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2012

Op-Ed: How to Start a Child Survival Epidemic

In this article, originally published on the Huffington Post, MSF pediatrician Susan Shepherd discusses the reduction of childhood mortality in Niger and strategies to reduce it worldwide.


October 15, 2012

Africa: Great Gains Against Killer Diseases At Risk

Dr. Unni Karunakara, international president of MSF, discusses the significant but precarious gains made in reducing medicine costs and providing treatment for AIDS, TB, and malaria. 

Chagas: Making Noise About the Silent Disease

Despite recent advances, there's still a need to make noise about "the silent disease."

Op-Ed: In Myanmar, Loss of Funding for HIV and TB Puts Lives at Risk

While international attention focuses on Myanmar, a health crisis in the country looms large. An estimated 85,000 people infected with HIV in Myanmar are not receiving lifesaving treatment. 

British Medical Journal Op-Ed: A Doctor's Protest

In this op-ed from the British Medical Journal, Greg Elder, deputy director of MSF-France, discusses the current crisis in Syria.

What Uniting to Combat Tropical Diseases Will Really Require

In this op-ed Dr. Unni Karunakara, international president of MSF, calls for increased commitment to the elimination of neglected diseases.


January 31, 2012
2011

Stop Deaths, Not Funding

Dr. Unni Karunakara, international president of MSF, calls on the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to organize an emergency donor conference to renew commitment in the wake of the cancellation of the new round of funding applications.


December 19, 2011

The Anniversary Of The Convention on Refugees: A Sweet Sixty?

2011 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, yet the world's 15.1 million refugees have little reason to celebrate. Christopher Stokes, general director of MSF Belgium, discusses the past, present, and future of the Convention.


December 8, 2011

HIV/AIDS: What To Tell The Patients Whose Treatment Isn't Funded?

The cancelation of Round 11 of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria undermines the significant progress that has been made in the uphill battles against these deadly diseases.

A pregnant woman with HIV, and the cost of U.S. foreign aid cuts

A Doctors Without Borders physician describes the good American anti-AIDS programs are doing, and the risks posed by 'supercommittee' cuts.

The Human Cost of Cutting Global Health Funding

A Doctors Without Borders physician describes the good American anti-AIDS programs are doing, and the risks posed by 'supercommittee' cuts.

Hiding Behind Health

Using medical aid as a camouflage for military advantage threatens the lives of patients in the most precarious and embattled places worldwide. 

Empty Calories and Promises

The U.S. government must supply malnourished children overseas with the same quality of nutritious foods as it currently provides for low-income American families, says Dr. Susan Shepherd.

Bahrain: From Hospital to Prison

Doctors and nurses in Bahrain must be allowed to provide healthcare in line with medical ethics, without the fear of reprisal, says MSF General Director Christopher Stokes. 


May 12, 2011

Dangerous Aid in Afghanistan

As the war spreads and intensifies in Afghanistan and the humanitarian needs increase, it has become ever more dangerous for the Afghan people to receive assistance provided by military bodies or groups affiliated with them.


January 14, 2011
2010

Guardian (UK): Haiti: Where Aid Failed

The inadequate cholera response in Haiti – coming on the heels of the slow and highly politicised flood relief effort in Pakistan – makes for a damning indictment of an international aid system.

The Bellingham Herald: Obama Administration Needs to Tackle Neglected Diseases

By Dr. Unni Karunakara, incoming president of MSF's International Council, and Dr. Bernard Pecoul, executive director of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative

Le Monde Editorial: What Priorities in Haiti?

By Dr. Rony Brauman, is the former President of MSF in France and is currently a Research Director at CRASH, MSF's center for reflection on humnaitarian action.

Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: Trying to Save Lives in Port-Au-Prince

By Jeanne Cabeza,  MSF medical coordinator in Haiti, and Michelle Chouinard, MSF head of mission in Haiti


January 19, 2010
2009

Darfur: Punishment or Aid?

By Dr. Christophe Fournier
International Council President
Doctors Without Borders


March 27, 2009
2008

SAM inadequately addressed in the Lancet Undernutrition Series

by Susan Shepherd, MD
Nutrition Advisor
Access Campaign for Essential Medicines

Verdict

by Rony BRAUMAN
Former president of MSF-France
Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris

To Prevent Malnutrition, for the Children’s Sake

By Nicolas de Torrente
Executive Director
Doctors Without Borders U.S.A.


April 14, 2008

Fighting Tuberculosis

By Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer
Executive director
Access to Essential Medicines Campaign
Doctors Without Borders

February 28, 2008

Instant Nutrition

By Susan Shepherd
The New York Times


January 30, 2008
2007

Don't abuse patents: scientists

The public sector has a key role in drug R&D. Patenting minor changes to extend monopoly prices spells misuse
By Dr. Brian Druker


August 15, 2007

Medicines for the World's Poor

By Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer
Executive director
Access to Essential Medicines Campaign
Doctors Without Borders


May 23, 2007

Thailand Policy is Legal

Dr. Buddhima Lokuge
U.S. manager, Access to Essential Medicines Campaign


May 16, 2007

Patent Lies: Letter to the Editor of the New York Sun

By David Wilson
Medical Coordinator, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontieres


April 12, 2007

On Novartis and Patents

By Dr. Richard Rockefeller
Chairman, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Board of Advisors


March 9, 2007

In Support of Competition-Based Access to Medicines

By Dr. Jean-Hervé Bradol
President, Médecins Sans Frontières


February 28, 2007
2006

Patients' Needs Are What Must Drive Drug Research

By Rowan Gillies and Ellen 'T hoen


May 24, 2006

Humanitarian NGOs Must Not Ally With Military

By Nicolas De Torrenté, Executive Director of MSF-USA


May 1, 2006

Crisis in Niger – Outpatient Care for Severe Acute Malnutrition

By Milton Tectonidis, M.D.


January 19, 2006
2005

An Old Disease Needs New Cures

By Martha Bedelu


March 26, 2005
2004

Caught in Colombia's Crossfire

By Brigg Reilley, M.P.H., and Silvia Morote, M.D.


December 16, 2004

In War on AIDS, Generics Give Poor a Fighting Chance

Dr. Rowan Gillies
President, Medecins Sans Frontieres International Council
Bernard Hirschel
Head, HIV/AIDS Division
Geneva University Hospital


December 14, 2004

Doctors Without Regrets

By Eric Goemaere, Special to The Times


November 20, 2004

Trauma of Chechnya's Ongoing War on Internally Displaced People

by Kaz de Jong, Saskia van der Kam, Nathan Ford, Sally Hargreaves, R van Oosten, Debbie Cunningham, Gerry Boots


September 1, 2004

Humanitarianism Sacrificed: Integration's False Promise

By Nicolas de Torrente, Executive Director MSF-USA


September 1, 2004

The Real Reasons MSF Left Afghanistan

Dr. Rowan Gillies
President, MSF International Council
Geneva


August 19, 2004

Humanitarian Action Under Attack: Reflections on the Iraq War

By Nicolas De Torrenté, Executive Director of MSF-USA


May 1, 2004

Humanitarian Action Under Attack: Reflections on the Iraq War (page 2)

By Nicolas De Torrenté, Executive Director of MSF-USA


May 1, 2004
2002

The War on Terror's Challenges to Humanitarian Action

By Nicolas De Torrenté, Executive Director of MSF-USA


September 1, 2002

Drug Development For Neglected Diseases: A Deficient Market And A Public-Health Policy Failure

by Patrice Trouiller, Piero Olliaro, Els Torreele, James Orbinski, Richard Laing, and Nathan Ford


June 22, 2002

Psychological Trauma of the Civil War in Sri Lanka

by Kaz de Jong, Maureen Mulhern, Nathan Ford, Isabel Simpson, Alison Swan, and Saskia van der Kam


April 27, 2002

International Doctors Battle Drying Sea in Uzbek Epidemic

by Elena Dubrovskaya, a freelance journalist specializing in Central Asian affairs


April 25, 2002

Identify Yourselves

by Michelle Kelly and Morten Rostrup


February 1, 2002
1999

On Humanitarian Responsibility

by Joelle Tanguy and Fiona Terry


December 12, 1999
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