Press releases
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Massive Malaria Surge in DR Congo Requires Urgent Response
Three-fold Increase in Cases Since 2009 Kinshasa/Brussels April 25, 2012 - A massive increase in malaria cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is overwhelming existing treatment...
Last updated 25 April 2012
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MSF response to unprecedented decision to cancel funding round of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria
NOVEMBER 22, 2011 -- Because donor funding for global HIV/AIDS and the Global Fund has been declining, the Fund is in the most dire financial situation it has ever seen since its creation ten years...
Last updated 22 November 2011
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Revolutionary Advance in Severe Malaria Treatment: Using Artesunate Instead Of Quinine Could Save 200,000 Lives Annually
Geneva, 19 April 2011 – After the revision of World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines yesterday, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières...
Last updated 19 April 2011
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AMFm - New global subsidy for malaria medicines must ensure quality of care – says MSF
Geneva - 21 July 2009 - A new drug subsidy designed to increase access to life-saving malaria treatment must remain focused on quality patient care if it is to succeed, according to a paper published...
Last updated 21 July 2009
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New Malaria Drug Subsidy Fails to Ensure Patients Receive Best Treatment Options
Geneva, 8 April 2009 – A global malaria drug subsidy to be launched this month is failing to look at medical needs and is jeopardising the future of the most effective malaria treatments that...
Last updated 8 April 2009
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Malaria: From good intentions to effective action
Getting life-saving malaria care to many more patients Johannesburg/Brussels, 30 September 2008 – In a new report launched today, the international medical organisation Médecins Sans...
Last updated 30 September 2008
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Number One Killer of Children in Africa Too Expensive to Treat Effectively?
13 February 2002, Nairobi – As East African countries are about to change national malaria treatment protocols, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today releases a report in the hope...
Last updated 13 February 2002
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WHO Announcement On Africa Malaria Day Signals Positive Shift In Treatment Policy
Geneva, 25 April 2002 - On Africa Malaria Day, as drug resistance sweeps across the continent and ever more African children die of this treatable disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) publicly...
Last updated 25 April 2002
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Africa Malaria Day 2003: MSF says foot-dragging on malaria treatment change has lethal consequences
London, 24 April 2003 – A report released by the humanitarian medical aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shows that major donor agencies such as the UK’s Department...
Last updated 24 April 2003
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Access to Effective Malaria Treatment for Africa Threatened by Potential Drug Shortages
22 April 2004, Geneva -- Widespread use of a new fast-acting and potent treatment for malaria is finally on the horizon in Africa, where malaria is the number one killer of children. But the international...
Last updated 22 April 2004
www.msfaccess.org/our-work/malaria/article/451
