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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
    Lithuania: Repeated pushbacks at the border causing mental and physical suffering to people on the move
    Europe
    Lithuania: Repeated pushbacks at the border causing mental and physical suffering to people on the move
    Asylum seekers and migrants, including families with young children, are being subjected to repeated pushbacks between the borders of Lithuania and Be...
    Refugees
    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)
    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
    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
    Central Mediterranean: almost 400 people rescued in less than two days
    Europe
    Central Mediterranean: almost 400 people rescued in less than two days
    The team on board the Geo Barents have conducted five rescues in less than two days in extremely challenging conditions. Many among the survivors are ...
    Search and Rescue
    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 ...