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2013

Healing Iraqis: The Challenges of Providing Mental Health Care in Iraq

April 30, 2013

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and its supporters should improve access to mental health care services for a population still reeling from decades of conflict, political instability, and social upheaval.

Syria Two Years On: The Failure of International Aid

March 6, 2013

After two years of extremely violent conflict that the UN estimates has killed more than 70,000, the people of Syria are mired in a humanitarian catastrophe.

Misery Beyond the War Zone: Life for Syrian Refugees and Displaced Populations in Lebanon

February 6, 2013

This report specifically focuses on MSF’s work with Syrian refugees and other displaced populations in Lebanon, where MSF teams are providing urgent assistance and free-of-charge medical care among people now sheltering in Tripoli and in various locations of the Bekaa Valley.

DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope

January 8, 2013

This report focuses on just some of the many factors that hamper the scaling up of DR-TB treatment—the limited availability and high cost of quality assured medicines for resistant strains of the disease, owing to an insecure market and insufficient demand; and the research questions that remain unsolved with existing medicines.

2012

Safe Delivery: Reducing Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone and Burundi

November 26, 2012

Operational research from MSF projects in Burundi and Sierra Leone indicate that it is possible to achieve a rapid and substantial decrease in maternal deaths of up to 74 percent by providing access to emergency obstetric care.

South Sudan's Hidden Crisis

November 26, 2012

Violence against civilians is devastating communities and preventing access to lifesaving health care in Jonglei.

Time Is Running Out: Zamfara State Lead Poisoning Crisis

November 15, 2012

This six-month progress report reviews the steps taken to achieve the Action Plan agreed by delegates at the International Conference on Lead Poisoning. It finds that on nearly all agreed action points, very little has materialized.

Fighting Neglect

October 26, 2012

"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.

Progress Under Threat: Perspectives on the HIV Treatment Gap

September 19, 2012

While gains made in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the past decade are encouraging, countries most affected by the pandemic continue to struggle to place enough people on treatment and implement the best science and strategies to fight the disease.

Fleeing the Violence in Syria: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

September 7, 2012

As the crisis in Syria intensifies daily, with thousands continuing to flee to neighboring countries to search for safety, humanitarian needs inside and outside the country are escalating rapidly. 

Trading Away Health: How the U.S.’s Intellectual Property Demands for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Threaten Access to Medicines

August 20, 2012

Encompassing eleven countries and slated for further expansion across the Asia Pacific region, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a regional trade agreement that will set the standard for 21st-century trade agreements going forward.

The Right Shot: Extending the Reach of Affordable and Adapted Vaccines

The Right Shot: Extending the Reach of Affordable and Adapted Vaccines

May 8, 2012

This publication seeks to remedy some of the existing knowledge gaps by raising awareness on existing price differentials, exploring what factors drive fluctuations in vaccine prices and discussing where development of better-adapted vaccines could reduce barriers to immunization and increase coverage levels of traditional and newer vaccines. 

From the Ground Up: Building a Drug-Resistant TB Program in Uganda

From the Ground Up: Building a Drug-Resistant TB Program in Uganda

April 19, 2012

MSF is convinced that the Ugandan government's focus should be on providing comprehensive, decentralized, and community-based care for TB. 

Special Report: Assisting the Somali Population Affected by the Humanitarian Crisis of 2011

April 6, 2012

This document gives an overview of MSF activities related to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia. The data presented, though provisional, account for MSF’s medical activities and financial income and expenditures in this region, while the narrative illustrates how MSF as a medical aid organization responded to this evolving crisis. 

Urgent Delivery—Maternal Death: The Avoidable Crisis

March 7, 2012

This special report details MSF’s approach to delivering quality emergency obstetric care to prevent maternal death.

Lives in the Balance: The Need for Urgent HIV and TB Treatment in Myanmar

February 22, 2012

"Lives in the Balance" outlines the dire situation for people affected by HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in Myanmar.

Dadaab Briefing Paper: Back to Square One

February 16, 2012

"Dadaab: Back to Square One" takes stock of the current humanitarian situation in the world's largest refugee camp.

Special Report: In Syria, Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution

Special Report: In Syria, Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution

February 8, 2012

These 15 testimonies from injured people and doctors from across Syria were collected by MSF staff between January 30 and February 6, 2012.

2011
Access to Essential Medicines: Ten Stories That Mattered in 2011

Access to Essential Medicines: Ten Stories That Mattered in 2011

December 19, 2011

Through its Access Campaign, MSF has been closely following the developments in the world of access to medicines, vaccines, and diagnostics.

Central African Republic: A State of Silent Crisis

Central African Republic: A State of Silent Crisis

December 12, 2011

The Central African Republic today finds itself in a state of chronic medical emergency, yet the commitment of the country's government and of the international community is going in the wrong direction.

Malawi: "Ten Years That Changed My Life"

December 1, 2011

A decade after MSF started treating people living with HIV in Malawi's Chiradzulu district, it's clear that ARVs and proper care prolong life, prevent new transmissions, and allow people to regain their autonomy.

Urban Survivors: Humanitarian Challenges of a Rising Slum Population

Urban Survivors: Humanitarian Challenges of a Rising Slum Population

October 28, 2011

In 2009, humanity crossed a profound threshold. For the first time, more than half of the world’s population lived in cities rather than in rural areas. 

Untangling the Web of Antiretroviral Price Reductions, 14th Edition

July 18, 2011

This is the 14th edition of Untangling the Web of Antiretroviral Price Reductions (UTW), released at the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference 2011 in Rome.

Papua New Guinea: Hidden and Neglected

Papua New Guinea: Hidden and Neglected

June 16, 2011

Family and sexual violence have long been recognized as serious problems in Papua New Guinea; nearly 20 years ago a government study revealed shocking levels of violence throughout the country.

Getting Ahead of  the Wave: Lessons for the Next Decade of the AIDS Response

Getting Ahead of the Wave: Lessons for the Next Decade of the AIDS Response

May 31, 2011

While several countries hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic are improving HIV treatment protocols to reduce deaths and illness, a lack of support from donors prevents many from implementing vital changes.

Reducing Childhood Mortality in Niger: The Role of Nutritious Foods

Reducing Childhood Mortality in Niger: The Role of Nutritious Foods

May 24, 2011

Making the Switch

April 18, 2011

Severe malaria has traditionally been treated with quinine. Today, the latest scientific evidence clearly shows that many more children’s lives can be saved by switching treatment from quinine to a more effective drug, artesunate.

Health Services Paralyzed: Bahrain’s Military Crackdown on Patients

Health Services Paralyzed: Bahrain’s Military Crackdown on Patients

April 7, 2011
2011 Special 301 Review

2011 Special 301 Review

February 22, 2011

 Submission to the U.S. Trade Representative Regarding the 2011 Special 301 Review Process.

Pakistan: Six Months After the Floods

Pakistan: Six Months After the Floods

February 3, 2011

 A report on MSF's response to the devastating floods swept through Pakistan in late July 2010, six months later.

Haiti One Year After

Haiti One Year After

January 10, 2011

One year after a devastating earthquake, Haitians continue to endure appalling living conditions amid a nationwide cholera outbreak, despite the largest humanitarian aid deployment in the world.

Haiti One Year After: Looking Ahead

Haiti One Year After: Looking Ahead

January 10, 2011

MSF had already been present and active in Haiti for the past 19 years. It was therefore ready to respond when the disaster struck. And it is now prepared to do the work that will remain in the days, months, and years to come.

Haiti One Year After: Financial Accountability

Haiti One Year After: Financial Accountability

January 10, 2011

By the end of 2010, MSF has estimated it will have spent all of the $138 million donated by private supporters for Haiti. 

2010
Access to Essential Medicines: Ten Stories That Mattered in 2010

Access to Essential Medicines: Ten Stories That Mattered in 2010

December 29, 2010

Through its Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, MSF has been closely following the developments in the world of access to medicines, vaccines and diagnostics.

HIV/AIDS Progress Under Siege

November 30, 2010

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.

HIV/AIDS: Simplify to Treat More

November 29, 2010

In late 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new international recommendations concerning the fight against HIV/AIDS. WHO advocates treating more patients by starting antiretroviral therapy at an earlier stage and using higher quality drugs. These measures will result in an increase in the number of infected people eligible for treatment. While beneficial, the new recommendations pose many challenges and come amid an unfavorable global environment.  

Mozambique: A Look Back at 10 Years of HIV Projects

Mozambique: A Look Back at 10 Years of HIV Projects

November 24, 2010

The number of patients on treatment has risen dramatically over the last few years. At the end of August 2010, more than 200,000 patients were on ARV treatment in Mozambique, of whom more than 33,000 were being treated with the assistance of MSF.

Fighting a Dual Epidemic: Treating TB in a High HIV Prevalence Setting in Rural Swaziland

Fighting a Dual Epidemic: Treating TB in a High HIV Prevalence Setting in Rural Swaziland

November 18, 2010

In Swaziland a dual epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV is threatening to wipe out entire generations. The country has the highest HIV prevalence in the world among adults, coupled with one of the highest incidence rates of TB. The great majority of TB patients are co-infected with HIV, and TB is the leading cause of mortality among HIV-positive patients.

China: Joint Review of Guangxi MSF/CDC HIV Project

October 28, 2010

The first confirmed case of HIV infection in China was reported in 1989. Twenty years later, UNAIDS estimates that there are some 740,000 people living with HIV/AIDS across the country, with an estimated 48,000 new infections in 2009. By the early 2000s, Chinese authorities had recognised the widespread nature of the HIV epidemic and reacted by implementing new policies, as well as treatment, prevention and control programmes.

Colombia: Three-Time Victims

Colombia: Three-Time Victims

July 23, 2010

A special MSF report documents armed conflict and mental health in the department of Caquetá,
Colombia.

HIV/AIDS: The Stories Behind the Science

HIV/AIDS: The Stories Behind the Science

July 14, 2010

As the International AIDS Conference (IAC) gets underway in Vienna, MSF is launching a report, “The Ten Consequences of AIDS Treatment Delayed, Deferred, or Denied," a guide to the devastation that can be expected if current trends continue.

Emergency Response After the Haiti Earthquake: Choices, Obstacles, Activities and Finance (page2)

July 9, 2010

Six months after Haiti’s January 12 earthquake, MSF describes the organization’s largest ever emergency response.

Emergency Response After the Haiti Earthquake: Choices, Obstacles, Activities and Finance

Emergency Response After the Haiti Earthquake: Choices, Obstacles, Activities and Finance

July 8, 2010

Six months after Haiti’s January 12 earthquake, MSF describes the organization’s largest ever emergency response.

Greece: Lives on Hold

Greece: Lives on Hold

June 15, 2010

MSF urges the Greek authorities to carefully measure the impact of detention on the well-being of migrants and asylum seekers and to seek alternatives to the detention of new arrivals.

No Time to Quit: HIV/AIDS Treatment Gap Widening in Africa

No Time to Quit: HIV/AIDS Treatment Gap Widening in Africa

May 26, 2010
Giving Developing Countries the Best Shot: An Overview of Vaccine Access and R&D

Giving Developing Countries the Best Shot: An Overview of Vaccine Access and R&D

May 11, 2010

MSF and Oxfam warn that vaccination programs for the developing world are facing an acute funding crisis.

Turkmenistan’s Opaque Health System

Turkmenistan’s Opaque Health System

April 12, 2010

The people of Turkmenistan are being failed by their health care system, by their government, and by the international community. The system that is supposed to ensure their health is instead designed to conceal problems. This is not a case of individual practitioners failing to do their jobs but one that is far more systematic.

Sexual Violence and Migration

March 26, 2010

This briefing paper highlights the problem of sexual violence against Sub-Saharan migrant women, who arrive in Morocco on their way to Europe.

Afghanistan: A Return to Humanitarian Action

March 11, 2010

The space to provide neutral, independent, impartial humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan has been lost, and this is having dire consequences for the population

Briefing Paper: Experience Treating The Most Neglected of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

Briefing Paper: Experience Treating The Most Neglected of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

February 22, 2010

Over one billion people are infected with one or more of the 14  diseases defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as  neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

Bangladesh: Violent Crackdown Fuels Humanitarian Crisis for Unrecognized Rohingya Refugees

Bangladesh: Violent Crackdown Fuels Humanitarian Crisis for Unrecognized Rohingya Refugees

February 18, 2010

Stateless Rohingya people in Bangladesh are currently victims to unprecedented levels of violence and attempts at forced repatriation.

2009
Somalia: An Overview

Somalia: An Overview

December 31, 2009

An overview of MSF activities in Somalia in 2009.

Gaza: One Year After the War

Gaza: One Year After the War

December 30, 2009

New medical and health needs have emerged in the post-war period, leading MSF to revise its activities in order to address them, including post-operative care, physical therapy, mental health care, and plastic surgery.

Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2009

December 21, 2009
Southern Sudan: Facing Up to Reality

Southern Sudan: Facing Up to Reality

December 11, 2009

This year, MSF has witnessed a worrying deterioration in the situation in the semi-autonomous region of Southern Sudan, with severe medical humanitarian implications for the population.

Malnutrition: How Much is Being Spent?

Malnutrition: How Much is Being Spent?

November 10, 2009

Malnutrition is an urgent humanitarian emergency that contributes to the deaths of 3.5 to 5 million children under five each year. Millions more are left vulnerable to illnesses or suffering from physical or mental disabilities due to malnutrition. This in turn contributes to impediments to education and development in affected countries.

HIV/AIDS: Punishing Success?

November 5, 2009

Today, the good news is that four million HIV-positive people are alive on antiretroviral therapy (ART). The bad news is that MSF teams working to treat HIV/AIDS are witnessing worrying signs of waning international support to combat HIV/AIDS.

HIV-TB in Swaziland: A Deadly Co-Infection Epidemic

October 28, 2009

Swaziland in Southern Africa is on the brink of a major health crisis due to the killer twin epidemic of HIV-AIDS and TB.

DRC: Despite Breakthrough Treatment, Sleeping Sickness Flourishes Due to Violence

DRC: Despite Breakthrough Treatment, Sleeping Sickness Flourishes Due to Violence

October 26, 2009

A new treatment has potential to make a difference in the fight against sleeping sickness. The fatal parasitic disease, which has ravaged Africa for decades, is causing thousands of deaths each year and has been spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with refugees and displaced, who are fleeing from conflict and do not have access to proper treatment.

Make It Happen – Help Us Get HIV Drugs In The Pool

September 29, 2009

When drug companies put their patents into a patent pool, they still get their royalties, while other companies use the patents to make cheaper drugs. Everyone wins.

HIV/AIDS Treatment in Developing Countries

HIV/AIDS Treatment in Developing Countries

July 20, 2009

Over three million people living with HIV/AIDS in the developing world receive antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, the medicines and diagnostic tools available are inadequate to respond fully to their needs. In addition, seven million people are in need of treatment and are still waiting for access.

Chagas: It's Time to Break the Silence

Chagas: It's Time to Break the Silence

July 7, 2009

Millions of people are infected with Chagas disease yet they do not know. They can die in silence, without asking for help, without knowing why. It's time to act: diagnose and treat now!

Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Vulnerable People at Europe's Doorstep

Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Vulnerable People at Europe's Doorstep

July 6, 2009

MSF runs emergency medical programs for asylum seekers and migrants on the border shores of a number of countries, calls for minimum standards in their reception, and denounces their systematic detention.

No Refuge, Access Denied: Medical and Humanitarian Needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa

No Refuge, Access Denied: Medical and Humanitarian Needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa

June 2, 2009

Despite the fact that many Zimbabweans risk their lives to flee Zimbabwe, the South African government has historically characterised them as ‘voluntary economic migrants’ and aggressively deported them. Zimbabweans say they had little choice but to leave and thousands continue to cross the border every day, legally and illegally, as a matter of survival.

Briefing Paper: Hidden Behind Barbed Wire

Briefing Paper: Hidden Behind Barbed Wire

May 20, 2009

Over the past four months, the Thai military has used heightened restrictions and coercive tactics to pressure some 4,700 ethnic Lao Hmong refugees, who claim to have fled violence and persecution in Laos, to renounce their claims for protection and accept a forced return to Laos.

Briefing Paper - Dadaab: The Unacceptable Price of Asylum

May 18, 2009

An estimated 270,000 Somali refugees are enduring difficult living conditions at Dagahaley, Ifo, and Hagadera refugee camps located on the outskirts of Dadaab in northern Kenya.

Tuberculosis: New Faces of an Old Disease

Tuberculosis: New Faces of an Old Disease

March 23, 2009

On World TB Day this year, MSF focusses on the urgent need for TB tests to deliver faster and accurate results, for all patients, even in the remotest settings. Patients from Kenya, India and Georgia tell their stories of how TB tests today are failing them.

Tuberculosis: New Faces of an Old Disease (page 2)

March 23, 2009

On World TB Day this year, MSF focusses on the urgent need for TB tests to deliver faster and accurate results, for all patients, even in the remotest settings. Patients from Kenya, India and Georgia tell their stories of how TB tests today are failing them.

Shattered Lives

Shattered Lives

March 5, 2009

Through this report, MSF shares its experience in providing medical care, counseling and other forms of support to thousands of victims of sexual violence in many countries around the world. The report is partly born out of outrage about the inexcusable acts that these people have been subjected to and the damage inflicted upon their lives. It demonstrates why it is imperative to make immediate care available, and truly accessible, for those who have been sexually assaulted. MSF hopes that this report will inform and inspire health officials, aid workers, and others who should be involved in providing such support.

Shattered Lives: Colombia

March 4, 2009

In Colombia, few victims of sexual violence seek medical care immediately after being raped. Fear of stigmatization and safety concerns are some of the reasons that prevent them from doing so. MSF provides comprehensive health care for victims of rape and tries to reduce the barriers they face in accessing services.

Shattered Lives: Liberia

March 4, 2009

MSF is providing care for victims of sexual violence in two hospitals and two clinics in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. A drama group helps raise awareness of rape, social workers provide psychosocial support to patients and medical-legal certificates are issued for everyone. Coordinated lobbying efforts resulted in the adoption of a new medical-legal certificate, which is now being implemented at a national level.

Shattered Lives: South Africa

March 4, 2009

The levels of sexual violence in South Africa are alarming: it is estimated that a woman is raped every 26 seconds. Khayelitsha, a poor township on the outskirts of Cape Town, has one of the highest incidences of rape in the country. In Khayelitsha, survivors of sexual violence receive care at Simelela, a center offering comprehensive services that go far beyond basic medical needs in a unique partnership between MSF and numerous local partners.

Shattered Lives: Eastern DRC

March 4, 2009

In the midst of the conflict in Kivu, MSF strives to provide medical care to victims of sexual violence. Rape is widespread, but access to patients is a challenge. With the help of a network of women working in villages, the word is spreading and more victims are seeking care. Yet, fighting, geographic isolation and the fear of disclosing the rape prevent many women from seeking care in Masisi, a district in North Kivu.

Shattered Lives: Burundi

March 4, 2009
Unacceptable Conditions in Guinea Prisons

Unacceptable Conditions in Guinea Prisons

February 23, 2009

In September 2008, MSF began an emergency intervention in the civilian prison of Guéckédou in southeastern Republic of Guinea.

Beyond Cholera: Zimbabwe's Worsening Crisis

Beyond Cholera: Zimbabwe's Worsening Crisis

February 17, 2009

Zimbabwe's political and economic breakdown has led to abysmal access to public healthcare; a collapsed infrastructure; a crushing HIV epidemic; political violence; food shortages and malnutrition; internal displacement and displacement to neighboring countries. Above, more than three million Zimbabweans have fled to South Africa, including these children taking refuge in a church in Johannesburg.

One Crises May Hide Another: Food Price Crises Masked Deadly Childhood Nutrition

One Crises May Hide Another: Food Price Crises Masked Deadly Childhood Nutrition

January 23, 2009

While the global prices for basic commodities like flour, milk, and corn have fallen back to the levels of end 2006, deaths and crippling lifelong handicaps caused by malnutrition have not decreased in the most affected countries where malnutrition is a recurrent, seasonal phenomenon with only very limited links to global food price developments. The reason lies in the specific needs of very young children for a diverse and nutrient-rich diet.

2008
Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2008

Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2008

December 22, 2008

Massive forced civilian displacements, violence, and unmet medical needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Pakistan, along with neglected medical emergencies in Myanmar and Zimbabwe, are some of the worst humanitarian and medical emergencies in the world, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported today in its annual list of the “Top Ten” humanitarian crises.

Starved for Attention: Wake Up to the Crisis of Malnutrition

Starved for Attention: Wake Up to the Crisis of Malnutrition

December 18, 2008

Without access to a wide range of essential nutrients, 9 children will continue to die every minute of causes related to malnutrition. MSF calls for food aid to change and for a nutrient rich diet to be made available to children to save millions of young lives.

A Preventable Fate: The Failure of ART Scale-Up in Myanmar

A Preventable Fate: The Failure of ART Scale-Up in Myanmar

November 25, 2008

Thousands of people are needlessly dying due to a severe lack of lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatment in Myanmar. Unable to continue shouldering the primary responsibility for responding to one of Asia’s worst HIV crises, MSF insists that the government of Myanmar and international organizations urgently and rapidly scale-up the provision of antiretroviral therapy.

Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition with RUTF in Niger

October 1, 2008

Between 2001 and 2005, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) therapeutic feeding programme in Maradi, Niger
offered treatment for severe acute malnutrition centred on the use of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) and the outpatient management of all uncomplicated cases.

Malaria: From Good Intentions to Effective Action

Malaria: From Good Intentions to Effective Action

September 30, 2008

In a new report launched today, MSF said many more lives can be saved if newer effective strategies to tackle malaria are more widely implemented. The report, titled "Full Prescription; better malaria treatment for more people, MSF’s experience,"describes the organization’s work in Sierra Leone, Chad and Mali, and shows that unnecessary deaths can be avoided with simple, affordable treatment and diagnostic tools available today.

Running in Place: Too Many Patients Still in Urgent Need of HIV/AIDS Treatment

Running in Place: Too Many Patients Still in Urgent Need of HIV/AIDS Treatment

August 3, 2008

HIV/AIDS treatment and management are essential components of many MSF programs worldwide. Currently MSF provides antiretroviral therapy (ART) for over 140,000 patients in 27 countries, with about 10,000 of those patients being children. In conjunction with this year’s International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, this document presents MSF’s current “state of play” in providing quality care to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in resource-limited settings.

NO CHOICE: Somali and Ethiopian Refugees, Asylum  Seekers and Migrants Crossing The Gulf of Aden

NO CHOICE: Somali and Ethiopian Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants Crossing The Gulf of Aden

June 26, 2008

Thousands of people risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden to escape from conflict, violence, drought and poverty. 

Fearing a Forced Return

Fearing a Forced Return

May 22, 2008

Nearly 8,000 ethnic Lao Hmong currently confined to a guarded, barbed-wire enclosed camp controlled by the Thai military in the village of Huai Nam Khao in Petchabun province in northern Thailand face the imminent threat of a forced return to Laos. Many of these refugees have told MSF, the sole nongovernmental organization working in the camp, of a life in Laos spent fleeing violent attacks and persecution, witnessing the murder of family members, suffering rape, surviving bullet and shrapnel wounds, and enduring malnutrition and disease.

Putting Patients' Needs First: New Directions in Medical Innovation

April 29, 2008

Greater Upper Nile, Southern Sudan: Immediate Health Needs Remain amid a Precarious Peace

March 1, 2008

More than three years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in January 2005, medical needs remain critical, and simmering tensions create a precarious security situation. This report focuses on the areas of Greater Upper Nile, including Unity, northern Jonglei and Upper Nile States. Although extrapolations to other areas must be done with caution, the health situation in Greater Upper Nile can be considered representative of many of the war-devastated communities in southern Sudan.

2007

"Top Ten" Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007

December 18, 2007

Cytomegalovirus Retinitis: The Neglected Disease of the AIDS Pandemic

December 1, 2007

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a member of the herpes virus family that was a familiar cause of blindness and death in patients with advanced AIDS in Western countries in the 1980s and 1990s, when it occurred in roughly one-third of patients with AIDS.

Ituri: Civilians Still the First Victims

Ituri: Civilians Still the First Victims

October 24, 2007

In the wake of a violent civil war, the district of Ituri in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has a population of 4.6 million, has and continues to be the scene of immense human suffering.

Food is Not Enough: Without essential nutrients millions of children will die

October 10, 2007

Pediatric AIDS Treatment Information

July 6, 2007
Because developing AIDS drugs for poor children is not profitable, many companies don’t even study the effects of existing or new adult antiretroviral drugs in children. We must make sure that the youngest people living with AIDS are not forgotten.

CHILDREN AND HIV/AIDS

July 1, 2007

Every minute, a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV. AIDS kills over 1,000 children every day, and claims roughly half a million young lives every year.

Help Wanted: Confronting the Health Care Worker Crisis

May 1, 2007
2006

Top Ten Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2006

December 31, 2006

Exploring the time to intervene with a reactive mass vaccination campaign in measles epidemics

November 15, 2006
In a recent study, MSF and its research affiliate, Epicentre, showed how rapid, mass vaccinations can reduce the toll inflicted by measles epidemics in Africa. "The fact that the WHO does not promote vaccination campaigns during an epidemic only hinders an effective emergency response," said epidemiologist Rebecca Grais.

Sleeping Sickness: The need for new treatement and diagnostics

November 15, 2006
Preliminary results from a study conducted by Doctors Without Borders(MSF) show that significantly shorter and simplified treatment of African sleeping sickness could be possible in the near future.

Development of New Drugs for TB Chemotherapy

October 1, 2006

With approximately 9 million people developing active tuberculosis (TB) every year and 1.7 million deaths annually, TB is far from under control. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection dramatically increases the risk of developing active tuberculosis and is driving the TB epidemic in Africa.

Untangling the Web of Price Reductions: A Pricing Guide for the Purchase of ARV's in Developing Countries

August 13, 2006
The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals (ARVs). This report is a pricing guide and does not include detailed information about the quality of the products listed.

Neither Expeditious, nor a Solution

August 1, 2006

Canada was the first G8 country to amend its national laws to implement the World Trade Organization’s August 30th decision, allowing generic versions of patented drugs to be manufactured and exported under compulsory license.

Untangling the Web of Price Reductions:

July 1, 2006

This is the ninth edition of Untangling the web of price reductions: a pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs for developing countries. The report was first published by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in October 2001 in response to the lack of transparent and reliable information about prices of pharmaceutical products on the international market – a factor which significantly hampers access to essential medicines in developing countries.

 

Food, nutrition and mortality situation of IDPs in Dubie, Katanga, March 2006

March 30, 2006

Niger: What to do next?

February 12, 2006

In 2005, MSF teams admitted more than 63,000 children under five suffering from severe acute malnutrition to their therapeutic feeding programs in five regions of Niger. This is a chronic emergency situation for which there is a simple, effective answer that targets acute malnutrition.

2005

Top Ten Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2005

December 31, 2005

Access to Healthcare; Mortality and Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo

November 14, 2005

Nothing New in Ituri: The Violence Continues

August 10, 2005

Untangling the Web of Price Reductions: A Pricing Guide For the Purchase of ARVs in Developing Countries

June 28, 2005

MSF Pediatric AIDS Fact Sheet

June 21, 2005

PAEDIATRIC HIV/AIDS

June 1, 2005

Every minute of every day, a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV. AIDS kills 1,400 children every single day, and claims more than half a million young lives every year.

Running Out of Breath? TB Care in the 21st Century

March 15, 2005
The Crushing Burden of Rape

The Crushing Burden of Rape

March 8, 2005

Since early 2003, the people of Darfur have endured a vicious campaign of violence, which has forced almost 2 million people to flee from their destroyed villages in search of safety. Rape against women, children, and men has sadly been a constant factor in this violence throughout this campaign of terror. More tragically, it continues to this day even long after people have fled from their villages. The stories of rape survivors give a horrific illustration of the daily reality of people in Darfur and especially of women and young girls, the primary victims of this form of violence. It has to stop.

2004

Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2004

December 30, 2004

The Trauma of ongoing War in Chechnya

August 10, 2004

EMERGENCY IN DARFUR, SUDAN: No relief in sight

June 24, 2004

Health Assessment in Emergencies: Murnei and Zelengei, West Darfur, Sudan

June 15, 2004

ACCESS TO MEDICINES AT RISK ACROSS THE GLOBE: What to Watch Out For in Free Trade Agreements with the United States

May 10, 2004

Access to health care in Burundi: Results of Three Epidemiological Surveys

April 15, 2004

"I Have No Joy, No Peace of Mind": Medical, Psychosocial an Socio-Economic Consequences of Sexual Violence in Eastern DRC

April 6, 2004
2003

Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2003

December 31, 2003

Untangling the Web of Price Reductions: pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs for developing countries

December 1, 2003

DOHA Derailed: A Progress Report on TRIPS and Access to Medicines

August 15, 2003

Trading Away Health: Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Agreement

August 1, 2003

On ne négocie pas la santé : La propriété intellectuelle et l'accès aux médicaments

August 1, 2003

Negociando Con La Salud: El Acuerdo Sobre la Propiedad Intelectual y el Acceso a Medicamentos en el Area de Libre Comercio de las Americas (ALCA)

August 1, 2003

"Ca va un peu, maintenant," The collapse of healthcare, malnutrition, violence and displacement in western Ivory Coast.

July 25, 2003

Ituri: Unkept Promises? A Pretense of Protection and Inadequate Assistance

July 25, 2003

Highlights of "Drug Patents Under the Spotlight," a new MSF report released at the WHA 56, Geneva

May 22, 2003

ACT NOW to Get Malaria Treatment That Works to Africa

April 10, 2003
Implementation of new malaria recommendations is a matter of life and death in Africa, where malaria kills between 1 and 2 million people each year.

Left Without a Choice: Chechens Forced to Return to Chechnya

April 1, 2003

Surmounting Challenges: Procurement of Antiretroviral Medicines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

March 5, 2003
2002

Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2002

December 31, 2002

DR Congo: Ten years of violence, conflict and human suffering (Part 1)

December 10, 2002

DR Congo: Ten years of violence, conflict and human suffering (Part 2)

December 10, 2002

Abkhazia: Old and Frail in the Shadow of the Embargo

December 10, 2002
Abkhazia is a Causasian territory on the shores of the Black Sea. Ravaged by war ten years ago, the embargo imposed by Russia and Georgia continues ever since.

Double Standards and Neglect: The Story of Meningitis Vaccines

November 6, 2002

Angola: Sacrifice of a People

October 20, 2002

Angola: After the War, Abandonment

August 10, 2002

Palestinian Chronicles: Trapped by War

July 10, 2002

From Durban to Barcelona: Overcoming the Treatment Deficit

July 10, 2002

Ten Years of Work With Moscow's Homeless

May 23, 2002

Populations Affected by War in the Mano River Region of West Africa: Issues of Protection

May 1, 2002

Violence, Health and Access to Aid in Unity State, Western Upper Nile, Sudan

April 12, 2002

Srebrenica: Questions for the Future

April 4, 2002

10 Years for the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Past, Present and Future

March 10, 2002

Chechnya/Ingushetia: A Deliberate Strategy of Non-Assistance to People in Crisis

February 15, 2002
2001

Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2001

December 31, 2001

Treating HIV/AIDS in Malawi

December 18, 2001

Testimonies from Northern Afghanistan

December 5, 2001

Confronting Catastrophe in the Democratic Republic of Congo

November 20, 2001

A Matter of Life and Death: The Role of Patents in Access to Essential Medicines

November 15, 2001

Fatal Imbalance: The Crisis in Research and Development for Drugs for Neglected Diseases

September 2, 2001

Fatal Imbalance: The Crisis in Research and Development for Drugs for Neglected Diseases (Short Version)

September 2, 2001

Angola: Negligence by Warring Parties Contributes Significantly to Humanitarian Emergencies

June 2, 2001

World TB Day 2001

March 25, 2001

Palestinian Chronicle: Testimony gathered by MSF medical and psychological teams working in the Palestinian Territories

January 25, 2001
2000

Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2000

December 31, 2000

Chechnya: The Politics of Terror

November 22, 2000

Angola - Behind the Facade of 'Normalization'

November 9, 2000

Assessing Trauma in Sierra Leone

January 11, 2000
1999

Chechnya: The Tracking of Civilians

December 15, 1999

Although Russian authorities have announced a cease-fire for a few hours a day in Grozny and the setting up of 'humanitarian corridors' to allow civilians to 'safely' leave zones and cities that are under attack, the latest information gathered by MSF from Chechen refugees in Georgia refutes the reality of these measures.

Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 1999

December 15, 1999

Kosovo: Accounts of Deportation

December 10, 1999

The coherence and similarities of the witness accounts reveal the deportations from Kosovo as part of a systematic policy in which the modus operandi, participants, and objectives can only have been pre-planned. The crimes committed qualify as war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Kosovo: Accounts of Deportation, page 2

December 10, 1999

The coherence and similarities of the witness accounts reveal the deportations from Kosovo as part of a systematic policy in which the modus operandi, participants, and objectives can only have been pre-planned. The crimes committed qualify as war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Congo-Brazzaville: Chronicle of a Forgotten War

October 1, 1999

For the past 11 months, fighting between the government army or militias and rebel militias have resumed in Brazzaville, the capital of the Congo Republic. This fighting has generated massive and blind atrocities against civilian populations. The resulting widespread violence perpetrated by the parties at war affects the entire civilian population. Arbitrary executions, mutilations, rapes, and disappearances illustrate the arbitrary character of the violence perpetrated against the civilians.

Angola: An Alarming Nutritional Situation

August 1, 1999

Angola’s civil war has ravaged the country and devastated its population for more than thirty years. After a brief interlude, the breakdown of the 1994 Lusaka Protocol reignited the war in December 1998. Civilians are once again experiencing a new bout of insecurity and suffering. What could be one of the richest countries on the African continent has become one of its most desolate and depressed.

Rapid Needs Assessment Among Kosovar Refugees Hosted by Albanian Families and Assessment of Human Rights Violations Committed in Kosovo

April 29, 1999

Assessment conducted by Epicentre at the request of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with the Institut Français de Veille Sanitaire

1998

Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 1998

December 31, 1998

Testimonies from MSF Volunteers About the Hurricane Mitch Relief Effort

November 11, 1998

Southern Sudan: Testimonies of a Human Tragedy (Part 2)

August 1, 1998

North Korea: Testimonies of Famine

August 1, 1998

Southern Sudan: Testimonies of a Human Tragedy (Part 1)

June 1, 1998
1997

Sleeping Sickness

August 1, 1997

Living in a Minefield: The Landmine Problem in Afghanistan

May 1, 1997
1996

Civilians Targeted - Humanitarian Law Flouted in Chechnya

April 19, 1996
1995

Deadlock in the Rwandan Refugee Crisis: Repatriation Virtually at a Standstill

July 20, 1995
1994

Breaking the Cycle: Calls for Action in the Rwandese Refugee Camps in Tanzania and Zaire

November 10, 1994
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