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Trauma Centre Kunduz
Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Close-up of a war torn country

The trauma centre in Kunduz is the only facility that provides care to victims of accidents and attacks in the North East of Afghanistan. As seen in the above video, a man visits his son who has a shrapnel wound on his leg. 
 Videos and Photos - 5 Nov 2015
 

MSF releases internal review of the Kunduz hospital attack

MSF today released to the public an internal document that reviews the 3 October airstrikes by US forces on its hospital in northern Afghanistan. 
 Press Release - 5 Nov 2015
 
Malaria

Democratic Republic of Congo: “Fighting this epidemic is like trying to put out a forest fire blindfolded”

MSF’s Dr Marion Osterberger has been working  in Ankoro hospital in Katanga, DRC where a deadly measles epidemic continues to spread with devastating effects on the young.
 Fieldworkers Stories - 5 Nov 2015
 
Afghanistan

STAR: Victims of US attack on hospital recalled

The 13 Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff and 10 patients killed in the Kunduz hospital attack in Afghanistan were remembered during a memorial service at Park Station in Joburg’s CBD.
 Latest News - 4 Nov 2015
 
Drug-resistant TB

First new TB drugs in half a century reach just 2% of people who need them

MSF calls for companies to make new drugs to treat drug-resistant TB available and affordable
 Press Release - 3 Nov 2015
 
Lesotho

Lesotho: Free maternal care has an impressive return on investment

The introduction of free deliveries at a hospital in Lesotho drastically reduced maternal deaths during labor and delivery, making the intervention a cheap and highly effective public health measure
 Press Release - 3 Nov 2015
 
Tuberculosis

Decentralized diagnosis and treatment of DR-TB in Khayelitsha

Worldwide, drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a serious public health concern. In South Africa, tuberculosis (TB), including DR-TB, was determined to be the leading cause of death in 2012.
 Briefing Document - 2 Nov 2015
 

At least 550 wounded in horrific market-bombing in Damascus besieged area

At least 70 people have been killed and 550 injured in an airstrike on a marketplace in the Douma neighbourhood near Damascus, Syria.
 Press Release - 2 Nov 2015
 
Afghanistan

MSF SA fieldworkers talk about their experience working in Kunduz, Afghanistan

Three MSF SA fieldworkers, Gilberta Jairos, Maureen Akeng'a and Dr Vanessa Naidoo, shared some of their memories from their time working in Kunduz, Afghanistan. 
 Fieldworkers Stories - 30 Oct 2015
 
South Africa

Timeline revealing how broken promises by the DTI

The Fix the Patent Laws Campaign, today called on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to end years of pharmaceutical company price gouging and broken promises for patent law reform.
 Briefing Document - 29 Oct 2015