MSF Frontline Reports
At least 10 percent of the population in Bolivia is carrying the parasite for Chagas disease. Few people, including medical staff, are aware of its prevalence, but MSF is running a groundbreaking...
View ArticleFighting kala azar in southern Sudan
Kala azar—or visceral leishmaniasis—is a treatable but largely neglected disease. Southern Sudan is currently facing a massive kala azar epidemic. This is a region where three-quarters of the...
View ArticleThe Threat of Antibiotics-Resistant Bacteria
The World Health Organization published a report on resistance to antibiotics at the end of April. The first of its kind, it sounded the alarm on this insufficiently documented issue where infected...
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Tackling Sleeping Sickness in the Central African Republic
In November 2011, MSF staff in the Central African Republic held a sleeping sickness screening near Maitikoulou, in the northwest region of the country. Sleeping sickness, or human African...
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The Race To Control Ebola in Sierra Leone
The Ebola outbreak currently sweeping through West Africa is reaching an unprecedented scale in terms of its geographical spread, the number of cases, and the number of victims. According to the World...
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Cholera Claiming Lives in Upper Nile State, South Sudan
Communities and displaced populations living in congested camps with poor hygiene and sanitation are at high risk of contracting cholera in South Sudan. Since the beginning of July this year, Doctors...
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Give Children the Best Shot: Improving Global Access to Vaccines
Join experts from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for an online discussion about the challenges of vaccinating children in developing countries and humanitarian emergencies,...
View ArticleWhat is Cholera?
Cholera often breaks out when there is overcrowding and inadequate access to clean water, trash collection, and proper toilets. It causes profuse diarrhea and vomiting which can lead to death by...
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Huffington Post: The G-20 Declaration Makes a Major Mention of the World’s...
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...
View ArticleFighting kala azar in southern Sudan
Kala azar—or visceral leishmaniasis—is a treatable but largely neglected disease. Southern Sudan is currently facing a massive kala azar epidemic. This is a region where three-quarters of the...
View ArticleThe Threat of Antibiotics-Resistant Bacteria
The World Health Organization published a report on resistance to antibiotics at the end of April. The first of its kind, it sounded the alarm on this insufficiently documented issue where infected...
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Tackling Sleeping Sickness in the Central African Republic
In November 2011, MSF staff in the Central African Republic held a sleeping sickness screening near Maitikoulou, in the northwest region of the country. Sleeping sickness, or human African...
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The Race To Control Ebola in Sierra Leone
The Ebola outbreak currently sweeping through West Africa is reaching an unprecedented scale in terms of its geographical spread, the number of cases, and the number of victims. According to the World...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cholera Claiming Lives in Upper Nile State, South Sudan
Communities and displaced populations living in congested camps with poor hygiene and sanitation are at high risk of contracting cholera in South Sudan. Since the beginning of July this year, Doctors...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Give Children the Best Shot: Improving Global Access to Vaccines
Join experts from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for an online discussion about the challenges of vaccinating children in developing countries and humanitarian emergencies,...
View ArticleWhat is Cholera?
Cholera often breaks out when there is overcrowding and inadequate access to clean water, trash collection, and proper toilets. It causes profuse diarrhea and vomiting which can lead to death by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Huffington Post: The G-20 Declaration Makes a Major Mention of the World’s...
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...
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