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A health worker being disinfected with chlorine at the Ebola treatment center

Surviving Ebola: Statement from MSF Dr Craig Spencer

Statement from Dr Craig Spencer, who has survived ebola. "I'm proud to be among the ranks of more than 3,300 Doctors Without Borders responding to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa."
 Patient and Staff Stories - 11 Nov 2014
 

MSF aid worker recovers from Ebola

An MSF physician who was infected with Ebola Virus Disease was released today from HHC Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Craig Spencer contracted the virus while on assignment in the West African country of Guinea.
 Press Release - 11 Nov 2014
 
Zimbabwe

THE HERALD: Zim nurse turns hero in war zone

In times of war, many people flee their countreis for safety while others take cover in mountains. Only courageous and committed health workers remain to save the wounded and the sick especially in foreign land.
 Latest News - 11 Nov 2014
 

Ebola: Hard-won gains in Liberia must not be undermined

While the number of new Ebola cases reported in Liberia has declined in recent weeks, the outbreak is far from over and new hotspots continue to emerge across the country. 
 Press Release - 10 Nov 2014
 
Kala Azar (leishmaniasis)

India: MSF supports the introduction and roll-out of single-dose treatment for kala azar in Bihar State

From this day on, treatment for kala azar will only take two hours.
 Press Release - 7 Nov 2014
 

Online volunteers around the world map the way to better disaster response

A new project to map the world’s crisis areas so that aid agencies can respond faster and better to emergencies is being launched today in London.
 Press Release - 7 Nov 2014
 
Malaria

South Sudan : Access to antimalarial treatments must be increased

The ongoing conflict in South Sudan affecting directly the North and the East of the country has diverted the attention from ongoing regular healthcare concerns like malaria epidemic which is affecting the West of the country.
 Press Release - 6 Nov 2014
 
XDR-TB can be cured. The story of Phumeza Tisile.
Drug-resistant TB

DR-TB patients, activists demand registering generic linezolid

 Three drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients-turned-activists, including Phumeza Tisile, Andaleeb Rinquest and Morgan Scholtz will be joined by health advocates in handing over a letter to the Registrar of Medicines signed by over 100 clinicians, organisations and patients with DR-TB.
 Press Release - 30 Oct 2014
 
MSF Ebola Treatment Centre in Conakry, Guinea

Ebola: MSF staff member in U.S. hospital

The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirmed today that one of its international staff members who recently returned from Guinea has tested positive for Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
 Press Release - 24 Oct 2014
 

Ebola: MSF urges immediate action on vaccines and treatments for frontline workers

MSF has urged that plans to get forthcoming Ebola vaccines and treatments to frontline workers must be rapidly implemented.
 Press Release - 24 Oct 2014