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BBC: Sudanese Refugees Face "Humanitarian Disaster"FoxNews.com: As Renewed Haiti Cholera Crisis Looms, UN Blamed For Inadequate EffortMay 23, 2013MSF's Duncan McLean explains that Haitians are at worse risk of dying from cholera now than they were two years ago, due to neglect of the country's health care system by international donors. NPR: 'We Are Truly Failing the Syrian People'May 20, 2013
MSF's Stephen Cornish describes the medical and humanitarian crisis in Syria, where whole neighborhoods have been destroyed by war and many civilians cannot access health care. View external media The Atlantic: How Drug Companies Keep Medicine Out of ReachMay 15, 2013
MSF's Judit Rius explains how the United States is standing in the way of an international treaty to fund research into neglected diseases. View external media Philadelphia Inquirer: Merck, GlaxoSmithKline Join GAVI in Pricing Agreement for HPV Vaccine in Developing CountriesMay 9, 2013
While drug companies celebrate price reductions that will allow girls in poor countries to be vaccinated against cervical cancer for $14 per patient, these prices are still out of reach for millions of people, MSF's Kate Elder explains. View external media NYT: Prices Cut for Cervical Cancer Vaccines for NeediestMay 9, 2013
New vaccines, including for cervical cancer, are still priced too high to reach many girls in the world's poorest countries, according to MSF's Kate Elder. View external media Texas Public Radio: Access to the Danger ZoneMay 9, 2013
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. View external media AP: Aid Group: Thousands Flee Renewed Fighting in East Congo Town of PingaMay 4, 2013
Armed conflict has driven thousands of people out of the town of Pinga, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, terrorizing the population and increasing the difficulty of providing urgently needed medical care. View external media Al Jazeera: The Fight for Global ImmunizationApril 26, 2013
MSF's Kate Elder explains how the high price of vaccines prevents many children from being immunized. View external media Miami Herald: Aid Shortfalls Jeopardize Haiti’s humanitarian ProgramsApril 23, 2013
MSF's Oliver Schulz explains how a lack of aid is leaving Haitians vulnerable to cholera and other catastrophes. View external media CNN: Report: Mali refugees endure 'appalling' conditions at Mauritania campApril 12, 2013
MSF's Henry Gray explains how Malian refugees are suffering from hunger after fleeing to Mbera camp in Mauritania. View external media NPR: Novartis Ruling Reverberates Past India's BordersApril 2, 2013A landmark ruling by India's Supreme Court underscores the need for patients to have access to generic medications at affordable prices, according to MSF's Jennifer Cohn. Marketplace: India Novartis Patent Ruling: Good for Access, Bad for Innovation?April 1, 2013MSF's Jennifer Cohn explains how a ruling by India's Supreme Court protects access to medicines for many patients in the developing world. AP: Central African Republic hospitals looted after coupMarch 27, 2013MSF condemned the looting of hospitals in the Central African Republic after the recent coup. The Nation: Haiti's Cholera CrisisMarch 21, 2013MSF's Yann Libessart describes the poor state of Haiti's cholera treatment centers and the need for international funding of Haiti's cholera elimination plan. New York Times Editorial: A Worsening Haitian TragedyMarch 18, 2013MSF reports that the cholera crisis in Haiti is getting worse due to a lack of funding and basic medical supplies. WBEZ's Worldview: Syrian Refugees Strain LebanonMarch 18, 2013MSF's Fabio Forgione describes the humanitarian crisis facing the approximately 400,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon, with many more arriving daily. Reuters: "Solid Progress" at Pacific Trade Talks But No Quick Japan EntryMarch 13, 2013U.S. proposals in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks will make lifesaving medicines unaffordable for many people who need them, MSF warns. Free Speech Radio News: Fighting in Syria Sends Health Care Underground, Putting Residents at RiskMarch 8, 2013
MSF's Christopher Stokes and Audrey Landemann describe the catastrophic state of health care in Syria, where there is a lack of everything from qualified surgeons to medical supplies for chronic conditions. View external media LA Times: Syria's Health Care System in Tatters, Aid Group WarnsMarch 7, 2013MSF's Christopher Stokes describes how armed conflict has led to the collapse of Syria's medical system, leaving many Syrians without urgently needed treatment. The government and international community must remove obstacles to humantiarian aid, he said. McClatchy: Syrian government accused of targeting hospitals, health workers as war ragesFebruary 26, 2013
Half of Syria's hospitals are out of service, leaving wounded and chronically ill patients without basic care. MSF's Mego Terzian and Bruno Jochum describe the collapse of the Syrian health system. View external media Free Speech Radio News: In Syria, Fighting Blocks Access to Vital Health CareFebruary 22, 2013
MSF's Kassia Queen describes the severe health toll of the Syrian conflict, including waterborne diseases and physical and mental trauma. View external media Sound Medicine: How is Doctors Without Borders reducing African childbirth mortality?February 19, 2013MSF's Betty Raney describes how she and her team reduced maternal deaths in Sierra Leone through emergency obstetric care. AP: Chaotic Influx of Refugees to Lebanon Stirs FearsFebruary 15, 2013MSF is calling attention to the lack of basic assistance for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, including shelter and medical care. New York Times: U.N. Says 5,000 People a Day Are Now Fleeing War in SyriaFebruary 8, 2013
MSF warns that a lack of shelter and medical care is threatening the health of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, who now number more than 260,000. View external media
Reuters: Lebanon must boost aid, health care for Syrians, MSF saysFebruary 7, 2013MSF is calling for the Lebanese government and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to speed up the process for registering Syrian refugees and providing for their basic needs. Colorado Public Radio: On The Ground In South SudanFebruary 7, 2013
MSF's Andre Heller speaks on the Denver-based public radio program Colorado Matters about his work with tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees in Yida camp, South Sudan. View external media Economist: Syria's Refugees: Drowning in the FloodFebruary 1, 2013
A flood of refugees is leaving Syria and an estimated 2 million Syrians are displaced inside the country. MSF is one of the few aid organizations helping people in rebel-held areas, and not enough aid is reaching them. View external media AP: Gulf Leads UN Appeal for Major Boost in Syrian AidJanuary 30, 2013MSF said the United Nations and other actors need to provide more aid to people in rebel-held areas, who now receive only a small share of international help. Lancet: Humanitarian crisis worsens as fighting escalates in SudanJanuary 25, 2013Armed conflict is continuing in Sudan's South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, and approximately 200,000 refugees have fled to camps in South Sudan since 2011. These refugees face many health problems including malnutrition and respiratory tract infections, according to MSF's Silvia de Weerdt. AP: Medical Aid Group: Thousands Flee Congo FightingJanuary 25, 2013Thousands of people have been displaced and cut off from medical care after clashes between the national army and a local militia in Katanga province, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Residents fear further violence, according to MSF's Anne Marie Loof. Voice of America: MSF Providing Medical Aid in Northern MaliJanuary 25, 2013Rosa Crestani describes MSF's efforts to help Malians affected by recent armed conflict. Thousands have fled in recent days to Mauritania. NPR: In Syria, Addressing Medical NeedsJanuary 23, 2013
MSF's Shinjiro Murata is interviewed on NPR's Talk of the Nation about responding to emergency and chronic medical needs in Syria's war-torn Aleppo province. View external media AP: Aid Groups Warn They Can't Reach Key Mali TownJanuary 18, 2013MSF is calling for medical and humanitarian access to the war-affected town of Konna in central Mali. The Malian military has closed all roads to Konna, according to MSF's Malik Allaouna. Lancet: Sierra Leone's free health-care initiative: work in progressJanuary 18, 2013Betty Raney and Yvonne Nzomukunda describe MSF's efforts to prevent maternal and infant deaths in childbirth in Sierra Leone, where the health system is still recovering from war.
Al Jazeera: Interview with MSF's Dr. Chibuza Okonta in MaliJanuary 16, 2013
MSF is calling on all parties to the conflict in Mali to allow medical access to the population, Dr. Chibuza Okonta said in an interview from Bamako. View external media Free Speech Radio News: France’s aerial attacks on Mali expand as aid groups warn of risks to civiliansJanuary 15, 2013
MSF's Greg Elder speaks about efforts to treat people wounded and displaced in the escalating armed conflict in Mali. View external media New York Times: Dozens of Civilians Are Said to Be Killed by Syrian AirstrikesJanuary 14, 2013
MSF's Shinjiro Murata describes the aftermath of an airstrike in northern Syria that killed 20 people and wounded 99. MSF personnel are treating many of the survivors. View external media AP: France Says Diabaly Falls to Malian InsurgentsJanuary 14, 2013MSF's Rosa Crestani speaks about the need for all parties to the conflict in Mali to avoid harming civilians and medical facilities. MSNBC: 3 years later, Haiti still struggles to recover from quakeJanuary 12, 2013
MSF's Oliver Schulz speaks with Thomas Roberts of MSNBC about cholera and other health challenges facing Haiti three years after the earthquake. View external media Democracy Now!: South Africa Deploys Troops to Central African Republic as Aid Group Declares "Silent Crisis"January 7, 2013MSF's Ellen van der Velden explains that armed conflict is worsening a neglected humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic. AP: Indian Court To Rule On Generic Drug IndustryJanuary 4, 2013India's Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case with major implications for the global supply of generic medications. MSF's Leena Menghaney and Petros Isaakidis warn about the potential consequences for patients. Bloomberg: Tuberculosis tablet approved by FDADecember 31, 2012The Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval for bedaquiline, the first tuberculosis drug to be developed in 40 years. Bedaquiline is "a potential game changer" in treating drug-resistant tuberculosis, according to Dr. Manica Balasegaram, executive director of MSF's Access Campaign. Los Angeles Times: U.S. diplomats evacuate Central African Republic as rebels advanceDecember 28, 2012Local people displaced by conflict in Central African Republic are experiencing diseases related to a lack of shelter and clean water, according to MSF's Sylvain Groulx. New York Times: Rebels Move Toward Capital of Central African RepublicDecember 27, 2012
Civilians are fleeing their homes in Central African Republic as rebels advance toward the capital. MSF's Sylvain Groulx reports that the conflict is exacerbating health and humanitarian conditions that were already alarming. View external media New York Times: Thousands of Children Are at Risk in Central Africa, Aid Agency WarnsDecember 24, 2012A measles epidemic is endangering many children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF is treating patients and administering hundreds of thousands of measles vaccinations. New York Times: Troops Mass in Fought-Over City, Raising Fear of New Violence in CongoDecember 17, 2012
MSF's Thierry Goffeau speaks about rising tensions and recruitment by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. View external media Philadelphia Inquirer: Pushing for vaccines in poor nations, profit or notDecember 14, 2012MSF's Kate Elder explains how the for-profit model of drug and vaccine development fails to meet the needs of millions of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. Nature News Blog: Diseases of poverty remain sorely overlookedDecember 14, 2012
Experts comment on a report by MSF and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) which highlights the relative lack of medical research for diseases affecting millions of people in poverty. View external media Reuters: Thousands trapped, wounded, in Syria's Deir al-Zor regionDecember 12, 2012Fighting has trapped tens of thousands of Syrians in the city of Deir al-Zor and there is urgent need for medical teams to be authorized to evacuate wounded people, according to an MSF team that visited the area in late November. NPR's Health Blog: Nigeria Pressured To Clean Up Lead-Contaminated VillagesDecember 7, 2012
Human rights activists are pressuring the government of Nigeria to fulfill its promise to remediate lead contamination from gold mines in Zamfara District. MSF's Ivan Gayton warns that the delay is preventing treatment to hundreds of children. View external media CNN: UK withholds Rwanda aid over claims it backs Congo rebelsDecember 3, 2012MSF's Grace Tang reports that the number of people in camps for the displaced has roughly doubled since the latest fighting broke out in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF is treating patients for war injuries. New York Times: African Migrants in Morocco Tell of AbuseDecember 3, 2012Doctors Without Borders is treating Sub-Saharan migrants who face abuse in Morocco as they attempt to travel to Europe. Oregon Public Broadcasting: Negotiating Access to Crisis ZonesNovember 26, 2012
MSF's Colette Kerr and Nick Lawson speak about the challenges of reaching people in need in the midst of armed conflicts in a panel discussion on "Think Out Loud," an Oregon Public Broadcasting radio program. View external media Anderson Cooper 360: Volunteer doctors help Sandy victimsNovember 12, 2012
CNN's Anderson Cooper interviews Sophie Delaunay, executive director of MSF-USA, about MSF's response to Superstorm Sandy in New York and New Jersey. View external media AP: Haiti Sees Small Rise in Cholera Cases After SandyNovember 6, 2012
Medical teams from Doctors Without Borders witnessed a small increase in the number of cholera patients in Port-au-Prince following Hurricane Sandy. View external media New York Times: Aid for Refugees in Myanmar Threatened by ViolenceNovember 5, 2012
Ethnic tensions and threats are preventing MSF from providing care to many people in Myanmar's Rakhine state. View external media NPR's Health Blog: Malaria Creeps Back Into GreeceOctober 29, 2012
Doctors Without Borders is responding to the reappearance of malaria in Greece after a 40-year hiatus. View external media Allan Wolper interviews Deane MarchbeinOctober 16, 2012
Deane Marchbein, president of Doctors Without Borders, spoke about responding to crises in South Sudan, Libya and Haiti on the public radio program "Conversations with Allan Wolper." View external media McClatchy: Critics Say Trade Pact Could Hurt Global AIDS FightOctober 12, 2012
Access to medicines is a crucial issue in private talks over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the largest trade deal in U.S. history. View external media NPR: In Nigerian Gold Rush, Lead Poisons Thousands of ChildrenOctober 4, 2012
MSF is responding to one of the worst cases of environmental lead poisoning in recent history. View external media NPR's Health Blog: Reporting On Lead Poisoning In NigeriaOctober 2, 2012
NPR's Jason Beaubien blogs about MSF's work to treat children poisoned by lead from gold mines in northwestern Nigeria. View external media "Africa Today" interview on South Sudan with MSF's Kassia QueenSeptember 19, 2012
Kassia Queen, MSF South Sudan head of mission, spoke about the country's refugee crisis on "Africa Today" on KPFA (Berkeley Pacifica Radio affiliate). The interview starts at the 30:50 mark. View external media NPR: Ebola's other victimsSeptember 19, 2012
NPR reports on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the challenges that health care workers face in responding to it. MSF's Alfonso Verdu and Armand Sprecher are interviewed. View external media BBC: Sudanese Refugees Face "Humanitarian Disaster"August 23, 2012
A live BBC report from the Batil refugee camp in South Sudan, featuring an interview with MSF staff on the ground. View external media BBC: South Sudan A "Humanitarian Catastrophe," Say Aid AgenciesAugust 23, 2012
BBC reports from the refugee camps in South Sudan's Maban County, where more than 100,000 Sudanese men, women, and children are seeking sanctuary after fleeing their homeland. View external media Wall Street Journal: Novartis Fights India For Cancer Pill PatentAugust 21, 2012
Novartis AG goes to India's Supreme Court on Wednesday to seek patent protection for its blockbuster cancer drug Glivec in a case that could deliver far-reaching ramifications for multinational pharmaceutical companies operating in India.... View external media Novartis's critics, including Médecins Sans Frontières [Doctors Without Borders], say that if the company prevails, it could set a legal precedent that allows pharmaceutical giants to patent a range of drugs in India that are now available from generic producers, including HIV medicines. That would demolish a thriving low-cost industry and lead to higher prices, not just in India, they say, but elsewhere in the developing world where India is a major exporter of drugs. CNN Video: Shelling Haunts Syrian FamilyAugust 14, 2012
CNN Middle East correspondent Jomana Karadsheh reports on a Syrian family receiving treatment at an MSF surgical project in Amman, Jordan. View external media LA Times Blog: Death rate soars in drenched South Sudan refugee campsJuly 6, 2012
Soaked by rain yet short on clean water, refugees who have fled from Sudan to South Sudan are dying from diarrhea and other preventable diseases at devastating rates, aid agencies said as they made anguished pleas for more help. View external media New York Times: Refugee Children Dying at Alarming Rate in South Sudan, Aid Groups SayJuly 6, 2012
Nine children are dying every day from preventable illnesses like diarrhea in an overflowing refugee camp in South Sudan, aid officials said Friday, victims of another internal conflict between Sudan’s Arab-dominated central government and its marginalized people in the hinterland. View external media Huffington Post: Obama Administration Blocks Global Health Fund To Fight Disease In Developing NationsMay 25, 2012
The Obama administration has alarmed global health experts by opposing a new international fund that would fight disease in the developing world. View external media MSNBC Photo blog - Thousands seek refuge from violence in MaliMay 3, 2012
The fighting in Mali has left more than 60,000 people internally displaced, and a similar number have fled to Mauritania and neighboring countries. Camp Mbere, spread out over a surface area of some 570 km2 receives an average of 1,000 refugees per day, some days even more. According to the LWF representative, in mid-April the camp population was over 55,000, of which more than half were children. View external media Iowa Public Radio: Doctors Without Borders in South SudanApril 12, 2012
One of the key issues that have yet to be resolved in the Iowa legislature this session is education reform. The House and Senate have passed dueling plans and the Governor says the Senate’s version is “watered down.” Join host Ben Kieffer as he’s joined by Governor Terry Branstad. We’ll ask him about education reform and about the debate over finely textured lean beef – or what critics are calling “pink slime.” Later, Ben talks with Elizabeth Wentzel, who after raising five children decided to chase her life-long dream to travel to a far away land to work and support others less fortunate. The Pilot Mound native is on a nine month assignment in the newly independent nation of South Sudan working as a nurse for Doctors Without Borders. View external media Voice of America: Better Treatment for HIV-Positive Pregnant WomenApril 10, 2012
The World Health Organization recently issued new guidelines to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The recommendations include getting more women on treatment sooner and staying on it for life. The guidelines have the support of the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF. View external media The Oakland Press: Ferndale nurse returns from health mission in Nigeria with Doctors Without Borders programMarch 27, 2012
Kate Pittel always has had a passion for helping others and traveling the world. The Ferndale nurse found the perfect opportunity in the Doctors Without Borders program, where she volunteered for the organization’s fistula program in Nigeria. View external media The Daily Dot: How Doctors Without Borders is mapping the world’s epidemicsep backMarch 12, 2012
Five years ago, Ivan Gayton would spend months at a time in the African bush with no connection to the outside world except for a satellite phone or a high-frequency radio. View external media The Des Moines Register: Basu: Global fertility rights: One step forward, one step backMarch 7, 2012
Elizabeth Wentzel was 52 when the youngest of her five children went off to college. “It’s my time,” the women’s reproductive health nurse, who is divorced, declared. View external media NPR: Medical Care Reportedly Under Attack In SyriaFebruary 11, 2012
As the violence continues in Syria, International aid agencies say that medical facilities have become a target for government forces. In many cases, doctors on the ground are being forced to treat patients in their own homes, and reaching the wounded has become extremely difficult. Host Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Greg Elder from Doctors Without Borders, who's running that agency's efforts in Syria. View external media Washington Post: EU-India FTA Could Boost AIDS CostsFebruary 10, 2012Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Friday to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union that patient groups and health activists say could severely curtail India's production and export of affordable drugs for millions living with HIV in developing countries. CNNi: "Doctors: Syria Withholding Basic Care"February 9, 2012
Doctors Without Borders accuses the government of denying even the most basic care to the wounded in Syria. View external media Voice of America: "Civilians Bear Brunt of Jonglei State Violence in South Sudan"January 26, 2012
In an interview with Jean-Marc Jacobs, the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said it continues to treat wounded civilians in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, where ethnic violence stemming from cattle raids has left about one thousand people dead. Many of the wounded are seeking help some three weeks after an attack on the town of Pibor and villages in Pibor County. View external media Miami Herald: "Immigration Brazil offers visas to Haitians drawn by prospect of jobs"January 25, 2012
The Brazilian government created a special visa program after thousands of Haitians were stranded in remote Amazon towns. It will also issue work visas to Haitians at its embassy in Port-au-Prince. View external media Free Speech Radio News: "South Sudan’s growing refugee problem as thousands flee border violence"December 28, 2011
Six months ago the Republic of South Sudan became the world’s newest nation, officially separating from northern Sudan. But since independence there’s been increasing violence in the resource rich border areas of Abyei, Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan and now the situation is worsening again. View external media Voice of America: "Refugee Crisis in South Sudan"December 28, 2011
The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders is reporting a refugee crisis in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State. It says 60 thousand people have fled fighting just across the border in Sudan. View external media CNN: "Fleeing Sudanese fill refugee camps"December 28, 2011
Last July, the world celebrated the birth of its newest nation as South Sudan officially separated from the north. It was hoped then that after decades of bloodshed, the people of of both nations would finally know peace. View external media International Business Times: "Reddit Donates, Doctors Without Borders ‘Surprised,’ ‘Grateful’"December 5, 2011
Social news website Reddit claims its recent fundraising campaign has generated over $150,000 in donations to Doctors Without Borders. View external media Orlando Sentinel: "Foreign-aid funding vital in global battle against AIDS"December 2, 2011
Christine Leon, an epidemiologist working for Doctors Without Borders, provides insight into the real consequences of a reduced foreign aid budget on hundreds of thousands of HIV-positive patients in Mozambique. View external media Oprah.com: "16 Ways to Make an Incredible Impact With Less Than $15"December 1, 2011
Oprah cites 16 ways to make an incredible impact with less than $15, highlighting the importance of charitable spirit during the holiday season. View external media Voice of America: "Zimbabwe Marks AIDS Day Amid Fears Gains at Risk as Donor Support Ebbs"December 1, 2011
Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in marking World AIDS Day with various activities, though Doctors Without Borders' Zimbabwe chief worries about the issue of scarce funding. View external media REUTERS: "Obama raises U.S. goal on fighting AIDS"December 1, 2011
President Obama challenges other nations to boost their commitments to fund HIV/AIDS treatment at a World AIDS Day event. View external media New York Times: "Obama Says He Will Seek More Money for AIDS Programs"December 1, 2011
On World AIDS Day, President Obama announces that he is seeking additional federal money for efforts to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in the United States and globally.
Baltimore Sun: "A pregnant woman with HIV, and the cost of U.S. foreign aid cuts"November 21, 2011
Jeanie Yoon, a physician with Doctors Without Borders, writes about the positive effects of antiretroviral treatments on AIDS patients in Zambia. She worries that Congress' proposed cuts will threaten Secretary Clinton's vision of an "AIDS-free generation". View external media Bloomberg: "Clinton’s Global AIDS Fight May Be Hurt by U.S. Trade Initiative"November 21, 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton champions a U.S.-led global effort to thwart HIV/AIDS, even as the Obama administration pursues trade policies that critics warn will curtail access to life-saving drugs. View external media New York Times: "New Cases of AIDS Hit Plateau"November 21, 2011
The annual UNAIDS report reveals that the world's AIDS epidemic has hit a plateau, with 2.7 million people becoming newly infected each year for the last five years. View external media Huffington Post: "The Human Cost of Cutting Global Health Funding"November 17, 2011
MSF USA's Matthew Spitzer shares his serious concerns regarding Congress' proposals for extensive cuts to the federal budget for global health programs. Such cuts would obstruct various organizations' efforts to reduce the death toll of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases. View external media PBS NewsHour: "Somali Refugees"November 14, 2011
Somalia citizens are escaping civil war and famine by fleeing to Ethiopia, resulting in a huge refugee crisis. Dr. Benjamin Levy of Doctors Without Borders is among those interviewed on the field. View external media Washington Post: Hillary Clinton calls for ‘AIDS-free generation’November 8, 2011
In a highly promoted speech at the National Institute of Health, Secretary Clinton calls on the world to create the first "AIDS-free generation" by using antiviral drugs, condoms, circumcision, and other approaches to stem the spread of HIV. View external media New York Times: "Clinton Aims for ‘AIDS-Free Generation"November 8, 2011
Secretary Clinton calls on the United States and international community to use new scientific discoveries to create an "AIDS-free generation in the world", yet she is unclear about the funding for this vision. View external media New York Times: "Kala Azar: Four-Year Test Seeks Better Ways to Treat a Persistent Disease Spread by Sand Flies"November 7, 2011
A four-year test of drugs to treat a widespread parasitic disease called kala azar is announced by the governments of India and Bangladesh, Doctors Without Borders, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative and other groups View external media Devex: Top Humanitarian Agencies on Social MediaOctober 28, 2011
Doctors Without Borders launches an app that enables supporters to donate their Facebook or Twitter profiles for its initiative to "help rewrite the story of malnutrition". View external media The Takeaway: A New Vaccine in the Long Battle Against MalariaOctober 19, 2011
Nathan Ford, medical director for Doctors Without Borders, warns that with too much focus on developing a malaria vaccine, the global donor community might forget about the standard preventative measures (such as mosquito netting and spraying) that still need to be funded until a vaccine is 100 percent effective. View external media Devex: The Power of a Tweet: Doctors Without Borders’ Success StoryOctober 12, 2011
Twitter cites a tweet about Doctors Without Borders landing in Haiti as the most powerful tweet of 2010. View external media Christian Science Monitor: Somalia famine revives debate: is it acceptable to patent aid?October 3, 2011
Plumpy'nut, a simple formula of peanuts, sugar, proteins, and vitamins, has changed the model of care for malnutrition by allowing for treatment at home. However, patents on such food products are driving up prices, rendering mass production nearly impossible. View external media New York Times: Sharing Burdens of Living With AIDSSeptember 26, 2011
Lack of access to antiretroviral treatment and an overwhelming shortage of doctors provide challenges to AIDS patients in Mozambique. View external media Huffington Post: Shooting Itself In the Foot - The Broken Promises of the U.S. Trade AgendaSeptember 14, 2011
As United States trade representatives thrash out an international trade deal in Chicago, truly ominous developments are unfolding behind the scenes. View external media Al Jazeera: Migrants In Libya Camp Claim RapeAugust 30, 2011
Aid workers say they are taking seriously alleged sexual assaults of up to two dozen women at camp for migrant workers. View external media The Atlantic: Kiss of Death: A Parasite Threatens Latin American ImmigrantsAugust 29, 2011
Chagas has been a scourge of the developing world for decades—particularly in poor Latin American countries, where a bug known as the kissing bug transmits the disease—but it's increasingly becoming a U.S. health problem. View external media ABC's World News Tonight: MSF DadaabJuly 29, 2011
Watch ABC News Correspondent David Muir as he makes his way to Dadaab refugee camp and visits the MSF intensive care unit where MSF staff are treating severely malnourished children. View external media Guardian.co.uk: Fully Sick Bloggers Tell TB As It IsJuly 4, 2011
From Sarah Boseley's Global Health Blog: Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is on on the rise and hard to cure. Médecins Sans Frontières wants people with the disease to blog about it, to find out what they really need. View external media Aljazeera: Bahrain: From hospital to prisonMay 12, 2011
While medical staff in Bahrain are being unfairly targeted by government forces, the rest of the world remains silent. View external media The Star-Ledger: To Save Lives, Johnson & Johnson Should Jump Into the Patent PoolMay 2, 2011
The patent pool is a better solution: Johnson & Johnson and these other companies should sit down at the negotiating table. By joining up, they can make a huge impact on public health at a price they can easily afford. View external media CNN: MSF Field Coordinator, Carole Coeur, in western Ivory Coast, on CNN InternationalMarch 29, 2011
MSF Field Coordinator, Carole Coeur, in western Ivory Coast, did an interview on CNN International on Sunday, March 27, 2011. She discussed the situation in the western part of the country where intense fighting is taking place and health staff is fleeing. View external media NPR - Weekend Edition: Japanese Relief Donations Not Necessarily WelcomeMarch 20, 2011
The Japanese Red Cross has not asked for financial assistance, though other branches of the Red Cross and other relief agencies are collecting money targeted for the country. But Japan is not Haiti in that it is a rich country with a disaster relief infrastructure in place. Some are arguing that individuals should not donate their money specifically for Japan. Jennifer Tierney, US Director of Development, explains why MSF is not accepting restricted donations for Japan. View external media The Huffington Post: Fistula A Horrifying Condition Affecting Women WorldwideMarch 8, 2011
Today, on International Women's Day, another woman will join the some 2 million others suffering from obstetric fistula. View external media She will labor, perhaps at home and completely alone, for one, two, three days. She will move, she will cry and she will fight, desperately, to deliver her baby. Instead, the soft tissue in her her baby's head will compress her pelvis, causing the tissues to die and leaving a hole, called a fistula, between her vagina and bladder, or rectum -- or both. And so after the prolonged labor, she will be left childless and incontinent, leaking urine and feces and finding it difficult to do anything -- go to the market, attend church. Perhaps, as is often the case, she will smell so bad that her husband kicks her out of the house, forcing her to fend for herself. It is a horrifying story, but Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says, one that must be told. The group is fighting to draw attention to the issue of obstetric fistula, a preventable effect of obstructed labors that impacts women in remote and impoverished areas of the world, particularly sub-saharan Africa and Asia. Mail & Guardian: A Land That's In Need Of A CureMarch 2, 2011
In southern Sudan, most medical facilities were destroyed during more than two decades of civil war. Now, the dire lack of health clinics, the long distances involved in reaching them, often days of walking and the unattainable costs of care are all barriers to people seeking medical help. View external media The Guardian: Boost hospital in Lashkar Gah, AfghanistanFebruary 25, 2011
Photojournalist Kate Holt, on a phone from Helmand province in Afghanistan, gives us an insight into the work done at the hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières. View external media Mail & Guardian: A Land That's In Need Of A CureJanuary 26, 2011
In southern Sudan, most medical facilities were destroyed during more than two decades of civil war. Now, the dire lack of health clinics, the long distances involved in reaching them, often days of walking and the unattainable costs of care are all barriers to people seeking medical help. View external media The Times of India: Don't swallow this pillJanuary 19, 2011
Are the European Union and its multinational pharmaceutical companies now pressuring the Indian prime minister's office? In recent months, as negotiators from India and Europe have been thrashing out the details of a free trade agreement to be signed within months, people living with HIV have been hitting the streets. From New Delhi to Nairobi and Brussels to Bangkok, they have been protesting against the very real threat posed to India's ability to supply life-saving generic medicines to people across the developing world.
View external media CNN.com International: Cholera death toll in Haiti rises to more than 3,000January 4, 2011
In the 10 weeks since an epidemic erupted in Haiti, cholera has killed more than 3,000 people -- partly because the distribution of health supplies remains a logistical nightmare. View external media The Guardian: Haiti - where aid failedDecember 28, 2010
MSF International President asks "Why have at least 2,500 people died of cholera when there are about 12,000 NGOs in the country?" View external media MSNBC: Ann Curry’s Haiti tweet ranked most powerful of 2010December 14, 2010
Twitter announced its list of the Top 10 most powerful tweets of the year on Tuesday, and TODAY show anchor Ann Curry’s 50-character message imploring the Air Force to allow physicians to land in Haiti to administer aid to the injured and dying came in No. 1. View external media ABC News: Severe Stunting: Twelve Years Old Going on FiveDecember 14, 2010
Amidst the lush landscape and breathtaking natural beauty of Guatemala, more than half the population lives below the poverty line and suffers from chronic malnutrition. View external media New York Times: Killings of Afghan Relief Workers Stir Strategy DebateDecember 13, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 100 relief workers in Afghanistan have been killed so far this year, far more than in any previous year, prompting a debate within humanitarian organizations about whether American military strategy is putting them and the Afghans they serve at unnecessary risk. View external media New York Times: Letter - AIDS in South AfricaNovember 29, 2010
The recent report on AIDS in South Africa, where Doctors Without Borders has been providing AIDS treatment for 10 years, lays out stark policy choices its government must make in order to reduce AIDS deaths and avert millions of infections in the next 20 years. View external media PLoS Blog: Emergency Cholera Response in Haiti and BeyondNovember 23, 2010
Guest blog by David M. Olson, MD, Medical Advisor, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), New York, NY, USAThis week I have been called back to Haiti because of the cholera epidemic that first hit in late October and which continues to have a devastating effect. At the time of writingthis post, more than 1,100 people have died and over 18,000 hospitalizations due to cholera have been reported throughout the country. View external media MSF-USA Executive Director Sophie Delaunay discusses the cholera crisis on NPR's "Tell Me More"November 22, 2010
With less than a week to go before presidential elections in Haiti, aid agencies are struggling to contain a growing cholera epidemic on the island. At least 1,250 Haitians have now died of cholera and thousands more are infected with the disease, which is spreading through the capital Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country. Host Allison Keyes speaks with Associated Press reporter Jonathan Katz and the executive director of Doctors without Borders USA, Sophie Delaunay, about the epidemic and its impact on Sunday’s polls.With less than a week to go before presidential elections in Haiti, aid agencies are struggling to contain a growing cholera epidemic on the island. At least 1,250 Haitians have now died of cholera and thousands more are infected with the disease, which is spreading through the capital Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country. Host Allison Keyes speaks with Associated Press reporter Jonathan Katz and the executive director of Doctors without Borders USA, Sophie Delaunay, about the epidemic and its impact on Sunday’s polls. View external media PBS News Hour: Doctors Without Borders Aids in PakistanNovember 10, 2010
Medicins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, is an organization that sends medical professionals into war and disaster zones to provide victims with medical attention. Currently, the group has a major operation underway in Pakistan, where thousands of people have been displaced by devastating floods. View external media Al Jazeera – The Riz Khan Show: Aid Under FireNovember 10, 2010
How can aid workers fulfill their humanitarian mission when they themselves are perceived as legitimate targets? View external media Foreign Policy: Drowning humanitarian aidOctober 27, 2010
Barely hidden beneath the surface of Pakistan's worst flooding in living memory were the geopolitical stakes shaping both the justifications for official Western assistance and how aid was delivered to victims of the disaster. The perverse result may be a further restricting of the ability of humanitarian aid workers to assist the Pakistani population in the most volatile areas of the country. View external media NPR: Deadly Cholera Outbreak Sickens Thousands In HaitiOctober 26, 2010Wall Street Journal: Cholera Toll Tops 250 in HaitiOctober 25, 2010
The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Haiti topped 250 Sunday, and a handful of cases in the country's capital were confirmed, as government officials and aid groups prepared for what they call an inevitable spread of the disease. View external media New York Times: Amid Cholera Outbreak in Haiti, Misery and HopeOctober 25, 2010
ST. MARC, Haiti — Inside the courtyard of St. Nicholas Hospital, beyond the gate with the handwritten sign stating “Diarrhea Emergency Only,” lies a grim but unusually orderly scene at the epicenter of this country’s unexpected cholera epidemic. View external media CNN: Aid groups say lead poisoning has killed 400 children in NigeriaOctober 20, 2010
As many as 400 children have died of lead poisoning-related illnesses in Nigeria since March, two international aid groups say, and as many as 30,000 people could be affected by lead contamination.The deaths occurred predominantly in children under the age of 5 in the state of Zamfara, according to Lauren Cooney, the emergency manager for Medecins Sans Frontieres. The group is also known by its English name, Doctors without Borders. View external media The Human Consequences of an Under-financed Global FundOctober 7, 2010There was a major setback this week in the global fight to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The Global Fund brought in pledges of $11.7 billion over three years to fight these diseases. The fund was hoping to raise $20 billion. Doctors Without Borders says this shortfall will cost lives and severely weaken the ability of countries to reverse the tide of these killer infectious diseases around the world. CNN: CNN's Kaj Larsen looks at the threats that humanitarian groups face in PakistanSeptember 19, 2010Associated Press: Pregnant women in misery following Pakistan floods; delivering in camps, roadsidesSeptember 11, 2010
Muzaffargarh, Pakistan — Sughra Ramzan knew something was wrong when strange pains began ripping through her stomach for the second time. The pregnant mother feared her baby was in trouble — but there was nothing she could do… Like Ramzan, tens of thousands of expectant moms were marooned by floods that have swallowed an area of Pakistan larger than Florida. Some 18 million people have been affected, 70 percent of them women and children, in the country's worst natural disaster. Voice of America: Aid Agency Says Worse-Than-Usual Niger Malnutrition Season Nearing Its PeakSeptember 10, 2010
In Niger more than two million children are entering the peak of what authorities say is a particularly devastating hunger season causing a severe risk of malnutrition-related fatalities. Associated Press (Time.com): Rains spread cholera in West AfricaSeptember 10, 2010
Patients jammed rudimentary clinics and health workers in surgical masks sprayed anti-bacterial solution on muddy paths as the government struggled to contain a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 800 Nigerians in two months. View external media NBC – Nightly News: Pakistan hospitals filled with young flood victimsSeptember 6, 2010New York Times Magazine: The Peanut SolutionSeptember 2, 2010
Like most tales of great invention, the story of Plumpy’nut begins with a eureka moment, in this case involving a French doctor and a jar of Nutella, and proceeds through the stages of rejection, acceptance, evangelization and mass production. The product may not look like much — a little foil packet filled with a soft, sticky substance — but its advocates are prone to use the language of magic and wonders. What is Plumpy’nut? Sound it out, and you get the idea: it’s an edible paste made of peanuts, packed with calories and vitamins, that is specially formulated to renourish starving children. View external media Christian Science Monitor: Pakistan floods: Pakistani Taliban threats don't deter foreign aid workersAugust 27, 2010
Lahore, Pakistan - International aid organizations here appear unfazed by the Pakistani Taliban’s declaration that their presence in the flood-hit country is “unacceptable.” View external media The Huffington Post: For Doctors Without Borders, the Welfare of Patients Always Comes FirstAugust 26, 2010
In his July 28, 2010 blog post Moonbats Against Israel Alan Dershowitz made unfounded allegations about Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the international medical humanitarian organization. His criticisms were based on erroneous reporting in July in the Israeli daily Haaretz, on what allegedly transpired between a group of Israeli doctors and an MSF medical team in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) earlier this summer. View external media New York Times: Anger at Zardari Grows as Pakistan Battles FloodsAugust 6, 2010
The lack of resources to cope with the disaster is worrying aid organizations. The humanitarian agency Médecins San Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, said in a statement that it was assessing health service needs in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan Provinces. View external media PBS - News Hour: In Haiti, Mental Health Still a Concern for Many Quake SurvivorsAugust 6, 2010
In the last of his week-long series of reports from Haiti, Ray Suarez examines the mental health problems survivors are having following January's devastating earthquake. View external media MSF on CNN International: Helping Pakistan's flood victimsAugust 5, 2010
Aid agencies are working to get supplies to flood survivors in Pakistan. View external media One Casualty of Global Economic Crisis: Uncertain Finances for HIV/AIDS ProgramsJuly 20, 2010
The American Medical Association examines the current financing situation for HIV/AIDS programs in the midst of a persistent global economic crisis. View external media PBS Need to Know: Malnutrition, the silent epidemicJuly 19, 2010
Need to Know takes a closer look at how the U.S. food aid system is part of the problem in combating childhood malnutrition. View external media The New Yorker – Photo Booth: In Focus: Starved for AttentionJuly 14, 2010
Every six seconds worldwide, a child dies from malnutrition. Despite this alarming fact, childhood malnutrition remains under-documented and fundamentally misunderstood, reports Doctors Without Borders. To draw attention to the crisis, they called upon experienced photojournalists to visit seven countries, from war zones to impoverished regions to emerging economies, to create the multimedia series “Starved for Attention.” View external media New York Times – Lens Blog: Unsung Allies Battle Starvation in AfricaJuly 9, 2010
The picture of starvation in Africa is one we think we know. “We tend to think of it as a lonely child in the middle of nowhere with a vulture hanging over her,” Marcus Bleasdale said. “It’s not like that at all. There is a very concerned family. Hundreds of doctors go into making these children well again.” View external media USA Today: Face the facts with these summer documentaries – Living in EmergencyJuly 1, 2010
”A fascinating window into the seldom-portrayed and less-than-glamorous side of humanitarian aid work.” View external media USA Today: Face the facts with these summer documentaries – Living in EmergencyJuly 1, 2010
”A fascinating window into the seldom-portrayed and less-than-glamorous side of humanitarian aid work.” View external media PBS - News Hour: The RundownJune 21, 2010
Filmmaker Explores Intense Situations Faced by Doctors Without Borders: Review by Lauren Knapp and Interview with Director Mark Hopkins. View external media NPR - Weekend EditionJune 19, 2010
Host Scott Simon interviews filmmaker, Mark Hopkins, and Doctors Without Borders doctor, Chiara Lepora. View external media Vanity Fair: Don't Confuse Doctors With Angels, Says Chiata Lepora of Living in EmergencyJune 4, 2010
"Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, directed by Mark Hopkins, goes beyond the adrenaline and drama to show what these far-flung doctors encounter daily—blood and pain and panic, certainly, but also their own doubts and wavering faith. What am I doing here? and Who am I actually saving? are some of the soul-searching questions that linger in the air as Hopkins follows four doctors on fraught assignments in Liberia and the Congo in 2005 and 2006." View external media Los Angeles Times: Movie ReviewJune 4, 2010
"Expertly crafted, the documentary captures the rhythms and patterns of [four young physicians'] daily demanding lives and reveals the characters of four intelligent, reflective and wholly engaging individuals." View external media Fast Company: Review - The Bravest Doctors in the WorldJune 3, 2010
"The outstanding new documentary "Living In Emergency" follows four Doctors Without Borders volunteers as they try to heal the ailing--and themselves--in Congo and Liberia. The true power of this film is in how it quietly lays out, through these stories, the magnitude of the tragedy that war, poverty, corruption, and our own negligence of fellow humankind have wrought. It's a Goliath too huge for this good-hearted, heroic Davids to conquer, but still they try. With its rich, complicated tales of good work amid bad situations, the same could be said about this important and powerful film." View external media Variety: Movie ReviewJune 1, 2010
"With rare candor and a refreshing lack of piety, first-timers and combat-weary veterans exhibit their camaraderie, euphoria and burnout as the camera documents their struggles with logistics, horror, death and self-doubt." View external media The New York Times: Sainted Heroic Doctors, Minus the HalosMay 30, 2010
A similar sense of drama permeates “Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders,” a documentary film about the international humanitarian aid group that opens nationally on Friday. But “Living in Emergency” stands apart from standard medical fare by focusing on the organization and its mission rather than on individual predicaments..." View external media PRI: Donors Retreat From The War On AIDSMay 18, 2010
Of the 33 million people living with AIDS worldwide, only 4 million are on treatment. We have an update from Emi McLean, director of the access to essential medicines campaign for the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders. View external media Channel One News: Sierra Leone Feeding CentersMay 14, 2010The Huffington Post: Director, 'Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors without Borders'May 12, 2010
Everyone thinks of making their film as an epic saga. Directors tell me horror stories of actors refusing to leave their trailer, starlets AWOL with 'nervous exhaustion'. I wonder if they think I'm lying when I talk about being stranded in war zones, dragged out of cars by machine gun, or capturing a French doctor's panic when short of supplies, he's forced to drill a dying man's skull with the wrong equipment. [...] View external media Channel One News: Malaria in Sierra LeoneMay 11, 2010The New York Times: At Front Lines, AIDS War Is Falling ApartMay 10, 2010
“The political winds have changed,” said Sharonann Lynch, chief author of the Doctors Without Borders report. “And I don’t believe for a minute it’s just the economic downturn. I think world leaders feel the heat is off and they’re fatigued.” View external media Newsweek: AIDS Programs Hit Setbacks in AfricaApril 28, 2010
One year ago, Obama unveiled a new $63 billion global health initiative. So why are advocacy groups raising the alarm about HIV treatment shortages? View external media The Huffington Post: India: Will Pharma, Trade Agreements Shut Down the Pharmacy of the Developing World?April 20, 2010
Not a week seems to go by without the West -- governments, pharmaceutical giants and the business press -- crying foul over India's handling of intellectual property. As a doctor, speaking from a medical humanitarian perspective, the case for a defense of India is clear: competition between multiple manufacturers allows for lower prices and greater access to lifesaving medicines. View external media PBS Newshour: Droughts Feed Hunger Crisis and Violence in SudanMarch 5, 2010
Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the humanitarian crisis in the African nation of Sudan, where drought and food shortages are contributing to violence, political instability and death. View external media Global Post: Quakes and Disasters: How to HelpMarch 2, 2010
Marie-Noelle Rodrique, the deputy director of operations of MSF, talks about the emergency response to the earthquake in Chile and how the world responds to disasters and longer-term health problems. View external media USA Today: Quality of Care Is a Matter of Luck in HaitiJanuary 22, 2010Comments from Greg Elder, deputy operations manager for MSF in Haiti. Boing Boing: Haiti: How to Set up a Plug-and-play Hospital - Doctors Without BordersJanuary 21, 2010This blog delivers an update of the inflatable hospital that MSF is setting up in Delmas, Haiti. It also features a video of the set up.
CNN International: Doctor: Problems in HaitiJanuary 20, 2010
Christiane Amanpour talks to Doctors Without Borders about the problems they face trying to treat patients in Haiti. View external media The Washington Post: In Leogane, Haiti, Rebuilding Starts with ScavengingJanuary 19, 2010
Pete Buth, of Doctors Without Borders, offers a few words on the progress of the situation. View external media The New York Times: U.N. Likely to Send More SecurityJanuary 18, 2010Article features comments made by Benoit Leduc, MSF aid manager, regarding the crisis in Haiti.
The Wall Street Journal: Trying to Save Lives in Port-Au-PrinceJanuary 18, 2010An Op-Ed piece written by Jeanne Cabeza, MSF medical coordinator in Haiti, and Michelle Chouinard, MSF head of mission in Haiti.
The Wall Street Journal: Health Risks Grow Among Quake RefugeesJanuary 14, 2010Dr. Greg Elder comments on the possibility of infectious diarrhea and the possible spread of other diseases. Additional quote by Kathryn Dedeiu, a water and sanitation engineer with Doctors Without Borders.
MSNBC National: The Rachel Maddow ShowJanuary 13, 2010Rachel Maddow sits down with Sophie Delaunay and discusses the developing situation in Haiti.
PBS Newshour: Medical Aid Unable to Reach Many Earthquake VictimsJanuary 13, 2010Greg Elder, MSF operations manager for Haiti, speaks about the emergency response. View external media Associated Press: Doctors Without Borders: Supplies and Staff ScarceJanuary 13, 2010This is a brief update, featured in the New York Times, regarding the status of the MSF staff and hospitals.
CNN: Inside AfricaDecember 10, 2009No doubt strides have been made in giving more people access to anti-retroviral drugs. But will the progress continue? Jim Clancy put that question to Emi Maclean, Director of the Doctors Without Borders Access Campaign. View external media Forbes: The Next AIDS CrisisDecember 10, 2009Eric Goemaere hopes the patent pool will work out so he doesn't have to watch his patients in Khayelitsha die. In the U.S. HIV patients have a 69-year life expectancy. But his patients in Khayelitsha are running out of options after only 8 years on therapy. "I don't accept the principle of double standards," he says. "If it's possible to get 69 years of life in the U.S., it should be possible to get something comparable in South Africa." View external media Time: Is Obama Scaling Back Bush's AIDS Initiative?December 2, 2009Many global health advocates worry that the success of PEPfAR — an initiative that has consistently enjoyed broad bipartisan support — may be jeopardized by harsh economic realities and shifting political priorities. After five straight years of funding hikes and public-health victories, the slowdown has AIDS advocates scratching their heads: Why would the Obama Administration back off from the one universally popular program inherited from Bush? View external media CS Monitor: Slowly Confronts Widespread Rape of WomenNovember 20, 2009In Guatemala, drug trafficking, gang violence, and a climate of impunity lead to widespread rape of women. At least 10,000 women were victims of sexual violence last year. View external media Santa Monica Daily Press: Panel Tackles Pesky DiseaseOctober 7, 2009Few diseases with symptoms like heart enlargement and failure, antiquated medicine and over 300,000 current reported U.S. cases would receive almost no attention, but such is the case for Chagas disease. Until now, that is. LA Daily News: Chagas Disease a Growing ConcernSeptember 8, 2009"There are 10 to 15 million who have Chagas," said Gemma Ortiz, who heads the Chagas campaign for Doctors Without Borders. This year, the organization vows to "break the silence" of Chagas disease, which kills nearly 14,000 each year. View external media CNN.com: Trauma of Life in One of Brazil's Most Violent SlumsSeptember 4, 2009Dr. Douglas Khaya, a psychologist in MSF's mental health program in Rio de Janeiro, with 2,000 consultations so far, describes life in one of Brazil's most violent favelas. View external media WNYC - Leonard Lopate Show: Humanitarian Crisis in the CongoAugust 21, 2009Violent attacks on Congolese villages by the Lord's Resistance Army have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Underreported examines the humanitarian crisis in the DRC and neighboring countries with Bruno Jochum, director of operations for Doctors without Borders in Geneva, and with Alexandre Morhain a project coordinator working with displaced Congolese in Southern Sudan. View external media The Huffington Post: Lord's Resistance Army Attacks Villages, Kidnaps Children On Sudan-Congo BorderAugust 10, 2009With photography and video by photojournalist Brendan Bannon, MSF brings you the underreported story of hundreds of thousands of Congolese who are fleeing the violent attacks of Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistant Army (LRA). View external media Los Angeles Times: Making a DifferenceAugust 9, 2009MSF doctor Sarah Carpenter has volunteered in Angola, Uganda and Darfur. She is featured in the "Making a Difference" series, which profiles Angelenos who have made careers in charitable work. View external media New York Times: New Effort to Fight TB in South AfricaJuly 28, 2009Busisiwe Beko, a gregarious community health worker for MSF, set out on foot into Khayelitsha, a vast township of 500,000 people in South Africa, to hunt for one particular ailing young woman. View external media Sky Magazine: Making the World a Better PlaceJuly 1, 2009"As a soldier in the Kosovo Conflict, I witnessed humans at their most violent and inhumane; yet I also saw humans at their most compassionate and selfless in the form of [MSF]", says singer-songwriter James Blunt, a long-time supporter of MSF. View external media NPR: Illustrator Fills In Photographer's Tale Of WarJune 29, 2009Emmanuel Guibert, illustrator of The Photographer, and Juliette Fournot, MSF former head of mission in Afghanistan, were featured on NPR's 'All Things Considered' program. View external media New York Times - Book Review: Six Months in SudanJune 21, 2009MSF doctor James Maskalyk recounts his six months in Abyei, Sudan, caring for noncombatants trapped in a civil war, first in a popular blog and now in this moving photography book. View external media MSNBC - The Rachel Maddow Show: The PhotographerJune 12, 2009MSNBC's Rachel Maddow interviews illustrator Emmanuel Guibert and former Head of Mission in Afghanistan for Doctors Without Borders Juliette Fournot. View external media CNN: Diseases of PovertyMay 28, 2009CNN's Vital Signs visits with an MSF team in Bolivia on the trail of this neglected killer disease. View external media NPR - Talk of the Nation: One Doctor's 'Six Months In Sudan'May 26, 2009Dr. James Maskalyk, author of "Six Months in Sudan", recounts his work with MSF in Sudan, treating malnourished patients and fended off a measles epidemic with limited resources. View external media CNN International - Inside Africa: A Growing Refugee CrisisMay 26, 2009Interview with MSF nurse Donna Canali about a recent spike in violence in war-ravaged Somalia that is causing a refugee crisis. View external media WNPR - Where We Live: Responding to Needs in AfricaMay 21, 2009Interview with Jane Boggini, MSF nurse and field coordinator, just returned from Zimbabwe where she worked during a major cholera outbreak. View external media New York Times - Book Review: The PhotographerMay 20, 2009"There is no fighting in this book. No great warriors are exalted. The story is about those who live on the fringes of war and care for its human detritus. By the end of the book the image or picture of a weapon is distasteful. And if you can achieve this, you have gone a long way to imparting the truth about warfare." View external media PRI - The World: The PhotographerMay 19, 2009A new book portrays the journey one photographer took with the group into war-torn Afghanistan. Listen to The World's Clarck Boyd on The Photographer. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Thousands Flee Somalia to Kenya's Squalid CampsMay 19, 2009Joke van Peteghem, head of MSF in Kenya, describes the deplorable conditions in Kenyan refugee camps, where thousands of Somalis have fled to. View external media Democracy Now: Doctor in Sri Lanka Hospital Describes Casualties from Ongoing ConflictMay 1, 2009Paul McMaster, MSF doctor working at Vavuniya Hospital, describes the situation in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, where some 50,000 civilians are believed to be trapped in the conflict zone. View external media NPR - Here and Now: Humanitarian Crisis in Sri LankaApril 30, 2009An interview with Lisabeth List, MSF Medical Coordinator in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, about the 150,000 civilians that have escaped the war zone in northern Sri Lanka where Tamil Tiger rebels are positioned in a standoff against the ethnic Sinhalese government forces. View external media PBS Newshour Online - MSF Audio Slideshow on Meningitis Campaign in NigerApril 17, 2009Interview with Dr. Helmy Mekaoui, Emergency Coordinator, for Niger View external media CNN - In Haiti, Patients Despair of Adequate Health CareApril 13, 2009The stream of patients arriving at the free clinic run by MSF in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is inundated with trauma cases daily. View external media CNN - Helping the MaimedApril 8, 2009CNN reports on a Doctors Without Borders project in Amman, Jordan, that helps wounded Iraqis. View external media Current TV - Vanguard: Beach of DeathMarch 12, 2009Current TV features a documentary about the deadly risks at sea Somali refugees and Ethiopian migrants are forced to take in search of a better life in Yemen, and the Doctors Without Borders medical teams helping those who survive. View external media NPR - All Things Considered: Expelled Aid Worker — Situation in Darfur Is DireMarch 10, 2009The expulsion of foreign aid groups from Sudan's Darfur region amid a meningitis outbreak in some refugee camps could dramatically push up mortality rates, says an MSF aid worker forced to leave the country. View external media WNYC - Leonard Lopate Show: South African Refugee Camp ClosureMarch 5, 2009MSF's Head of Mission in South Africa speaks about the South African government's decision to close a refugee camp, which provides medical care, housing and food to thousands of Zimbabwean refugees. View external media CNN - Inside Africa: Zimbabwe's ChallengesFebruary 25, 2009MSF International President Christophe Fournier speaks about the current health system collapse in Zimbabwe. View external media Gourmet: Into the Mouths of BabesFebruary 18, 2009Doctors Without Borders promotes a campaign to raise global awareness about the scourge that is childhood malnutrition, which affects some 55 million children under five. View external media Blogging Heads: Top Global Humanitarian CrisesFebruary 8, 2009MSF-USA Executive Director Nicolas de Torrente speaks with Mark Leon Goldberg of UN Dispatch about the Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2008. View external media CNN: Civilians Wounded in ConflictFebruary 2, 2009MSF humanitarian worker speaks to CNN about the plight of civilians fleeing a decades-long internal conflict in Sri Lanka. View external media CNN: Medical Treatment Crippled in GazaJanuary 28, 2009Doctors in Gaza struggle to cope with the many injured. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Interview with Franck Joncret in GazaJanuary 20, 2009With a ceasefire now in place and Israel accelerating the withdrawal of its troops, Franck Joncret MSH head of mission for the Palestinian Territories, describes the aftermath of the war in Gaza. View external media WNYC - Leonard Lopate Show: 2008 CrisesJanuary 13, 2009Hear about the worst humanitarian crises of 2008, and whether there’s anything that we as individuals can do to help. Nicolas de Torrente of MSF talks about their recently-released "Top Ten" list of 2008. View external media CNN: MSF Field Coordinator on Gaza Humanitarian SituationJanuary 5, 2009MSF Field Coordinator on Gaza Humanitarian Situation View external media PBS - The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Aid Group Names Top 10 Humanitarian Crises of 2008December 22, 2008For the last 11 years, the international medical assistance group Doctors Without Borders has released its list of the top 10 humanitarian crises. View external media CNN - Inside Africa: Dying to Escape SomaliaDecember 16, 2008A representative for Doctors Without Borders describes conditions refugees face on voyages across the Gulf of Aden. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Free Healthcare but Long Lines in UgandaDecember 10, 2008Hospitals receive help from volunteer organizations like Doctors Without Borders that provide medical staff. View external media Newsweek: 'It's Like War' - Doctors Struggle to Contain a 'Massive Outbreak' of CholeraDecember 9, 2008Doctors Without Borders, the international humanitarian group, has three medical teams stationed throughout the country providing antibiotics and other treatments. View external media CNN: Displaced VoicesNovember 24, 2008In eastern Congo, Doctors Without Borders is giving victims of violence more than just medical treatment. View external media CNN - Anderson Cooper 360: Voices from the War in Eastern CongoNovember 24, 2008Condition: Critical, a multimedia project produced by Doctors Without Borders that shares testimonies of people whose lives are filled with violence, displacement, and hopes for the future. View external media PBS - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer: Facing Hardship, Haiti Further Hurt by HurricanesOctober 27, 2008Following devastating hurricanes, the NewsHour reports on MSF's humanitarian efforts in the hard hit north of the country. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Somali Refugees Take Dangerous Journey to Flee to YemenOctober 22, 2008Over 30,000 refugees fleeing Somalia have tried to cross the gulf of Aden to Yemen, and almost 600 have died or remain missing, according to the United Nations. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Zimbabwe Aid Workers Wrestle to Contain CholeraOctober 10, 2008The situation in Zimbabwe continues to collapse, and international aid workers are struggling to provide even the most basic medical care to tens of thousands of people. View external media CNN - World News Europe: MSF Assists Somali Refugees in YemenSeptember 23, 200829 bodies found on Yemen beach - MSF assists survivors of deadly sea crossing. View external media |
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