Press Releases
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Opportunity to transform medical innovation before health ministers
65th World Health Assembly to debate binding convention on R&D Geneva, 21 May 2012 – The world’s health ministers, gathering in Geneva for the World Health Assembly this week, will...
Last updated 21 May 2012
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New global vaccine strategy glosses over basic immunisation gaps
Niger 2009 © Olivier Asselin Geneva/New York, 15 May 2012 —A new, ten-year, multi-billion dollar action plan for global vaccination may fail to deliver if it does not directly address...
Last updated 15 May 2012
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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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Losing ground in the struggle against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis
Geneva, 27 March 2012 – The recent cancellation of the Global Fund’s Round 11 is endangering the historic advances already made in the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, stated the...
Last updated 28 March 2012
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Chad faces twin emergencies of acute malnutrition and meningitis
Immediate response needed to save lives and prevent deeper health crisis, says MSF Berlin/N’Djamena, March 28, 2012: Severe acute malnutrition in parts of Chad’s Sahel belt has reached...
Last updated 28 March 2012
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Alarming Scale of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Requires Rapid Response to Avert Emerging Global Crisis
MDR-TB patient Rohatay Abdullaeva at her home with a grandson Atabek and daughter Nadira, town of Hojeily, Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan). Uzbekistan 2012 © Andriy Slizkiy Geneva, 20 March...
Last updated 20 March 2012
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Argentina joins Brazil in producing life-saving drug for neglected disease
Second producer of drug used to treat Chagas welcomed, but more R&D is urgently needed Buenos Aires, 20 March 2012 - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has welcomed today’s announcement from...
Last updated 20 March 2012
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MSF Calls for a Spotlight on Kala Azar
India 2011 © Anna Surinyach/MSF Barcelona, New Delhi -- Bihar state, in the northeast of India, is an epicentre of kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis), a neglected tropical disease...
Last updated 14 March 2012
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India Issues First Compulsory Licence
Groundbreaking Move Sets Precedent for Overcoming Drug Price Barriers India 2008 © Jean-Marc Giboux/Getty Images 12 March 2012, New Delhi/Geneva – In a landmark case, the Indian...
Last updated 12 March 2012
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Mauritania: Food insecurity threatens as thousands of Malian refugees gather in desert
MSF provides medical and nutritional assistance for refugees and local people MAURITANIA, 29 February 2012 – More than 28,000 Malian refugees have been forced to seek refuge in the border...
Last updated 1 March 2012
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