Skip to main content

    Browse the latest news, stories and project updates from Doctors Without Borders.

    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Healthcare System in Lebanon Disintegrates
    Lebanon
    Healthcare System in Lebanon Disintegrates
    Dwindling supplies of fuel and medicine mean that Lebanon’s healthcare system is rapidly disintegrating as the country – which has been without a gove...
    Access to medicines
    One year after the Beirut blast, the situation in Lebanon has got much worse
    Lebanon
    One year after the Beirut blast, the situation in Lebanon has got much worse
    Lebanon has been in a state of emergency since late-2019, rocked by economic crisis, political instability and social tensions, and hit hard by the CO...
    Refugees
    South Africa Unrest: Supporting overstretched health centres and vulnerable communities in the aftermath of the violence
    South Africa
    South Africa Unrest: Supporting overstretched health centres and vulnerable communities in the aftermath of the violence
    After a week of unrest in the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, people still feel the effects of the violence with many vulnerable communities – pa...
    War and conflict