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Access to Healthcare

DAILY DISPATCH: Head girl honoured for her practical ubuntu

Kingswood College head girl Ziyabukwa Mayalo,18, is this year's recipient of the Dr Neil Aggett service award.  Social activist Jay Naidoo handed over the award, which recognises "individual service above self", to Mayalo at a ceremony at Kingswood College in Grahamstown.
Latest News - 18 Sep 2013
 
MSF TB Treatment in Mumbai, India
Access to medicines

FINANCIAL MAIL: Pharma Dynamics' costly patent war with Bayer

It has the makings of a David versus Goliath battle, except this time the latter seems to be winning.
Latest News - 18 Sep 2013
 
Vaccination

MAIL & GUARDIAN: Clinic victory:A shot in the arm for people's rights

Lusikisiki Village Clinic is one of the many healthcare facilities in the Eastern Cape that has suffered because of the deterioration of the province's healthcare system.  
Latest News - 18 Sep 2013
 
HIV/Aids

Against the odds: Integrating maternal and newborn care

Most women around the world who consider a pregnancy have the same wish – a safe delivery and a healthy baby.
Briefing Document - 11 Sep 2013
 
Central African Republic, May / June 2013 - 56 photos, 3 web clips, 1 b-roll
Violence

CAR: Violent attacks leave civilians injured and homes destroyed

Days of violence in the Bouca and in Bossangoa areas of Central African Republic (CAR) have badly affected civilians who have already suffered months of conflict and repeated displacement.
Press Release - 11 Sep 2013
 
HIV/Aids

SOWETAN LIVE: South Africa tackles drugs patent reform

South Africa's government has published a draft intellectual property policy with potential far-reaching effects for pharmaceutical patents, which rights groups hailed Monday as a move towards lower medicine costs.
Latest News - 11 Sep 2013
 
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HIV/Aids

Trade & Industry’s draft IP policy lays foundation to prevent abusive patents from blocking access to affordable medicines

TAC, MSF & SECTION27 welcome the announcement that the Department of Trade and Industry has called for public comment on the long-overdue draft National Policy on Intellectual Property.
Press Release - 9 Sep 2013
 
Emergency Trauma Surgery in Al Ramtha Governmental Hospital.

MSF surgeon killed in Syria

A 28 year old Syrian surgeon working for MSF, Dr Muhammad Abyad, has been killed in northern Syria. His body was found on 3 September in Aleppo province. 
Press Release - 5 Sep 2013
 
Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, December 2011
Armed conflict

Afghanistan: “Conflict still rages and humanitarian needs will only grow“

The wave of attacks in Kabul in June and July reflect this, but people continue to be affected by conflict throughout the year in large parts of the country.
Patient and Staff Stories - 30 Aug 2013
 
XDR-TB can be cured. The story of Phumeza Tisile.
Drug-resistant TB

New hope to beat XDR-TB with Linezolid

The complete cure of a young woman for one of the most severe forms of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) using a high-strength antibiotic in South Africa brings fresh hope for thousands of patients facing a less than 20% chance of treatment success with standard treatments.
Press Release - 29 Aug 2013