crisis in Zamzam camp, […]

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One of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises is taking place in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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Amid a daunting number of high-profile international emergencies consuming global attention in recent months, a massive humanitarian crisis has been causing widespread suffering in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the past two years, seemingly out of sight for much of the world.   Since March 2022, an estimated 1.6 million people who live near […]

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