Posts in malaria

A Month in Focus - April 2012

11.04.2012

This month's webclip takes us on a short tour of MSF activities

South Sudan: "They abducted my child and slit the throats of the two boys"

In the state of Jonglei, in South Sudan, civilians continue to bear the brunt of inter-communal fighting. These testimonies were collected from patients at MSF's hospital in Pibor.

A Month in Focus - January 2012

20.01.2012

 

Our Medical Work

18.10.2010

As a medical organisation we constantly strive to provide the most effective healthcare possible for our patients.

 

Guinea Conakry

01.10.2010

Health facilities are poorly distributed across Guinea,
and the health system lacks staff, medicine and equipment.

Guinea 2010 © Julie Remy

Central African Republic

30.09.2010

The Central African Republic
has suffered armed conflict between rebel groups and the government for the past five years. People face enormous...

CAR 2011 © Sarah Elliott/MSF

Myanmar

29.09.2010

Low
national and international investment in the health sector combined with
tensions and low-intensity conflicts limit access to healthcare in...

Myanmar 2010 © P.K. Lee / MSF

Indonesia

29.09.2010

MSF first started working in Indonesia in October 1995, when it provided emergency aid to the victims of a devastating earthquake in Kerinci,...

Indonesia 2009 © Alan Cheung /MSF

World Malaria Day: Massive Malaria surge in DR Congo Requires Urgent Response

25.04.2012

Kinshasa/Dublin - A massive increase in malaria cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is overwhelming existing treatment...

Democratic Republic of Congo 2012 © Gijs Van Gassen

South Sudan: Brutal attacks in Jonglei, even running away is not enough

24.01.2012

In the State of Jonglei in South Sudan, civilians continue to bear the brunt of inter-communal fighting.

Sudan 2010 © Cédric Gerbehaye Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund VU'

Yemen: MSF suspends medical assistance in Saada governate

29.09.2011

Humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced today that its emergency activities in Saada...

Mothers and children in emergency ward of a hospital in Yemen

The Flying Doctors

01.06.2011

Sunday Business Post 29 May 2011

Revolutionary Advance in Severe Malaria Treatment

21.04.2011

New MSF report calls on African
governments, WHO and donors to urgently make the switch

Uganda© © Sabine Rietz/MSF

MSF calls on African governments to switch medications and save lives

Two hundred thousand lives a year could be saved by using more effective malaria drugs.

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Mobile clinics by motorbike

16.02.2011

In North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo violent conflict persists between government forces and an array of military groups...

Country Year © Author/MSF

The cradle of humanity

30.09.2010

Continuing our series on the outstanding efforts of Irish doctors
abroad, Pat Kelly spoke to Dr Mary O’Brien of MSF about her work in
Abdurafi,...

Discussion and debate

26.09.2011

If you’ve read anything in the news about problems or violence related to South Sudan recently, there’s almost no chance that it was near Raja....

Sudanese refugees carrying supplies on their heads walk to southeren Sudan