It’s 10.30pm on board the Phoenix, the search and rescue vessel in the Mediterranean run jointly by @MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) and @MSF. I joined a few days ago, […]
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Helen Bygrave: Simple but elusive—why are we still talking about HIV drug delivery?
As the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference takes place in Vancouver, Canada (July 19-22), Helen Bygrave of MSF discusses her frustrations with the lack of implementation of simple, programmatic strategies for improving […]
Áine Markham: Dismantling gains in global health?
This month signals a critical moment for the future of global health financing as high-level political representatives meet in Addis Ababa for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development […]
MSF Scientific Day 2015: A conference without borders
At the time of writing, the west Africa Ebola epidemic at last appears to be under control, and, as the response is scaled down, there is more capacity within Médecins […]
Grania Brigden: Time for a jumpstart—accelerating access to new and promising DR-TB drugs
World TB Day is an opportunity to reflect on the progress that has been made in beating this ancient disease. At first glance, the news looks good: two new drugs—the […]
Christmas Appeal: Hitting the ground running—surgical transfer in South Sudan
I arrived in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on 2 January for two whirlwind days of being briefed on my new role as medical specialist in Yida refugee camp, which […]
Christmas Appeal: The 12 days of constructing an Ebola management centre
Sunday: As soon as you touch down in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Ebola hits you—or the awareness of it. Health forms to fill in, chlorine handwashes before you even enter the terminal […]
Christmas Appeal 2014: A silent hunger
I have been in Pakistan for six months, two thirds of the way through my nine month mission. Before working in Pakistan, I had spent some time working in the north […]
Christmas Appeal 2014: Gibson Chijaka—I cannot hold back my joy
My name is Gibson Chijaka, and for the last two years I have endured dozens of nauseating tablets every day. Today, I am so happy and cannot hold back my […]
Christmas Appeal 2014: An intensive care unit in a conflict zone
Two people with gunshot wounds are brought to the MSF hospital in Leer. They were at a celebration the previous evening when someone entered and started shooting. Five people were […]