Humanitarian challenges
Briefing Document - 21 Nov 2011
Report: Certificate in humanitarian assistance
The Wits School of Public and Development Management, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Doctors Without Borders Certificates in Humanitarian Assistance, Certificates in Humanitarian Practice and Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance programme.Briefing Document - 21 Nov 2011
HIV/Aids
Press Release - 21 Nov 2011
Access to HIV treatment must speed up to match political promises
The growing number of averted HIV/AIDS deaths according to data released by UNAIDS represents important progress, but the number of people put on treatment must increase dramatically in order to reap the benefits of the new science showing that HIV treatment both saves lives and helps prevent new infections.Press Release - 21 Nov 2011
Malnutrition
Latest News - 10 Nov 2011
Knysna Plett Herald: Sedgefield makes good in Somaliland
Garrett Barnwell of Segdefield is currently helping to coordinate Doctors Without Borders medical activities in the autonomous north-western Somaliland region of Somalia.Latest News - 10 Nov 2011
Malnutrition
Press Release - 2 Nov 2011
Ethiopia: Surge in the number of Somali refugees demands increased capacity
Unless the capacity to deliver aid is rapidly increased, there will be significant problems in meeting the needs of Somalis fleeing to Ethiopia, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said today.Press Release - 2 Nov 2011
HIV/Aids
Briefing Document - 1 Nov 2011
Five Lives : How a financial transaction tax could support global health
‘5 Lives’ are the stories of people that MSF works with every day, whose health and lives often hang on a simple medical intervention.Briefing Document - 1 Nov 2011
HIV/Aids
Briefing Document - 31 Oct 2011
Antiretroviral treatment outcomes from a decentralised ART programme in rural Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has an adult HIV prevalence of 14.3% and an estimated 582,000 people requiring antiretroviral treatment.Briefing Document - 31 Oct 2011
HIV/Aids
Press Release - 31 Oct 2011
G20 leaders should bail out global health with a financial transaction tax
The financial transaction tax (FTT), due to be discussed at this week’s G20 Summit in Cannes, could help save millions of lives if a percentage were allocated to global health, according to briefing paper: "Five Lives", an issue brief released by the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF).Press Release - 31 Oct 2011
Ethiopia
Press Release - 30 Oct 2011
Dozens displaced in southern Somalia after aerial bombardment
MSF staff in Marere, in Lower Juba Region, southern Somalia, are treating dozens of injured following an aerial bombardment on the town of Jilib that hit a camp for internally-displaced people at around 1.30 pm on Sunday.Press Release - 30 Oct 2011
Exclusion from Healthcare
Press Release - 19 Oct 2011
Sirte: The integrity of medical facilities must be respected
The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today called on the warring parties in Libya to immediately halt all attacks on and intrusions into medical facilities in the town of Sirte. All wounded patients must have access to care and must be able to receive treatment without discrimination and fear of reprisal.Press Release - 19 Oct 2011
Cholera
Press Release - 19 Oct 2011
Haitian lives still threatened by inadequate cholera response
One year since the start of the ongoing cholera epidemic in Haiti, people all over the country are still threatened by the deadly disease. Healthcare services and measures to prevent the spread of cholera are still inadequate, medical aid organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned today.Press Release - 19 Oct 2011