Drug-resistant TB
- 21 Oct 2016
Simphiwe Zwide: “I’m strong and I want my health back”
A family man has a second shot at beating XDR-TB with the newest DR-TB drugs.- 21 Oct 2016
Drug-resistant TB
- 21 Oct 2016
Simbongile Xesha: “The medication makes me strong”
After Sbongile's partner was diagnosed with XDR-TB, she was able to quickly get screened and on treatment close to her home.- 21 Oct 2016
Mental Health
Latest News - 20 Oct 2016
Greece: Vulnerable People Left Behind
The lack of appropriate accommodation and specialized care for particularly vulnerable individuals stranded in Greece for months is gravely affecting the health and well-being of thousands of individuals. MSF calls the Greek authorities and other EU member states for immediate solutions to address the specific needs of vulnerable people stranded in Greece by providing adequate reception conditions, as well as access to specialized medical care and mental health care.Latest News - 20 Oct 2016
Malnutrition
Videos and Photos - 19 Oct 2016
A Month in Focus: October 2016
A focus of MSF activities in October 2016.Videos and Photos - 19 Oct 2016
#DoctorsofAleppo: "There have been killings on a daily basis"
Syria and Russia have been conducting a bombing campaign against east Aleppo since the end of September, which has resulted in more than 1,600 war wounded.Videos and Photos - 17 Oct 2016
Latest attacks on east Aleppo hospitals leave medical care in tatters
Airstrikes by Syrian and Russian forces have hit four hospitals in besieged east Aleppo in the past 24 hours, causing huge damage to one of them and injuring at least two doctors. The bombings also destroyed an ambulance and killed its driver.Latest News - 16 Oct 2016
Yemen: "Indescribable health situation"
Hassan Boucenine, has just returned from Yemen where he was Head of Mission for a year and a half.- 14 Oct 2016
Cholera
Briefing Document - 13 Oct 2016
Dadaab to Somalia: Pushed back into peril
October 2016 marks 25 years of the existence of the Dadaab camps in north-eastern Kenya. Established in 1991 when conflicts in neighbouring Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia forced thousands to flee to Kenya, the camps have swelled to far more than their capacity over the last quarter of a century. Today, 261,000 people, the majority Somalis, call Dadaab home. Consisting of five camps, it is still today the world’s largest refugee camp complex.Briefing Document - 13 Oct 2016
Cholera
Videos and Photos - 13 Oct 2016
Dadaab to Somalia: Forced Back Into Danger
The closure of the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab in northern Kenya draws near. MSF is sending an urgent call to the Kenyan government to consider alternative and long term solutions in resolving this issue rather than sending hundreds of thousands of Somalis back into the peril of the war-ravaged country they fled from.Videos and Photos - 13 Oct 2016
"He threw me the baby" - Refugees fight to survive sea crossing
A boat full of refugees trying to get to Europe is capsizing in the Mediterranean and a couple is trapped inside. They give their baby to a young relative who makes a brave decision to throw the baby to MSF rescuers.Videos and Photos - 13 Oct 2016