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John * and Jean * hold each other’s arms in the CHK. Jean was diagnosed with HIV in 2010. He was hospitalized in June 2019 for the first time. A few weeks after his release, he had to return urgently for a new hospitalization.

Photograph by Pablo Garrigos

Press release |

06 July 2020

HIV/AIDS

MSF response to the release of UNAIDS 2020 Global AIDS Update Report

3 min

MSF protested in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on January 22, 2020, demanding the pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) make the tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline available for all people with drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) for no more than a dollar a day. The price of this crucial drug must be lowered to reflect the joint contributions made in the research and development of this drug by taxpayers, and the global scientific and TB community, including by MSF itself.

Photograph by Negin Allamehzadeh

Press release |

06 July 2020

Johnson & Johnson TB drug price reduction is important step, and governments need to urgently scale up better treatment

6 min

The MSF treatment centre for COVID-19 patients at the Amirou Boubacar Diallo National Hospital in Niamey, Niger, has 50 beds, with the potential to accommodate up to 100 beds in case of a peak in patient numbers.

Photograph by Nathalie San Gil

Press release |

01 July 2020

COVID-19

Africa

African Union says urgent need to address patents and technology barriers for access to future COVID-19 vaccines

4 min

An after view of the indoor stadium at Patliputra Sports Complex. The teams are working to set up a 100-bed COVID-19 treatment facility in the indoor stadium of Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna with the purpose of treating cases of COVID-19. The intervention aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with the COVID-19 outbreak in Patna. This facility will help in decongesting the government hospitals to allow more effective resource management of severe cases of COVID-19.

Photograph by MSF

Press release |

23 June 2020

COVID-19

Ahead of Gavi Board meeting, MSF calls on Gavi to revise its global mechanism and demand pharma sell all COVID-19 vaccines at cost

5 min

In June and July 2016 MSF has been conducting vaccination campaigns in several refugee camps and settlements in Greece, targeting more than 4,600 children under fifteen years of age. This campaign aims at protecting refugee children with 10 antigens and preventing diseases such as pneumonia, which is the leading cause of childhood death. MSF calls on Pfizer and GSK to drop the price of the pneumonia vaccine (PCV) for governments and humanitarian organizations in emergency contexts.

Photograph by Sophia Apostolia

Press release |

04 June 2020

Vaccines

Global

MSF responds to news that Gavi will release funds from pneumonia vaccine ‘Advance Market Commitment’ to first new product from a developing country manufacturer

5 min

COVID-19 intervention in Brussels, Belgium

Photo by Albert Massias

Press release |

02 June 2020

COVID-19

MSF: Any future COVID-19 vaccines must be sold at cost and accessible to all

5 min

Press release |

29 May 2020

COVID-19

MSF welcomes WHO Solidarity Call to Action to share COVID-19 technology and intellectual property

Hanif is 25 years old, lives in Mumbai, and is one of only a handful of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) patients in India lucky enough to be able to have acesss to the new drugs. After having failed treatment for the fourth time, Hanif was referred to the clinic of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders, an international medical humanitarian organisation who since 2006 provides free diagnosis, treatment and support to patients with drug-resistant TB in Mumbai.

Photograph by Atul Loke

Press release |

01 May 2020

Intellectual property and trade

United States of AmericaIndia

MSF responds to USTR 2020 Special 301 Report

4 min