MSF is urging the Brazilian Ministry of Health, which is responsible for the only laboratory in the world manufacturing benznidazole, to respect its commitment to Chagas patients and take immediate measures to make the drug available. Press Release - 5 Oct 2011

Kenya

Falsified medicines enter supply chain in Kenya

MSF missions in Kenya detected quality problems with one antiretroviral medicine (ARV) named Zidolam-N used to treat people with HIV. MSF is taking all measures to ensure adequate treatment and medical follow up for patients. Press Release - 1 Oct 2011

Yemen

MSF suspends its medical activities in Saada governorate

MSF had to interrupt its work in Al Talh and Razeh hospitals, after local authorities set new conditions for humanitarian activities in the region. Press Release - 28 Sep 2011

Côte d'Ivoire

Ongoing attacks on civilian population

Up to sixteen civilians have been killed during an attack on Zriglo, a village in Southwest Ivory Coast just south of the town of Taï, late last week. Up to 50 houses have been burned and most of the population fled into the forests. Press Release - 20 Sep 2011

Pakistan

Médecins Sans Frontières teams treat wounded from Lower Dir blast

Following a bomb blast today at a funeral in the Jandol area of Lower Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, dozens of severely injured people have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams and existing medical staff in the Timergara District Hospital emergency room. Press Release - 15 Sep 2011

South Sudan

MSF condemns large scale attacks on civilians

Hundreds of deaths reported; MSF facilities burned and looted. Press Release - 23 Aug 2011

Libya

MSF to expand medical response in western Libya

MSF is preparing to expand its medical response in western Libya to meet urgent humanitarian needs. Press Release - 22 Aug 2011

Somalia

MSF rapidly scaling up its activities in Mogadishu

This past week, MSF sent medical teams and four charter planes carrying 55 tons of medical equipment, medicines and therapeutic food to Mogadishu in response to the crisis in Somalia. Press Release - 12 Aug 2011

Bahrain

MSF condemns armed raid on its office and detention of its staff in Bahrain

MSF condemns an armed raid on its premises in Bahrain and the subsequent detention of one of its staff members. It now appears that, in Bahrain today, acting within the common boundaries of the duty of care principle — in this case, providing first aid and calling an ambulance for a critically ill person — is no longer possible without negative repercussions on MSF’s ability to work in the country. MSF calls on the Bahraini authorities to respect the integrity, security, and privacy of its premises and personnel, and to allow the lawyer and family of its detained staff immediate access to him. Press Release - 3 Aug 2011

Doornfontein slum building, Johannesburg.

There are approximately 250,000 people living in slum buildings of inner-city Johannesburg. These migrants from Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa are without documentation, rights, or money.

Inside these informal settlements unhygienic and overcrowded living conditions prevail. There is no sanitation or waste management, poor access to clean water, electricity and to basic health care. MSFis helping residents by providing primary health care, referrals to the public sector clinics, and providing materials for cleaning in some of these buildings.

South Africa

Survival migrants in South Africa caught between evictions and policy vacuum

'With previous threats of deportation, we know that migrants go underground into hiding, and are further impeded from healthcare. This makes it extremely difficult to maintain adherence to medicines, especially for the treatment of chronic conditions such as HIV and tuberculosis,' said MSF’s medical focal point in Johannesburg, Jacqueline Molopyane. Press Release - 27 Jul 2011

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Shortage of benznidazole leaves Chagas patients without treatment