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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)
    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
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders partners with local NGO to launch mobile vaccination programme for homebound elderly
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders partners with local NGO to launch mobile vaccination programme for homebound elderly
    Mrs Chan Au Kwai Fan, in her 80s, has spent most of her years in Wong Tai Sin. She moved to the district after marrying her husband, Chan Choi Yip, an...
    COVID-19 vaccines
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Hong Kong: The elderly and vulnerable groups must not be isolated in any future outbreak response
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong: The elderly and vulnerable groups must not be isolated in any future outbreak response
    Amidst the 5th wave of COVID-19 infections in Hong Kong, the magnitude and severity of the crisis left the elderly and vulnerable groups isolated and ...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders collaborates with local NGOs to support vulnerable groups during the Omicron wave
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders collaborates with local NGOs to support vulnerable groups during the Omicron wave
    With COVID-19 infections in Hong Kong hitting new highs, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has rapidly organised a project team...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    COVID-19 vaccines
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders trains foreign domestic helpers for psychosocial support in this hour of need
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders trains foreign domestic helpers for psychosocial support in this hour of need
    The year-long COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the life of every individual with varying degrees of disruption. Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans ...
    India’s COVID-19 crisis shows urgency for countries to back the waiver for vaccine patents
    India
    India’s COVID-19 crisis shows urgency for countries to back the waiver for vaccine patents
    Hong Kong - The second wave of COVID-19 is reaching extremely alarming levels in India. As of 18 May, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Ind...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Four questions on India’s second wave of COVID-19
    India
    Four questions on India’s second wave of COVID-19
    The second wave of COVID-19 in India has been devastating, with a catastrophic rise in the numbers of new infections in recent weeks. The country has ...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    COVID-19: Responding to India’s second wave
    India
    COVID-19: Responding to India’s second wave
    Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) restarts emergency response amid a surging second wave of COVID-19 in Mumbai in Maharashtra sta...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)