MapSwipe 2.0: Reimagining how a mobile app can support humanitarian response worldwide
An innovative new version of the MapSwipe smartphone app was released on Tuesday 1 October.Latest News - 1 Oct 2019
Colombia
Latest News - 27 Sep 2019
Colombia: Women and girls prevented from having a safe abortion
Despite having been decriminalized in 2006, safe abortion in Colombia is not a reality for women in Colombia, who face multiple barriers even within the health system itself.Latest News - 27 Sep 2019
Zimbabwe
Patient and Staff Stories - 26 Sep 2019
“I used one syringe many times until it became painful to use then I would change.”
Viola Makore testifies from our Manicaland NCD project where MSF is providing treatment and care to patients with diabetes and hypertension.Patient and Staff Stories - 26 Sep 2019
Zimbabwe
- 26 Sep 2019
“I used to monitor his blood sugar three times a day but now; I cannot afford to buy the strips.”
Ten-year-old Moffat was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in January this year (2019). His mother, Mrs Sibanda shares his experience.- 26 Sep 2019
Zimbabwe
Patient and Staff Stories - 25 Sep 2019
“I get worried when I do not have the glucometer strips and I have to guess whether the blood sugar levels are low or high.”
A patient testimony from our Manicaland NCD project where MSF is providing treatment and care to patients with diabetes and hypertension.Patient and Staff Stories - 25 Sep 2019
Mental Health
Press Release - 25 Sep 2019
El Salvador not a safe country for refugees or asylum seekers
El Salvador cannot guarantee to receive asylum seekers or migrants deported with guarantees when it is not able to guarantee the safety of its own population.Press Release - 25 Sep 2019
Sexual and gender-based violence
Latest News - 24 Sep 2019
Drivers for survivors: changing lives in Rustenburg
A frontline response to sexual violence in RustenburgLatest News - 24 Sep 2019
Hepatitis
Latest News - 23 Sep 2019
Working to turn the tide of hepatitis C infection in Karachi’s Machar Colony
More than 95 per cent of people started on oral antiviral medication can be cured of hepatitis C, but currently, access to diagnosis and treatment remains low in Pakistan.Latest News - 23 Sep 2019
Ebola DRC: MSF calls for independent, international committee for Ebola vaccination to overcome WHO’s lack of transparency
Limited access to the Ebola vaccine(s) is preventing the population of north-eastern DRC from benefiting from key tools that may decrease Ebola mortality rates and save lives.Press Release - 23 Sep 2019
Burundi
Latest News - 20 Sep 2019
In Bujumbura, accident victims get back on their feet for free
In Bujumbura, Burundi, MSF staff treats about 2,000 patients every month in its trauma centre “L’Arche de Kigobe”.Latest News - 20 Sep 2019