Press releasesBrazil rejects patent on an essential AIDS medicine
Brazil / 19.09.08
Precedent-setting move likely to increase access to important AIDS drug.
Humanitarian Flight Crashes in DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo / 02.09.08
One member of Médecins Sans Frontières staff on board
Children Living with HIV Deserve Fair Treatment
05.08.08
Mexico City - Treating children and adolescents living with HIV effectively in resource-limited settings is possible, but adapted medicines, diagnostic tools, and treatment strategies are urgently needed to prevent more deaths,...
Mind the Deadly Gaps: Health Care Worker Shortages in Southern Africa Causing Fatal Delays in Bringing AIDS Care to Those in Urgent Need
03.08.08
Mexico City – On the opening day of the XVII International AIDS Conference, Médecins Sans Frontières warned of the deadly impact that the lack of health care workers is having on AIDS treatment and care in southern Africa. In a...
Médecins Sans Frontières evacuates teams after series of assaults on staff in North Darfur
Sudan / 01.08.08
Khartoum/Barcelona - The medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has been forced to evacuate its staff from Tawila and Shangil Tobaya, in North Darfur, after a series of violent assaults against Médecins Sans...
Médecins Sans Frontières Wished to Continue Activities in Niger
Niger / 26.07.08
Paris - On 22 July 2008, the French section of the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières was informed of a decree issued by the Minister of Interior of Niger, Albade Abouba, suspending Médecins...
Worrying ruling in court case between Dutch Government and Médecins Sans Frontières
14.07.08
Geneva - The medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières is shocked by the judgment rendered by Switzerland's highest judicial body, the Federal Tribunal. Following four years of proceedings, and in spite of two...
EU Mediterranean Summit: Médecins Sans Frontières calls on all participants to improve the conditions for migrants arriving on the southern shores of Europe
Italy / 11.07.08
The need for Médecins Sans Frontières to even be present at the entry points to Europe is a telling indication of the lack of adequate medical assistance currently available for these migrants.
Repeated obstructions lead Médecins Sans Frontières Switzerland to pull out from Fiiq, Somali Region of Ethiopia
Ethiopia / 10.07.08
Addis Ababa/Geneva - Unable to respond to medical needs of populations affected by the internal conflict in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, the Swiss section of Médecins Sans Frontières has decided to stop its activities and withdraw...
G8 Leaders Must Take Action to Save Most Vulnerable In Food Crisis
03.07.08
Tokyo – Médecins Sans Frontières today called on G8 leaders who will gather next week in Japan to take bold decisions to adequately finance food aid and nutrition programs directed at young children. With the crisis of...