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    Nigeria: Doctors Without Borders Urges Immediate Response to the Worsening Diphtheria Outbreak
    Nigeria
    Nigeria: Doctors Without Borders Urges Immediate Response to the Worsening Diphtheria Outbreak
    [Abuja, September 18] – A serious diphtheria outbreak is tearing through Nigeria, where thousands of people have been infected and hundreds more have ...
    Infectious diseases
    Somalia: Five facts on drought, malnutrition and disease Outbreaks In Baidoa
    Somalia
    Somalia: Five facts on drought, malnutrition and disease Outbreaks In Baidoa
    As Somalia approaches the fifth consecutive rainy season that is forecasted to fail, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)medical t...
    Malnutrition
    Infectious diseases
    War and conflict
    World TB Day 2023: Catching up with tuberculosis in the Philippines
    Philippines
    World TB Day 2023: Catching up with tuberculosis in the Philippines
    Working closely with the Manila Health Department, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international humanitarian organizatio...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases
    The Philippines: Facing the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis in the slums of Manila
    Philippines
    The Philippines: Facing the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis in the slums of Manila
    While COVID-19 raised awareness of the risks of airborne disease in the general population, vulnerable populations - such as the urban poor - were exp...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases
    Measles in DRC: the never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious disease?
    DR Congo
    Measles in DRC: the never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious disease?
    Every two to three years, measles outbreaks affect tens or even hundreds of thousands of children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Last year was...
    Measles
    Infectious diseases
    Belarus: Three hundred patients start innovative TB treatment programme
    Belarus
    Belarus: Three hundred patients start innovative TB treatment programme
    “On the tenth day of my treatment, I could tell that something was wrong with my ears,” says Maria. “The drugs were affecting my auditory nerve. Havin...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Access to medicines
    Infectious diseases
    Fighting tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea
    Papua New Guinea
    Fighting tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea
    In Papua New Guinea, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF)is working with patients to strengthen prevention, diagnosis and treatment...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases
    Lassa fever: not only a neglected disease, but neglected patients too
    Nigeria
    Lassa fever: not only a neglected disease, but neglected patients too
    Nigeria is one of the several West African countries where lassa fever is endemic, yet very little is known about it. Even though lassa fever is a lar...
    Infectious diseases
    TB-PRACTECAL: Doctors Without Borders clinical trial finds short, effective and safe drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
    TB-PRACTECAL: Doctors Without Borders clinical trial finds short, effective and safe drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
    New results show a much shorter treatment regimen for drug-resistant TB is superior to current care
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases