Pharmaceutical corporation Moderna announced today that preliminary data from a large, ongoing phase 3 trial testing a potential COVID-19 vaccine suggest that the vaccine is 94.5% effective. While this is a promising step, a press release by Moderna is not sufficient to draw concrete conclusions. Full transparency of the clinical trial data and analysis is […]
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Tuberculosis: MSF Report shows new tests and drugs remain out of reach
MSF calls on governments and donors to step up and speed up TB testing and treatment. […]
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MSF Canada included in Top 10 International Impact Charities for 2020
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada gratefully acknowledges our inclusion in Charity Intelligence’s list of Top 10 International Impact Charities, which recognizes MSF’s emergency humanitarian medical work in more than 70 countries around the world, providing direct and lifesaving medical care to people affected by conflicts, crises, disasters and disease epidemics. Last year, MSF field teams carried out more than 10 million medical consultations, treated 2.6 million people […]
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DRC: MSF denounces ongoing violence in Salamabila
On the evening of November 11, shortly after shots were heard in the town of Salamabila in Congo´s eastern Maniema province, two people with serious gunshot injuries arrived in health structures supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). A third person, with stab wounds, sought help the following morning. Our teams also treated several […]
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MSF calls on all governments to support landmark move at WTO to suspend monopolies during COVID-19
Geneva, 19 November 2020 – Ahead of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks to consider a landmark request to waive certain intellectual property (IP) during the COVID-19 pandemic— put forward by India and South Africa in October— Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on all governments to support this game-changing step. The IP waiver would allow […]
Carnage in the Mediterranean is the direct result of European state policies
The last few days have produced one of the most lethal episodes in the central Mediterranean Sea so far this year, with more than 100 people dying at sea in three separate shipwrecks within less than 72 hours. Six NGO rescue ships remain blocked in port by Italian and European authorities, as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans […]
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MSF challenges COVID-19 myths with new quiz challenge app
A new app that encourages people to behave safely if someone in their family or community catches COVID-19 has been launched by MSF in association with software developer Pixel Impact.
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Violence in Mozambique: Thousands displaced and at risk of disease
MSF accelerates mobile clinic activities & clean water provision as more displaced people arrive in Pemba.
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South Sudan: Urgent vaccination campaign needed to stop spread of measles in Pibor
Two months into a measles outbreak in Pibor town in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, the spread of the highly contagious and life-threatening illness is a severe growing crisis. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all health organizations to urgently launch a reactive vaccination campaign to curb the outbreak. On August 18, 2020, […]
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South Sudan: Severe flooding worsens in many areas, raising health risks
Severe flooding is affecting an estimated 800,000 people across a wide swath of South Sudan, inundating homes and leaving people without adequate food, water or shelter. Many areas have been flooded since July, while river levels are continuing to rise, worsening the crisis. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding by providing medical care […]
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