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A female staff member is interviewed by a television crew from the Afghanistan national TV station, Shamshad, outside MSF's maternity hospital in Khost, Afghanistan, 2013.

Browse the latest stories and reports on MSF from various media outlets.

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The New York Times: Will the Next Superbug Come From Yemen?

April 17, 2018

MSF's Nagwan Mansoor and Ana Leticia Nery discuss how warfare in Yemen has created the conditions for antibiotic-resistant diseases to spread. View External Media.
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DEVEX: In the Year of TB, Advocates Want More Than a Political Commitment

March 01, 2018

HIV and tuberculosis (TB) policy adviser for Médecins Sans Frontièrs/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Sharonnan Lynch, discusses the new guidelines issued by the World Health Organization for preventing and treating TB. View External Media.
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PBS Newshour: Cholera, Hunger, and War are Ravaging Yemen. What Role Does the U.S. Play?

November 14, 2017

Justin Armstrong, the Yemen country director for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), discusses the cholera outbreak and the effects of the blockade by the Saudi-led coalition. View External Media.

Read More: Yemen: Saudi-Led Coalition Must Allow Access for Humanitarian Organizations
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WNYC: Yemen's Public Health Struggles Mount as Civil War Continues

October 06, 2017

Dr. Tankred Stoebe has just spent one month in Yemen. On NPR's The Takeaway, he discusses the issues still affecting the country. Even with 1,800 aid workers in the country, Doctors Without Borders/Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) continues to face many logistical difficulties. View external media.
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NPR: Nurse Wins Prize for Research on Benefits of Faster Tuberculosis Testing

August 15, 2017

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) nurse and researcher, Chenai Mathabire, received the International Aids Society 2017 TB/HIV Research Prize for research on a rapid tuberculosis (TB) test. View External Media.
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NPR: There's Great News—and Grim News—in The Fight Against HIV/AIDS

August 01, 2017

Following the International AIDS conference, UNAIDS released a report that indicates more than half of the 36.7 million people with HIV have access to treatment for the first time. Despite this encouraging statistic, both HIV and AIDS death rates are increasing in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. NPR spoke with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) HIV and TB policy adviser, Sharonann Lynch, about the most recent HIV/AIDS trends. 
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Huffington Post: The G-20 Declaration Makes a Major Mention of the World’s Top Infectious Killer

July 11, 2017

This year's G20 declaration lays out the importance of promoting research and development to combat tuberculosis' (TB) "threat to public health and economic growth." Prior to the summit, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urged G20 leaders to take action on drug-resistant infections, including TB. View External Media.
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PRI's The World: Thousands in Yemen get Sick in an Entirely Preventable Cholera Outbreak

May 17, 2017

A growing cholera outbreak in Yemen is threatening to spread further in the war-torn country, and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reported a drastic increase in the number of patients teams have treated in recent weeks. Ghassan Abu Chaar, MSF head of missions describes the situation on the ground. View external media. 
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Voice of America: Drug-Resistant TB is Global Threat

March 19, 2014

The medical aid group—Doctors without Borders—warns that drug-resistant tuberculosis has become a global threat. It says despite the growing number of cases, there are no effective treatments. View external media.
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NPR: Curing Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis In Kids Takes Creativity

July 08, 2013

NPR's Jason Beaubien visits an MSF project in Tajikistan and examines the challenges of treating kids with drug-resistant TB.

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