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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
    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
    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 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
    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
    South Sudan: Severe floods and lacklustre humanitarian response leave people dangerously exposed in Bentiu
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Severe floods and lacklustre humanitarian response leave people dangerously exposed in Bentiu
    People in Bentiu in northern South Sudan are facing outbreaks to infectious and waterborne diseases, increased food insecurity and malnutrition, due t...
    Malaria in South Sudan: Prevention is Key
    South Sudan
    Malaria in South Sudan: Prevention is Key
    In South Sudan, malaria is the leading cause of death within the country and according to latest available data a total of4,064,662 cases were confirm...
    Malaria