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28 February 2013
Integrating Aid into UN, AU Political and Military Strategy Will Threaten Humanitarian EffortsNEW YORK/PARIS/NAIROBI – Efforts underway at the United Nations to integrate humanitarian assistance into the international military campaign against opponents of Somalia’s government will further threaten the safe delivery of independent and impartial aid to Somalis struggling to survive ongoing war, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières...
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27 February 2013
MIDRAND, JOHANNESBURG – Yesterday, Treatment Action Campaign activists picketed at the Africa Intellectual Property (IP) Forum and handed over a memorandum to Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, before his keynote address. Activists were demanding that the draft IP policy, that will lead to patent law reform, be made public. 26 February 2013. Members of TAC and MSF picketing at the Africa IP forum. Photo: Laura Lopez Gonzalez Minister Davies...
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26 February 2013
JOHANNESBURG - This week the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sponsors a high-level forum to discuss harnessing intellectual property (IP) to encourage African economic development and prosperity. Yet the DTI’s own new draft Policy on Intellectual Property still languishes out of sight and mind for most South Africans who will be directly affected.The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) demand an...
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21 February 2013
JOHANNESBURG – Following the bomb blasts today in Damascus that resulted in dozens of deaths and left several hundred people injured, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is ready to assist in addressing the pressing medical needs of those affected. MSF is aware of the strain on the Syrian health system and we are particularly concerned about the shortages of medical supplies in health facilities....
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15 February 2013
Still critical to ensure that the work is completed on schedule before the rainy seasonAbuja, Nigeria – Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is encouraged by news that funds to remediate Bagega village, an essential part of the fight against the Zamfara lead poisoning crisis (1) have finally been released, and work has begun in the village. The remediation process removes lead from the environment. Without it, children are continually re-exposed to lead...
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13 February 2013
Patients describe persistent violence, displacement and hunger in new MSF Report Dowload the report "Hear my voice"Nairobi/Amsterdam - In a report released today, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) highlights violence, displacement and food shortages as salient features of Somalia’s humanitarian landscape. The report, entitled “Hear My Voice”, draws on the testimonies of more than 800 Somali patients attending MSF medical facilities in...
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07 February 2013
New MSF survey shows half of refugees not receiving required medical care; immediate steps must be taken to improve shelter and provide aid to new arrivalsAn elderly Syrian refugee suffering from Parkinson's disease sleeps in a room in a ramshackle home on a cattle ground in Tripoli, Lebanon, surrounded by his daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Photo: Michael Goldfarb/MSFGENEVA/BEIRUT – Syrians who have fled violent conflict at home to seek safety in Lebanon do not receive...
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31 January 2013
MSF winds up temporary support from Eastern Cape medical depot; MSF and TAC call on health authorities to better train staff, provide emergency response. MSF derivering life-saving drugs from Mthatha depot to St Elizabeth Hospital in Lusikisiki. Photo: Radoslav Antonov/MSFMthatha/Cape Town/Johannesburg - After responding to a drug distribution crisis at Mthatha medical depot between 7 December and 24 January, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins...
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31 January 2013
Heavy rains in the eastern part of Southern Africa lead to flooding in the area of the Limpopo River last week. At this point, the situation seems most critical in Mozambique, as large areas of Gaza province remain inundated by the Limpopo River and its subsidiaries. An institutional alert was issued on 22nd January. According to official figures, approximately 240,000 people were affected, 146,000 of them displaced to almost 30 temporary shelters and 48 people have died as...
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29 January 2013
Paris - International aid provided to Syria is not being distributed equally between government and opposition controlled areas. The areas under government control receive nearly all international aid, while opposition-held zones receive only a tiny share. Donors must support cross-border humanitarian operations to reach opposition-held areas, says the international medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ahead of the Donors’...
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