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    Landmark Clinical Trial Redefines Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Options
    India
    Landmark Clinical Trial Redefines Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Options
    endTB Clinical Trial Offers Multiple New Shortened Drug Regimens to Treat Adults and Children with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Haiti: Medical care severely affected by clashes in Cite Soleil
    Haiti
    Haiti: Medical care severely affected by clashes in Cite Soleil
    The neighborhoods of Cité Soleil, a commune in the Haitian capital, are once again caught up in a resurgence of violence between rival armed groups. D...
    War and conflict
    Doctors Without Borders calls again on J&J to withdraw or abandon extended patents on lifesaving TB drug, main patent expires in India today
    India
    Doctors Without Borders calls again on J&J to withdraw or abandon extended patents on lifesaving TB drug, main patent expires in India today
    Recent deal offering controlled generics access in limited countries does not go far enough.
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Access to medicines
    Haiti: Doctors Without Borders calls for an urgent intensification of efforts to fight against the cholera outbreak
    Haiti
    Haiti: Doctors Without Borders calls for an urgent intensification of efforts to fight against the cholera outbreak
    The number of cholera cases is rising at an alarming rate in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, and in several departments (administrative areas) ...
    Cholera
    Haiti: Doctors Without Borders responds to a resurgence of cholera cases in collaboration with the authorities
    Haiti
    Haiti: Doctors Without Borders responds to a resurgence of cholera cases in collaboration with the authorities
    Port-au-Prince- Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) joined the Haitian health authorities in the emergency response to treat pati...
    Cholera
    Haiti: A wave of violence in Port-au-Prince
    Haiti
    Haiti: A wave of violence in Port-au-Prince
    In the capital of Haiti, 96 people with gunshot wounds received by Doctors Without Borders in recent weeks.
    violen
    South Africa: Thousands experiencing difficult access to water after KwaZulu-Natal’s devastating flash floods
    South Africa
    South Africa: Thousands experiencing difficult access to water after KwaZulu-Natal’s devastating flash floods
    Following the catastrophic flash flooding in the eThekwini region in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province, Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Fro...
    Natural disasters
    Haiti: Earthquake survivors need continued care in the south
    Haiti
    Haiti: Earthquake survivors need continued care in the south
    September 8, 2021—The greatest number of deaths and injuries from Haiti’s August 14 earthquake occurred in the country’s southernmost region, the Sud ...
    Natural disasters
    Haiti: After the earthquake, a multitude of challenges for patients
    Haiti
    Haiti: After the earthquake, a multitude of challenges for patients
    More than a week after an earthquake destroyed his home and fractured the bones of his leg, Widnika, age 2 years and 7 months, sleeps in a bed at the ...
    Natural disasters
    Surgery and trauma care