Field news

Topic	Date	Location
Sleeping Sickness: is the end in sight? In June 2010, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that the number of new cases of sleeping sickness (proper name: human African trypanosomiasis) reported has dropped below 10,000 for the first time in 50 years. Last...	05/07/2010
Revolutionary new vaccine: winning the battle against meningitis A Interview on impact of new meningococcal A conjugate vaccine with Australian Médecins Sans Frontières medical advisor, Dr. Cathy Hewison. (3.2 MB)	09/09/2010
Treating Malnutrition Malnutrition is more than just hunger. Find out how we treat it, and what you can do to help.	09/11/2010
What is a Cholera Treatment Centre? Explore our interactive CTC to find out why they are vital to controlling cholera epidemics.	28/11/2010
New meningitis A vaccine: Interview with Dr Cathy Hewison Médecins Sans Frontières teams are involved in rolling out a mass vaccination campaign against meningitis in Mali and Niger in Africa’s notorious meningitis belt. Every year, Médecins Sans Frontières launches mass campaigns but...	06/12/2010
The false victory over measles Over the past two years, several teams from Médecins Sans Frontières have responded to increasingly frequent and widespread measles outbreaks in several African nations. Even though the World Health Organization (WHO) has...	10/06/2010
A new test for Tuberculosis A new diagnostic test for tuberculosis, endorsed by the World Health Organization in late 2010, could well be a game-changer in the international response to this disease that kills nearly two million people each year. It also...	24/03/2011
Iran: Médecins Sans Frontières forced to leave Zahedan At the request of authorities, Médecins Sans Frontières has terminated its medical care activities in the city of Zahedan, capital of the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, in southeastern Iran.	06/10/2011
The thinnest of lifelines: An interview with Médecins Sans Frontières President, Dr. Unni Karunakara on Médecins Sans Frontières’ response to the funding crisis at the Global Fund In a move that could have a profound impact on patients in developing countries, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has announced it won’t be accepting any grant applications this year to support treatment programmes...	02/12/2011
Worrying situation for Afghans in Iran With the end of the war in Afghanistan in 2002, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the governments of Iran and Afghanistan have encouraged Afghan refugees to return to their home country. However, there are...	23/07/2008	Afghanistan, Iran