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Cholera vaccination in Kyangwali
Vaccination

Overcoming barriers so vaccines can save lives

Vaccines can save lives but we need to overcome barriers - such as logistics and high prices - to get them to people first. Project Update - 29 Apr 2020
 
MSF stunt at Gavi replenishment meeting Berlin
Access to medicines

Pharma giants shouldn’t receive multi-million dollar pneumonia vaccine subsidy

After raking in billions of dollars on their pneumonia vaccines, pharma giants GSK and Pfizer are still being paid a subsidy by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. MSF says it must now stop. Press Release - 3 Dec 2019
 
MSF protest against sofosbuvir patent in Munich
Access to medicines

20 years on, the access-to-medicines battle is going global

MSF started the Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines back in 1999 when our field staff didn't have the appropriate tools and medicines to treat our patients. Now known as the Access Campaign, they are taking the fight for access to medicines global. Op-Ed - 27 Sep 2019
 
Pneumonia vaccination - Greek islands
Access to medicines

Gavi should stop awarding special funds to Pfizer and GSK for pneumonia vaccine

MSF urges Gavi to reserve its special funds for pneumonia vaccine for a new manufacturer offering a more affordable version, not Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline. Press Release - 26 Aug 2019
 
Pneumonia vaccination - Greek islands
Access to medicines

Humanitarian mechanism for vaccines used for first time in Europe to counter high prices

MSF has used a new humanitarian mechanism for vaccines to provide affordable pneumonia vaccinations to refugee children in Greece, to protect them against deadly pneumonia . Press Release - 12 Apr 2019
 
MSF emergency response to outbreaks – meningitis vaccination campaign
Niger

“We should take every opportunity to vaccinate against deadly diseases”

Interview with Miriam Alía, MSF vaccination and outbreak response advisor, on the outbreaks of meningitis C and measles that have affected Niger in 2018. Interview - 5 Jul 2018
 
Innovations to save lives in north-east Nigeria
Nigeria

Crisis update: Borno and Yobe states, June 2018

Nine years of conflict between the Nigerian military and armed groups in northeast Nigeria has taken a heavy toll on the population with serious humanitarian consequences. Crisis Update - 5 Jun 2018
 
Rohingya camp expansion
Rohingya refugee crisis

Crisis update – May 2018

May 2018 update on activities in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, providing care for Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar. Crisis Update - 23 May 2018
 
West Aleppo, Syria: MSF helps vaccinate tens of thousands of displaced Syrian children
Syria

Thousands of displaced kids in Aleppo catch up on vaccinations

Since 2016, the countryside west of Aleppo, in northern Syria, has been one of the main destinations for internally displaced people (IDPs) evacuated from besieged areas, including East Aleppo City, Homs, South Hama and, recently, East Ghouta.
Project Update - 7 May 2018
 
Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Community
Rohingya refugee crisis

Crisis update - March 2018

More than six months into the beginning of the latest Rohingya exodus, people continue to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh fearing for their lives and seeking safety. A total of 3,236 refugees are reported to have entered Bangladesh in February alone. Crisis Update - 15 Mar 2018
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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