“It’s great news that children in developing countries will finally be protected against pneumococcal diseases by getting this new vaccine,” said Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Executive Director of MSF’s Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. “But it’s very disappointing that the prices agreed with two big pharma companies will be too high for countries to afford when donor support is not or no longer available. Prices need to come down so that as many children as possible can benefit from this vaccine.” Project Update - 23 Feb 2011

War and conflict

MSF response to civil unrest in Arab countries

As civil unrest leads to violent clashes in a number of countries in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean region, emergency staff from MSF provide support to fill gaps in the medical services for people injured in the protests. Project Update - 22 Feb 2011

South Sudan

MSF provides urgent assistance in response to clashes in southern Sudan

“MSF is extremely concerned for the wounded people who may not have received assistance,” said Tim Baerwaldt, MSF Head of Mission in southern Sudan.. “It is imperative that immediate access to urgent life-saving medical care is granted by the relevant authorities to both civilians and all parties to the conflict.”
Unhindered access to all in need is required immediately. Project Update - 11 Feb 2011

Kala azar

Fighting kala azar in southern Sudan

Kala azar—or visceral leishmaniasis—is a treatable but largely neglected disease. Southern Sudan is currently facing a massive kala azar epidemic. This is a region where three-quarters of the population has no access to basic medical care, and the health system is unable to deal with an emergency on this scale. Project Update - 10 Feb 2011

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Survival migrants try to improve their living conditions

MSF works in the inner-city slums of Johannesburg, the destination point for many survival migrants seeking opportunity, transit, or simply to hide among Joburg’s millions of inhabitants. But finding safe shelter here is extremely challenging. Project Update - 3 Feb 2011

Haiti

One year after the Haiti earthquake

Frontline: One year after the Haiti earthquake Project Update - 2 Feb 2011

Haiti

On Aid and Reconstruction

One year after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, a number of observers and actors are questioning the international aid: reconstruction is at a standstill, homeless people are still facing the same situation and the deadly cholera epidemic reminds us that international aid has not helped to improve the very poor sanitation system. Project Update - 28 Jan 2011

HIV/AIDS

Johnson & Johnson / Tibotec AIDS drug licenses leave out too many patients

Licenses just agreed between three generic manufacturers and pharmaceutical company Tibotec, owned by Johnson & Johnson, will keep a promising new AIDS medicine out of the hands of many patients across the developing world, Project Update - 28 Jan 2011

Democratic Republic of Congo

Nomadic herders forced to flee in northern DRC

“They said that the women, children and elderly had come to Niangara to avoid being raped or kidnapped in the bush,” said Azaad Alocco, MSF project coordinator..“Even for nomads used to a hard life, the conditions in their makeshift camp were bad, with no water, no hygiene facilities and even the few bits of plastic sheeting they had for making shelters were stolen.” Project Update - 24 Jan 2011

Brazil

MSF responds to floods in Brazil

Despite the vast mobilisation from the public and other organisations to provide assistance to people affected by the floods, the aid is still not enough to cover all the needs, especially in the most remote areas. Project Update - 18 Jan 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.

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