5-29 | Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) welcomed today’s launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Call to Action for equitable global access to COVID-19 health technologies through sharing of knowledge, intellectual property and data. As an international medical humanitarian organisation responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in more than 70 countries, MSF called on governments to stand with patients and frontline workers to adopt enforceable measures that bind parties to any agreement to ensure access to COVID-19 health technologies for everyone.
3-10 | While the reported number of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) outside of China is relatively low, preparations to limit the further spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus COVID-19 disease, are essential. Dr Tankred Stoebe, MSF emergency coordinator, is currently travelling across southeast Asia to assess how MSF can support health authorities and health facilities prepare for potential outbreaks of COVID-19. He describes his observations with a focus on patient vulnerability and simple control measures, which make a large difference.
9-17 | Turn off the busy Maripur road and cross the railway line, water buffalos grazing to your right, tuk-tuks and brightly-painted trucks parked haphazardly on the verge to your left, and you’ll enter one of the main thoroughfares of Machar Colony in Karachi. Sprawling over an area of almost 300km2 it is an unofficial settlement, home to around 150,000 people. Many who live here have no official papers, residents don’t have access to regular refuse collection and there is no sewage system beyond drainage channels clogged with rubbish.
7-24 | A simplified model of care for hepatitis C patients in Cambodia has shown outstanding results with 97% of patients cured from the disease in just three months, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said. Since 2016, MSF has treated more than 13,000 patients in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, through a simpler and more affordable model of care, a crucial requirement to widen treatment access and eliminate hepatitis C in the country. Hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that attacks the liver, is endemic in Cambodia.
7-24 | A simplified model of care for hepatitis C patients in Cambodia has shown outstanding results with 97% of patients cured from the disease in just three months, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said. Since 2016, MSF has treated more than 13,000 patients in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, through a simpler and more affordable model of care, a crucial requirement to widen treatment access and eliminate hepatitis C in the country. Hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that attacks the liver, is endemic in Cambodia.