Yemen: cholera killed 34 people in 11 days
The situation is deteriorating rapidly in this country ravaged by two years of war. Médecins Sans Frontières fears that the ...
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Pneumonia: MSF welcomes decision to reduce vaccine price
In a statement, the NGO Médecins Sans Frontières welcomes GSK's decision to reduce the price of its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ...
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Aleppo: the last pediatrician in the city killed in a bombing
The air attack on Al-Quds hospital in Aleppo claimed the life of Dr Muhammad Wassim Maaz. He was the last ...
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: 98% left behind
Doctors Without Borders warns of the difficulties of access to effective drugs against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Only 2% of patients benefit ...
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Syria: victims and caregivers are afraid to go to hospital
In hospitals supported by MSF in Syria, there are 7,000 war dead and 155,000 wounded. The health structures are the ...
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Childhood malnutrition: MSF questions the systematic use of antibiotics
A study conducted by MSF shows that systematic antibiotic therapy does not provide significant benefit in the treatment of malnourished ...
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Pneumonia: MSF calls for lower vaccine prices
Too expensive for Médecins Sans Frontières. The humanitarian association denounces the opaque and excessively high prices of pneumonia vaccines from ...
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Pneumonia: MSF’s global petition to reduce the price of the vaccine
After the failure of negotiations to lower the price of the pneumonia vaccine, MSF is launching a petition. For Pfizer ...
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Kunduz: the attack on the MSF hospital follows a long series
Following the bombing of an MSF hospital, PourquoiDocteur revisits the principles that protect medical structures during a conflict. At least ...
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Kunduz: MSF calls for war crime investigation
Following the bombing of the Médecins sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz this Saturday, the NGO is calling for an international ...
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Afghanistan: MSF hospital hit by airstrike
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, was bombed overnight. A blunder of the American army is ...
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Humanitarian aid: white coats increasingly exposed
On the occasion of the 12th World Humanitarian Aid Day, WHO pays tribute to health workers and calls on them ...
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Ebola: the epidemic has been too underestimated, according to MSF
An MSF report examines the medical consequences of the apathy of the “coalition of inaction” during the first months of ...
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Resistant tuberculosis: MSF denounces a man-made disaster
Resistant forms of tuberculosis are on the rise around the world. In a report, Médecins sans Frontières denounces “years of ...
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Ebola: the French nurse cured with an experimental treatment
Repatriated to France on September 19, the Médecins Sans Frontières nurse is now cured, the Ministry of Health announced today.First ...
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Ebola: how health workers get infected
WHO estimates that around 10% of Ebola victims in Africa are health workers. For its part, MSF claims that its ...
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Ebola: Sierra Leone quarantines the country for 3 days
Sierra Leone, one of the countries most affected by the Ebola virus, has decided to confine its inhabitants for 3 ...
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MSF: the world is losing the battle for Ebola
For Médecins Sans Frontières, after six months of the worst Ebola outbreak in history, the world is losing the battle ...
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Ebola: “We are in a real powder keg”
With 4 confirmed cases in the DRC, the Ebola virus is spreading to central Africa. For some experts, the epidemic ...
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Ebola: UN and MSF fear a shortage of doctors
The United Nations calls on the international community to urgently respond to the shortage of doctors to tackle the Ebola ...
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Ebola: a vastly underestimated epidemic
NGOs in Africa insist on the need to mobilize more in the face of a "largely undervalued" Ebola epidemic, according ...
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Ebola: the epidemic is “out of control” according to Médecins Sans Frontières
The Ebola fever epidemic in West Africa worries Médecins Sans Frontières, which speaks of an underestimated and out of control ...
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Ebola: the epidemic killed 603 in West Africa
Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are still threatened by Ebola and the epidemic does not appear to be slowing down. ...
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Ebola: alarming increase in the number of victims
Deaths linked to the Ebola virus have continued to increase in West Africa for a week (+ 17%). The 20% ...
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Ebola: a risk of international spread for the WHO
Deaths linked to the Ebola virus are on the rise in West Africa. The WHO now calls for drastic measures ...
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MSF warning: the Ebola epidemic is “out of control”
The Ebola epidemic continues to progress in West Africa. With more than 500 infections, including 337 fatal, the virus is ...
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MSF worries about Ebola resurgence
The number of Ebola virus infections is on the rise again, warns Médecins Sans Frontières. The organization deplores the difficulty ...
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Cholera: an oral vaccine proves its effectiveness in the midst of an epidemic
A vaccine against cholera, Shanchol ©, could be marketed. A study shows the effectiveness of this vaccine during the epidemic ...
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Ebola in Guinea: the health authorities are “overwhelmed”
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is said to have killed 59 people in Guinea, according to the latest report. Médecins sans frontières ...
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Syria: “a humanitarian calamity”, according to the UNHCR
For the High Commissioner for Refugees, “Syria has become the great tragedy of this century”. Arguments that should weigh in ...
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