Cholera
Latest News - 26 Feb 2015
Cholera in Mozambique: a worrying situation
Cases of cholera have been recorded in Mozambique since last December, but the epidemic has quickly expanded in the month of February, infecting about 3.500 people and killing 37.Latest News - 26 Feb 2015
Ebola: “To create awareness among a population, you must listen”
In Guinea, dozens of MSF health promoters have been visiting the affected regions to talk about the disease and how it is transmitted.- 26 Feb 2015
Central African Republic
Press Release - 26 Feb 2015
CAR: Ongoing violence in Bambari area
A volatile situation in Bambari, in Central African Republic, is having an impact on the town’s residents and reducing aid agencies from responding to people’s urgent health needs.Press Release - 26 Feb 2015
Central African Republic
Press Release - 25 Feb 2015
CAR: MSF starts a vaccination campaign in the largest IDP camp in the country
MSF starts this week a round of vaccinations for at least 18,000 children up to 15 years old, most of them living the IDP camp Batangafo, northern Central African Republic.Press Release - 25 Feb 2015
Initial results with experimental Ebola drug show positive effect for some patients
Initial results of a clinical trial of the experimental drug favipiravir suggest that it can reduce mortality among patients with low levels of the Ebola virus in their blood.- 24 Feb 2015
Initial results with experimental Ebola drug show positive effect for some patients
Preliminary data from the JIKI clinical trial, which is testing the efficacy of favipiravir in reducing mortality associated with Ebola, provide two important pieces of information
Press Release - 24 Feb 2015
Ukraine
Latest News - 19 Feb 2015
Ukraine: “When the shelling starts… you just run to the closest basement”
A testimony from Alyona, a woman who fled Debaltseve, Ukraine, with her husband and son at the end of January.Latest News - 19 Feb 2015
Asylum seekers and migrants left in cold Serbia
Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants who have risked their lives to reach Europe are being left stranded in forests and abandoned buildings in Serbia in harsh winter temperatures without sufficient food or shelter.Press Release - 19 Feb 2015
Syria: MSF calls for wounded to be evacuated from Aleppo
MSF urged all parties to the conflict to facilitate the evacuation of the wounded people due to the fierce clashes in the recent days in Aleppo, a city in northern Syria.Press Release - 19 Feb 2015
Drug-resistant TB
Press Release - 17 Feb 2015
Tuberculosis: a symposium to discuss new treatments and approaches in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The fourth TB Symposium for Central Asia and Eastern Europe, jointly organised by the Armenian Ministry of Health and MSF, will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, on 17 and 18 February.Press Release - 17 Feb 2015