Medical Issues

MSF's Judit Rius explains how the United States is standing in the way of an international treaty to fund research into neglected diseases.

"Fighting Neglect" charts MSF's 25 years of experience in diagnosing and treating Chagas disease, sleeping sickness, and kala azar in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Caucasus.

MSF's Oliver Schulz explains how a lack of aid is leaving Haitians vulnerable to cholera and other catastrophes.

But just as important gains are beginning to show their promise for patients, a stagnation in donor funding, coupled with trade policies that will create serious additional barriers to accessing affordable generic medicines, are dealing HIV/AIDS treatment a double blow.

MSF and other organizations are working to contain a deadly outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in northeastern DRC.

Mexico City, 3 August 2008 – On the opening day of the XVII International Aids Conference, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned of the deadly impact that the lack of health care workers is having on AIDS treatment and care in southern Africa.  In a satellite meeting called “Mind the Gaps” organized by MSF here today, experts described the scope and impact of the health care worker shortage as well as the critical need to increase government and donor commitment to taking immediate concrete steps to retain and support health care workers now.

Micaela Serafini, MSF medical referent, discusses MSF’s efforts to treat HIV/AIDS in Swaziland.

MSF's Caitlin Meredith speaks about her experience as an epidemiologist in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the themes of the documentary "Access to the Danger Zone," which examines the challenges that humanitarian organizations face in reaching people in need in armed conflicts.

Francis Gatluak's transformation from MSF patient to MSF nurse has saved countless lives.

Increasing numbers of children are being treated for malaria and malnutrition in southern Niger compared to one year ago.

MSF's Henry Gray explains how Malian refugees are suffering from hunger after fleeing to Mbera camp in Mauritania.

A measles epidemic is still afflicting tens of thousands of children in northern DRC's Equateur and Orientale provinces.

Overcrowding and poor living conditions in Iraq’s Domeez camp have led to a recent deterioration in the health of Syrian refugees.

A young woman from Syria starts a new life in Turkey after being shot by a sniper.

After weeks of flooding, thousands of people in Kenya's Tana River Delta region are in urgent need of food, shelter, clean drinking water and medical services.

Overcrowding and poor living conditions in Iraq’s Domeez camp have led to a recent deterioration in the health of Syrian refugees.

People displaced by armed conflict around Goma are now suffering high levels of sexual violence in and around the camps where they have taken shelter.

"Fighting Neglect" charts MSF's 25 years of experience in diagnosing and treating Chagas disease, sleeping sickness, and kala azar in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Caucasus.

A mobile MSF TB surgery mission has successfully completed surgery on six DR-TB patients in Yeravan, Armenia.

Overcrowding and poor living conditions in Iraq’s Domeez camp have led to a recent deterioration in the health of Syrian refugees.

MSF is providing care to mothers in the remote Ethiopian region of Aroressa, where health centers and qualified medical personnel are scarce.