Afghanistan
Press Release - 16 Apr 2012
Afghanistan: MSF condemns attacks on medical facility
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has suspended medical activities in the recently opened maternity hospital in Khost province after an explosion took place inside the hospital compound this morning.Press Release - 16 Apr 2012
Infographic: We need easier to use vaccines
This infographic by MSF Access shows why we need easier-to-use vaccines to reach the millions of children still unreached by vaccination programs.Briefing Document - 14 Apr 2012
Access to Healthcare
Press Release - 11 Apr 2012
Bahrain: Despite reforms, patients still fear health system
As Bahrain implements reforms amidst protests that began last year, a significant number of people from all political and religious backgrounds continue to avoid seeking medical care in public hospitals for fear of discrimination, harassment, and ill treatment, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said today.Press Release - 11 Apr 2012
Drug-resistant TB
Press Release - 21 Mar 2012
Drug and diagnostics manufacturers have to join fight against drug resistant tuberculosis
Alarming new data suggest that the global scope of the drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) epidemic is much bigger than previously estimated.Press Release - 21 Mar 2012
South Sudan
Press Release - 13 Mar 2012
Urgent humanitarian aid needed for 80,000 Sudanese refugees
Only a short window of opportunity remains before the rainy season severely inhibits the urgent provision of humanitarian assistance to tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees in South Sudan, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned today.Press Release - 13 Mar 2012
Tuberculosis
Press Release - 11 Mar 2012
India offers first compulsory license
In a landmark case, the Indian Patent Office has issued the first-ever compulsory license in India to a generic drug manufacturer.Press Release - 11 Mar 2012
Maternal death: The avoidable crisis
Every day, approximately 1000 women die in childbirth or from a pregnancy-related complication.Report - 8 Mar 2012
Drug-resistant TB
MAMELA magazine issue 6 - March 2012
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa's magazine, issue 6, March 2012 Magazine - 1 Mar 2012
Violence
Press Release - 25 Feb 2012
Afghanistan: MSF treats wounded after Kunduz protests
Following violent protests over the reported burning of Korans at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders(MSF) has received 50 people at its surgical hospital in Kunduz Province in northern Afghanistan. Many patients had suffered gunshot wounds.Press Release - 25 Feb 2012
As Norvatis shareholders meet, MSF urges company to drop court case in India
As shareholders of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis meet today in Basel, Switzerland, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called on shareholders to urge the company to drop its ongoing court case against the Indian government.Press Release - 22 Feb 2012