MSF Science

🧪@DNDi used pharmacokinetic modelling to better understand how liposomal amphotericin B behaves in treating post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. 💊 The findings could help optimise dosing and improve patient outcomes. 🌍 Strengthening evidence for neglected tropical diseases is key to safer, more effective care. #MSFsci #NTDs #Leishmaniasis #GlobalHealth #ClinicalResearch #DNDi ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp…

🧬@MSF highlights innovative HIV service delivery approaches in Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo in @PLOSONE. 🏥 Task sharing for point-of-care testing involving both lay and professional health workers could help close critical gaps in high-burden settings. 🌍 Smarter workforce models may be key to saving more lives. #MSFsci #HIV #GlobalHealth #TaskSharing #HealthSystems #MSF journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

📢@MSF highlight the stark health inequity among displaced populations in @TheLancet, highlighting the heightened vulnerability of undocumented migrants. 🏥 The authors stress that gaps in health-care access leave many without essential services and exposed to preventable health risks. #MSFsci #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth #MigrationHealth #HumanitarianAction thelancet.com/journals/lance…

🚨@MSF has contributed to a policy statement highlighting the devastating and complex impact of armed conflict on children and adolescents. 🏥It reinforces the urgent need to protect children in conflict settings and strengthen medical, psychological, and social support systems where they’re needed most. #MSFsci #GlobalHealth #ChildHealth #HumanitarianAction publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…

🌍@Epicentre_MSF sheds new light on cholera transmission patterns. 🧬 By sequencing 763 Vibrio cholerae genomes, researchers show outbreaks are interconnected across borders - not confined to one country. 🚨 Stronger cross-border surveillance & collaboration among African Union states is key to better predicting and responding to spread. #MSFsci #Outbreaks #Cholera #GlobalHealth nature.com/articles/s4146…

🌍 New @MSF research in @PLOS Computational Biology highlights how we might better control cholera outbreaks Modelling suggests that expanding antibiotics to both severe and moderately ill patients could reduce overall outbreak size📉 But caution is key: increased use must be balanced against the risk of antibiotic resistance 🧬 #MSFsci #GlobalHealth #Cholera #PublicHealth #AntibioticResistance #MSF journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/a…

In 2025, in South Sudan, MSF suffered eight targeted attacks, forcing the closure of two hospitals and the suspension of its medical activities in Upper Nile, Jonglei and Central Equatoria. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people were deprived of care.

Your support helps ensure people in India can access lifesaving medical care when they need it most. Through your donations, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides treatment for people facing serious illness, including those with complex and advanced medical needs, from clinical care to mental health. Donate today to help MSF continue delivering independent, impartial care where it’s needed most. Donate now: donate.msfsouthasia.org/?utm_source=mo… #MSF #MSFinIndia

📢 Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. 🦠Melioidosis is a deadly but treatable tropical infection. 🌍MSF reports first cases in Mali, the largest cohort in Sub-Saharan Africa. 🚨 Urgent need for surveillance, awareness & research. 🔗 scienceportal.msf.org/assets/abstrac… #WorldNTDDay #NeglectedTropicalDiseases #Melioidosis #GlobalHealth #MSFsci #HealthEquity

🌍Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day! 🦟Dengue surges call for innovation. @MSF & @MosquitoProgram partnered with Tegucigalpa communities to release Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes to reduce transmission. 🔗Read more: scienceportal.msf.org/assets/9310 #Dengue #Wolbachia #VectorControl #GlobalHealth #MSFsci #HealthEquity

📣 Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day! 📽️Watch Restoring Dignity, a documentary by Inediz & @MSF following noma survivors in Nigeria. 🔗noma.msf.org/noma-documenta… #MSFsci #WorldNTDDay #NeglectedTropicalDiseases #UniteActEliminate #NTDs #Noma #GlobalHealthEquity

📣 Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day. 🦠 One of the most devastating NTDs is noma - a rapidly progressing oral-facial gangrene. 🔬 This year, MSF presents data from the first deep shotgun metagenomics survey of the oral microbiome in patients with acute noma. 🔗 Read more: scienceportal.msf.org/assets/abstrac… #MSFsci #WorldNTDDay #NeglectedTropicalDiseases #UniteActEliminate #NTDs #Noma #GlobalHealthEquity

📣 Today marks World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day! 🌍 NTDs affect 1B people worldwide, mostly in vulnerable communities. 🚨 This year’s theme, “Unite, Act and Eliminate,” calls for urgent awareness and stronger interventions to advance global health equity. 🔗 Explore MSF’s research: scienceportal.msf.org/collections/66 #MSFsci #WorldNTDDay #NeglectedTropicalDiseases #UniteActEliminate #NTDs #GlobalHealthEquity

📢 Today is #WorldNTDDay ! Over 1B people are affected by neglected tropical diseases. Too many still lack safe & effective treatments. 👉 Share this post to support science, innovation & global health funding. #EndTheNeglect #BeatNTDs #UniteActEliminate

In @MalariaJournal we report that after ten years of molecular surveillance in Chad, SP-AQ used for seasonal malaria chemoprevention remain largely effective, though rising markers of partial resistance underscore the need for ongoing monitoring. link.springer.com/article/10.118…

🚨 MSF-Lancet Countdown Climate Webinar 2025 — Now Available 🌍 MSF field voices + Lancet Countdown experts unpack how the climate crisis is shaping health needs in humanitarian settings 🔗 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=kZU2AD…

It’s a wrap! It’s been a thought-provoking two days of learning and sharing, cross-pollination and call to action, challenging each other to improve the health and wellbeing of children, newborns and mothers in humanitarian contexts. Catch up on demand at paediatrics.msf.org

J Piper at @ZvitamboZim et al wanted to know how to measure school-age mental health and resilience in rural Zimbabwe, and tested child mental health and resilience scales to find out. See the promising results here.