By Adam Houston, MSF’s Medical Policy and Advocacy Officer in Canada.
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Category: News & Stories
Haiti: Shortages of fuel, water and transportation threaten medical care
As tensions and armed conflict escalate in Haiti’s capital, shortages of fuel, public transportation and drinking water are putting medical facilities and patients at risk.
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Malnutrition soars in Herat as Afghanistan healthcare is at breaking point
The Afghan healthcare system has been fragile and plagued by major gaps for years now, and the suspension of international aid as a result of the recent political developments has further deteriorated the situation.
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MSF to President Biden: Help free the COVID-19 vaccine
MSF, supporters deliver petition to White House to demand President Biden do more to increase global access to COVID-19 vaccines.
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As Moderna releases astronomical Q3 sales figures, MSF says it’s time to share the technology with WHO mRNA vaccine tech transfer Hub in South Africa
MSF also calls upon US President Biden to use all government powers to force this technology transfer.
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The climate crisis is a health and humanitarian crisis
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has long responded to some of the world’s worst medical and humanitarian crises. Many of the areas in which we work are in the most climate-vulnerable settings in the world, and our teams provide care for people experiencing the health impacts of the climate emergency first-hand. It is very […]
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DRC: MSF mass vaccination campaign protects more than 700,000 from measles
On October 28, 2021, a team of five people from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), travelled to the Bambu health district in Ituri province to assist isolated communities. When the team were travelling back at around 15:50, unidentified gunmen fired at the MSF vehicle for an unexplained reason, with two members of the […]
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Geo Barents: almost 400 people rescued in less than two days
A firsthand account from on board of the MSF search and rescue vessell, Geo Barents.
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TB-PRACTECAL: MSF clinical trial finds short, effective and safe drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
New results show a much shorter treatment regimen for drug-resistant TB is superior to current care. TB-PRACTECAL, a clinical trial led by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has found that a new all-oral six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) than the current accepted standard of care. These […]
Haiti fuel crisis: MSF forced to cut back its activities at Tabarre Hospital
A fuel shortage in Haiti in recent days is threatening access and continuity of medical care in the country, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. At its trauma hospital in Tabarre, Port au Prince, MSF has been forced to limit patients and is only treating life-threatening emergencies. The […]
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