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Global health

Gallery: Financing for Development Conference

14 cartoons depicting a range of issues of the current dominating approach in development debate. Photo Story - 10 Jul 2015
 
increased national health expenditure and health lost in the mix (02)
Ethiopia

People’s needs, not country income, should guide development funding for health

Policies underlying international development aid by traditional donors, including the funding for health, are predominantly driven by the classification of countries according to their gross national income (GNI) per capita. Project Update - 10 Jul 2015
 
Dramatic increase in number of war-wounded arriving to Ramtha hospital
Jordan

Dramatic increase in Syrian patients wounded by barrel bombs at surgical project in northern Jordan

“More than 70% of wounded we receive suffer from blast injuries, and their multiple wounds tell their stories,” said Renate Sinke, Project Coordinator of MSF Ramtha Emergency Surgical Programme. Press Release - 9 Jul 2015
 
Cholera vaccination at Nyaragusu refugee camp in Tanzania
Tanzania

Services in Nyarugusu refugee camp ‘stretched beyond their limits’

"Now, as organisations are stretched beyond their limits as they try to cope with the increase of people arriving on a daily basis, this vulnerable population is more at risk. Reduced access to water, sanitation, shelter and healthcare puts them at a high risk of communicable and preventable diseases. Action needs to happen now, before the situation deteriorates even further.” Voices from the Field - 8 Jul 2015
 
New Treatment for XDR-TB Patients in Grozny
Tuberculosis

“I’ve been sick for more than 15 years - my goal is to be cured.”

"When I was put on this new drug regimen I gained hope that I could be cured. I became cheerful and I want to live. I know this treatment will help me and if I stop it, nothing will help me. I’ve been sick for 15 years, I have no personal life. My goal is to get cured!" Voices from the Field - 8 Jul 2015
 
TB in Grozny, Chechnya - December 2011
Tuberculosis

New TB drug regimen helps patients with extensive resistance to treatment

MSF says a new combination of drugs created to treat extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) is having a significant impact on a group of patients who are in the midst of a two-year treatment to cure their disease. Press Release - 8 Jul 2015
 
Gaza one year war anniversary
Palestine

Testimonies from MSF patients in Gaza

Testimonies from MSF patients from Gaza - between 30 March and 22 April 2015. Voices from the Field - 8 Jul 2015
 
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Colombia

Humanitarian needs increase following the latest violent upsurge

"The humanitarian needs in the area continue to increase, and a mobile emergency response team is already on the ground to strengthen our regular teams in the area", explains Pierre Garrigou, general coordinator of MSF in Colombia. Press Release - 8 Jul 2015
 
Beit Hanoun, Shuja’iya
Palestine

Gaza, one year after, Palestinians still suffocated by Israeli occupation

“Eight-year-old children in Gaza have known nothing but the blockade and war since they were born,” says Erwan Grillon, MSF’s head of mission for Gaza and the West Bank. “And they’ve already lived through four offensives, two of which were absolutely devastating and indiscriminately killed a shocking number of civilians. The majority of our patients who still require war-related surgeries and physiotherapy are children under 18.” Press Release - 8 Jul 2015
 
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Haemorrhagic fevers

MSF response to WHO Ebola Interim Assessment Panel report

“MSF has repeatedly raised the alarm on the WHO and global response to Ebola and was also interviewed by the panel. On paper, there are a lot of strong points in the report that reflect many issues MSF is concerned about, but the question how will this translate into real action on the ground in future outbreaks and epidemics and what will Member States do to make sure this really happens?" Statement - 7 Jul 2015
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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