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Press releases11/5/2021
Moderna earns nearly €10 billion from COVID-19 vaccine, but refuses to share its "recipe"
MSF is calling on US President Biden to use the full force of government to compel Moderna Pharmaceuticals to collaborate with the WHO mRNA vaccine technology transfer centre in South Africa. It must share its expertise and contribute to global immunisation efforts. Until the last person is protected, we will not have defeated the pandemic.
Tension and chaos after the earthquake: “The situation was like nothing I had seen before”
On 14 August, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti. MSF has been present on the island for 30 years and was quickly deployed to care for the victims. Debra Donckel-Sances, Account Manager at MSF Luxembourg, did a detachment to Haiti for four weeks in the aftermath of the quake. In this interview, she explains the harsh living conditions in which the Haitian people and MSF staff are adjusting to the new normal.
All news11/4/2021
The climate crisis is a health and humanitarian crisis
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has long responded to some of the world’s worst medical and humanitarian crises. Many of the areas in which we work are in the most climate-vulnerable settings in the world, and our teams provide care for people experiencing the health impacts of the climate emergency first-hand. It is very clear that this crisis hits people in the most vulnerable situations the hardest.
Search and rescue: “They describe Libya as hell”
Many of the unaccompanied minors rescued by MSF search and rescue vessel Geo Barents from the Mediterranean escaped torture and exploitation.
Press releases10/29/2021
COP26: MSF warns of health and humanitarian impacts of climate change
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), official observer in the upcoming 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), alerts on the consequences and magnified impacts that rapid environmental change has on extremely vulnerable people in multiple countries where MSF works. At the national level, MSF continues to raise awareness on planetary health in Luxembourg and highlights its efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its actions in the field.
Two months after the earthquake, health needs remain high
Two months since a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southern Haiti, medical needs remain high in the affected areas. While many people injured in the earthquake continue their treatment and rehabilitation, other medical needs have increased in the earthquake-affected areas due to the destruction of homes, health facilities and other infrastructure.
Northern Syria: Health system overwhelmed in most severe COVID-19 outbreak yet
Northern Syria is experiencing its most severe recorded wave of COVID-19 yet, with needs fast outpacing limited oxygen supplies and health facilities running out of testing kits. In the northwest the health system is already unable to cope, while in the northeast the virus is spreading at a worrying pace, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.
Luxembourg10/14/2021
MSF International President's coming to Luxembourg becomes top news story
Dr Christos Christou, MSF International President, was in Luxembourg from the 4th to the 8th of October 2021. During his stay, more than 30 news pieces have been released about the visit featuring the events organised by MSF Luxembourg the eve of the 50th anniversary of the organisation and the relevance of the Luxembourg section of MSF as a key player in Luxembourg civil society.
Press releases10/20/2021
New MSF report highlights the consequences of counter-terrorism on frontline workers
Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) releases this week the report “Adding salt to the wound”, painting a bleak picture of the reality of trying to provide impartial medical care twenty years after the start of the so called ‘global War on Terror’ in the wake of 9/11. The findings of the research, which was supported by the Luxembourg Operational Research Unit (LuxOR), offer a unique insight into the reality of working in counter-terrorism environments in Afghanistan, Iraq and Nigeria.