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Fighting Hepatitis E in Am Timan, Chad - January 2017
Chad

MSF calls for assistance to curb hepatitis E outbreak in Am Timan

"MSF is calling on all the humanitarian and development agencies present in Chad to step up the size and speed of their efforts to ensure an effective response to the hepatitis E outbreak in Am Timan", says Rolland Kaya, MSF's head of mission in Chad. Press Release - 9 Feb 2017
 
Mulungu DRC measles vaccination
Democratic Republic of Congo

Fighting measles in South Kivu

"The impact is immediate. We've saved many lives. People were very happy because they were also really worried about the outbreak and they had only received aid sporadically." Project Update - 8 Feb 2017
 
Baby Nubia Is Released From MSF Clinic in Conakry
Website

Killer Diseases

People know little about killer diseases. Who contracts them? How can they be fought? What are the prospects for research? Seeking to answer some of these questions, this educational web documentary puts seven of these diseases (antibiotic resistance, Ebola, hepatitis C, malaria, measles, tuberculosis and HIV-AIDS) under the microscope. killer-diseases.org
 
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Killer diseases

Seven killer diseases under the microscope

One of the outcomes of a partnership of Médecins Sans Frontières (in cooperation with EUP - État d’Urgence Production), DNDi, Institut Pasteur, Fondation Mérieux, Universcience, lNSERM and CANOPE, this web documentary offers a fresh perspective on Killer Diseases. Documentary - 27 Jan 2017
 
Georgia: DR-TB patients find hope in new treatments
Access to medicines

Public health groups welcome agreement for development of promising new TB drug

While deal marks a critical step in the fight against TB, health groups warn that the deal lacks safeguards that would ensure worldwide affordability. Press Release - 26 Jan 2017
 
East Aleppo
Syria

Doctors under siege

As the siege of east Aleppo enters its fourth month, how are medical staff coping? Crisis Update - 15 Nov 2016
 
Seeking malaria treatment around Aweil, South Sudan
Access to medicines

MSF urges governments to set medical research policies that align with people’s health needs

“People in poor and wealthy countries alike are now finding that the medicines they need either don’t exist, or are priced so high they can’t afford them, and governments need to solve these problems,” said Katy Athersuch, Medical Access and Innovation Policy Advisor of MSF’s Access Campaign. Press Release - 13 Sep 2016
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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