Findings that prompted WHO to update global DR-TB treatment guidelines now published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that a much shorter treatment regimen for drug-resistant TB is safer and cured almost 90 per cent of patients. A new all-oral, six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis […]
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Afghanistan: “It is difficult to know that we are something less”
The future of female patients and health workers in Afghanistan is being threatened by the recent decree issued by the Ministry of Economy prohibiting women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Though health workers, including MSF staff, are currently exempted from the ban, there is no formal assurance that they will be able to continue […]
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Pakistan: Malaria and malnutrition among children indicate flood emergency is far from over
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is seeing alarmingly high numbers of patients with malaria and children with malnutrition among flood-affected communities in Sindh and eastern Balochistan provinces, Pakistan. Catastrophic flooding began in June, and the situation remains an emergency, with critical humanitarian needs. The current response is inadequate. The basic needs of people living in the […]
Central African Republic: “To be born or to give birth is to take a risk”
Decades of instability and armed violence in Central African Republic (CAR) have contributed to essential medical care being out of reach for many pregnant women and newborn babies. Overshadowed by the security situation in the country, tackling this everyday emergency is a priority for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF) teams. Divine has been labouring […]
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Cameroon: All MSF staff acquitted in military tribunal
The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely relieved at the acquittal of five of our staff, who faced trial in Cameroon, accused of complicity with secession. Four of the staff in question had to endure incarceration for many months. On Dec. 26, 2021, an MSF nurse and ambulance driver were […]
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Ethiopia: At the convergence of humanitarian and climate crises
More than 22 million people were estimated to need humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia in 2022.[1] Many faced the tragic consequences of conflict, particularly communities in the regions of Afar, Amhara, Tigray and Southern Nations (SNNPR). At the same time, natural disasters pushed people’s coping mechanisms to their limits. Communities across the vastness of the Somali […]
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Pakistan: People are unable to return home and major health concerns remain months after the flooding
It has been more than three months since devastating floods caused vast damage across Pakistan and displaced millions, but only in recent weeks have waters started to recede and people been able to return home. Those returning to their villages are finding destroyed houses and land, still surrounded by stagnant water. Meanwhile, those remaining in camps […]
2022: A review of medical humanitarian work in photos
In 2022, we saw the effects of climate change and conflict on a scale we haven’t seen before. From natural disasters to the war in Ukraine, we witnessed the population of displaced people and migrants grow at an unprecedented rate. Our teams responded to various epidemics, from cholera to ebola. We cared for people […]
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South Sudan: Catastrophic floods cause mass displacement and an escalating humanitarian crisis
A small makeshift raft made from plastic sheeting and filled with dry grass is drifting along the Nile River’s current, on it sits an entire family of eight – the youngest just a baby. Where they will end up is hopefully not as bad as what they have left behind. On this small raft […]
Honduras: Medical-humanitarian assistance to migrants on their way north
The municipality of Trojes, a town in Honduras, bordering with Nicaragua, has of recent years become a key focal point on the migratory route. Since 2021, according to the Honduran National Migration Institute (INM), more than 100,000 people have passed through Trojes as part of their journey to the north of the American continent. […]
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