A study conducted by Epicentre and other research organisations confirms the importance of vaccination against Ebola during epidemics: vaccination reduces not only the risk of infection, but also the risk of death. An observational study conducted by Epicentre, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) medical research and epidemiology centre, the results of which are published [...]Read More... from MSF: Vaccination halves mortality among people infected with Ebola| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Together, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria account for millions of deaths around the world every year – most of them in countries already struggling to cope with under-resourced health systems. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works directly in all three of these ongoing epidemics: We are the largest nongovernmental provider of TB care in [...]Read More... from HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Medical care is just one of the many urgent needs faced by people in crisis, who also frequently lack access to food, shelter, clean water and protection from violence. The United Nations estimates that nearly 340 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023, an increase of almost 60 million over the previous [...]Read More... from Gaps in Global Aid| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...