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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)
    Measles in South Sudan: People escaping conflict in Sudan face new health crisis
    South Sudan
    Measles in South Sudan: People escaping conflict in Sudan face new health crisis
    Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are recording a concerning rise in measles and malnutrition cases in the organization’s...
    Measles
    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
    Lebanon: Syrians in the country struggle to access healthcare amid fear of deportations
    Lebanon
    Lebanon: Syrians in the country struggle to access healthcare amid fear of deportations
    Syrian refugees in Lebanon are finding it increasingly difficult to access vital medical services due to reports of forced deportation and restriction...
    Refugees
    South Sudan: Catastrophic floods cause mass displacement and an escalating humanitarian crisis
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Catastrophic floods cause mass displacement and an escalating humanitarian crisis
    A small makeshift raft made from plastic sheeting and filled with dry grass is drifting along the Nile River’s current, on it sits an entire family of...
    Natural disasters
    Lebanon: Lack of safe water and sanitation threatens the ability to contain the spread of cholera
    Lebanon
    Lebanon: Lack of safe water and sanitation threatens the ability to contain the spread of cholera
    The first cholera outbreak in nearly three decades in Lebanon, is unfolding on top of the ongoing economic and fuel crisis that has further exacerbate...
    Cholera
    The triple threat of climate change, conflict, and health emergencies: A deadly mix for the most vulnerable in fragile settings
    Mali
    The triple threat of climate change, conflict, and health emergencies: A deadly mix for the most vulnerable in fragile settings
    Geneva (MSF/ICRC) – Climate change is not a distant threat. It is already dramatically affecting vulnerable people across the globe. In particular, th...
    Climate emergency
    South Sudan: Hundreds of thousands still living in precarious conditions months after floods
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Hundreds of thousands still living in precarious conditions months after floods
    Eight months since the beginning of the flooding, people in Unity State in northern South Sudan are still facing precarious living conditions and are ...
    Natural disasters
    Malnutrition
    North Lebanon: Doctors Without Borders Starts COVID-19 Vaccination in Remote Areas
    Lebanon
    North Lebanon: Doctors Without Borders Starts COVID-19 Vaccination in Remote Areas
    Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is contributing to Lebanon’s vaccination efforts in the remote areas of Wadi Khaled, and Khat...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    COVID-19 vaccines
    Vaccination