DAILY SUN:Beating cancer myths
World Cancer Day happened last week and people living with cancer - a South African support group representing thousands of patients publicly signed the Fix the Patent Laws Campaign.Latest News - 16 Feb 2015
Fighting Ebola, Ending Stigma: “I came really close to killing myself”
"Eight staff members from the clinic where I worked, including myself, got infected through that delivery. Only two of us survived after being admitted at the Ebola management center."Patient and Staff Stories - 12 Feb 2015
Drug-resistant TB
Briefing Document - 11 Feb 2015
ART initiation report and toolkit
Patient education and counselling in preparation for anti-retroviral treatment (ART) initiation is considered a key determinant of treatment adherence.Briefing Document - 11 Feb 2015
Emergency Room in Syrian besieged area
This video shows a busy ER in a hospital in one of the besieged areas near Damascus. In the besieged parts of the East Ghouta rural area near Damascus, Syria, intense bombing has been continuing for weeks, on an almost daily basis, and is still ongoing. MSF has established a programme of supporting Syrian medics in areas where MSF cannot directly set up activities. These are makeshift hospitals and health centres where no MSF staff are present, and MSF provides both material support and distance training support to help the hospitals cope with extreme medical needs.Videos and Photos - 11 Feb 2015
Syria
- 11 Feb 2015
Syria: Medics struggling under bombardment
A story told by paramedics, Amin and Imran from the besieged East Ghouta suburban area near Damascus, Syria, who work with hospitals that MSF supports.- 11 Feb 2015
Pakistan
Latest News - 10 Feb 2015
Pakistan: six months at Peshawar’s neonatal unit
From July to December 2014, Dr Yasmine Ley headed up the neonatal unit at MSF’s obstetrics and gynaecology hospital in Peshawar, northern Pakistan.Latest News - 10 Feb 2015
RISK SA: On the frontline
Doctor Juli Switala is one of the Ebola fighters that were named Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2014.Latest News - 9 Feb 2015
South Sudan
- 6 Feb 2015
South Sudan: Healthcare on the frontline
A little more than a year after the current conflict started in South Sudan, the humanitarian situation remains dire. MSF nurse Siobhan O’Malley reflects on working on the frontline.- 6 Feb 2015
People Living with Cancer join the Fix the Patent Laws Campaign
On World Cancer Day , People Living With Cancer – a South African support group representing thousands of patients – publically signed on to support the Fix the Patent Laws campaign.Press Release - 5 Feb 2015
Ebola drug trial in Liberia halted
A trial of the experimental Ebola drug brincidofovir in Liberia has been halted due to a significant drop in the number of new Ebola cases.Press Release - 4 Feb 2015