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Yemen

Yemen: MSF receiving large numbers of patients in Aden, as security situation deteriorates

The MSF Emergency Surgical Unit in Aden has been receiving large numbers of patients in recent days as a result of the deteriorating security situation in Aden and other parts of Yemen.
Press Release - 27 Mar 2015
 
Tuberculosis

Ready, set, slow down: New and promising DR-TB drugs are grabbing headlines but not reaching patients

To date, fewer than 1,000 people worldwide have been able to access the two new TB drugs - bedaquiline and delamanid - just a fraction of those who desperately need them.
Press Release - 24 Mar 2015
 
Financial Report

Financial accountability: Ebola Response in 2014

By the end of 2014, MSF had spent 60 million euros (approximately $80 million) on the Ebola response, almost all of it dedicated to operations in the three worst-affected countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. A small portion of the donations received were used to contain the virus in Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal.
Report - 23 Mar 2015
 

Pushed to the limit and beyond

This year thousands of health workers have risked their lives to support patients and help control the Ebola outbreak.
Report - 23 Mar 2015
 

MDR-TB: Speeding Up Research Efforts

Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious disease that is treated with antibiotics. But some bacteria have found ways to resist or fight off the drug due to incorrectly administered treatment. When the two main antibiotics stop being effective against the disease, it is labeled multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB.

MDR-TB is a real killer, and a major public health issue, but for the past fifty years it has largely been ignored. Now, the needs of patients suffering from tuberculosis are finally being addressed, and patients with MDR-TB can now hope to have access to effective treatments within the next few years. 
Videos and Photos - 23 Mar 2015
 
Jariatu, an MSF 'care-giver' looking after a 9mo baby

Ebola: Pushed to the limit, and beyond

"For the Ebola outbreak to spiral this far out of control required many institutions to fail. And they did, with tragic and avoidable consequences."
Videos and Photos - 22 Mar 2015
 

Ebola: Pushed to the limit and beyond

MSF releases a critical analysis of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa over the past year, revealing the shortcomings of the global response to the crisis and warning that the outbreak is not yet over.
Press Release - 20 Mar 2015
 
Tuberculosis

MDR-TB strain in Eswatini not detectable by most advanced rapid diagnostic tests

More than a quarter of MDR-TB strains isolated in a national survey in Eswatini carry a mutation that is undetectable by the advanced rapid molecular diagnostic tests currently in widespread use.
Press Release - 19 Mar 2015
 
Watsan Team disinfects Freetown Houses

POLOKWANE CITY: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) team to tour Limpopo to raise funds, awareness for emergency relief

A team of Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s fundraisers will embark on a two week-long tour in Limpopo to raise funds and awareness about the organisation’s medical relief work.
Latest News - 19 Mar 2015
 
Syria

Syria: “Like an endless night – that’s getting darker and darker”

In Northern Homs, approximately 350,000 people have been under siege for more than one year. Barrel bombs and clashes on several frontlines are the daily reality.
Press Release - 17 Mar 2015