MSF has followed-up nearly 3,000 of the HIV/AIDS patients who received antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) from falsified batches and provided them with replacement ARVs. MSF is working hard to get in contact with the remaining patients who might need to have their drugs switched. Press Release - 30 Nov 2011

Egypt

MSF provides medical supplies to five hospitals

A team from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been visiting Tahrir Square on an almost daily basis, and is in contact with Egyptian healthcare professionals who are working in the field hospitals, as well as with the public hospitals which are receiving the bulk of the casualties. MSF has made some donations of drugs, medical and surgical items to four hospitals in Cairo. Press Release - 24 Nov 2011

Access to Healthcare

MSF response to Global Fund Board meeting

Response to unprecedented decision to cancel funding round of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, taken at board meeting in Accra, Ghana, November 21-22, 2011 Press Release - 22 Nov 2011

HIV/AIDS

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

Ethiopia

Surge in the number of Somali refugees demands increased capacity

The number of refugees crossing the border into Ethiopia has increased to around 300 per day, numbers not seen since July. “The capacity to receive more people and provide the necessary food, nutritional care, medical care, drinking water, sanitation and more is grossly insufficient,” said Wojciech Asztabski, MSF Project Coordinator in Dollo Ado. Press Release - 2 Nov 2011

Life4. Catherine. PMTCT<br>
Catherine Atieno lives with her family in Kibera, a deprived area of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Catherine is HIV positive and is being treated at an MSF clinic in Kibera where she also works as a cleaner and a cook. Seven years ago, after she had started antiretroviral treatment, Catherine documented her life in pictures in a project called 3My Life with HIV3.
Now, in 2011, Catherine's life is very full and she is a healthy and active individual, who in addition to her normal job, has started up a small sugar plantation up country to generate more money to educate her children.

Access to medicines

Proposed EU financial transaction tax should help bail out global health

The financial transaction tax (FTT) proposed by France and Germany and due to be discussed at Sunday’s European Council meeting and next month’s G20 Summit, could help save millions of lives if a percentage were allocated to global health, according to an issue brief released today by MSF. Press Release - 20 Oct 2011

Haiti

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. Press Release - 19 Oct 2011

Libya

The integrity of medical facilities must be respected

MSF is calling on the warring parties in Sirte to ensure civilians have access to care, and to respect the security and integrity of the wounded inside medical facilities. Press Release - 19 Oct 2011

Famine

Food aid system continues to fail malnourished children

While young victims of war and famine are able to access latest lifesaving, nutritious foods, millions more malnourished children still receive poor quality food aid. "High profile emergencies, such as those in Somalia and Kenya today, represent just the tip of the malnutrition iceberg," says Dr. Karunakara. "Most malnourished children are invisible, and they should not have to become victims of war or natural catastrophes in order to have access to the foods they need." Press Release - 13 Oct 2011

Somalia

Aid to displaced persons still insufficient in Mogadishu

Since July, more than 150,000 Somalis have left the provinces of the country's central region seeking refuge in Mogadishu. This kind of exodus poses a host of health problems. Measles is currently the greatest threat and MSF is mobilized to halt the spread of this disease which is particularly fatal for children. Press Release - 11 Oct 2011

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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.

Learn more

About Us

What we do

Where we work

MSF Websites

Majority of patients with suspect Zidolam-N receive follow-up consultations