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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

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

“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

“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

“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

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

Drivers for survivors: changing lives in Rustenburg

A frontline response to sexual violence in Rustenburg

 
Latest News - 24 Sep 2019
 
Hepatitis

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

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