The MSF Manson Unit launched an information ecosystem mapping initiative in the fall of 2021 in Bangladesh to assess how health information spreads within the community. The project was later expanded to more countries. Insights from this work will be used to design digital health promotion campaigns tailored for each context.

Tuberculosis (TB) patients in India continue to face stigma and discrimination on a daily basis. Hamari Awaaz, ‘our voice’ in Hindi, is a photography book that attempts to express the stigma MDR-TB patients suffer. Nine patients photographed daily situations that related to a specific stigmatising feeling.

The second edition of the MSF Innovation Round-Up provides a high-level overview of innovation activities carried out across the MSF Movement in 2021. Beyond spotlighting the work of nine innovation Operational Centers and Units, this edition also provides a glimpse into their goals for 2022 and beyond.

The MSF Science Portal is a new online platform for sharing the medical evidence MSF gathers as part of our medical humanitarian work aiding people and communities affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health services.

One area where technological innovations can help reduce MSF's CO2 emissions and simultaneously improve the quality of our services is energy. This edition of the MSF Innovation Newsletter examines the role of energy transition in MSF’s broader planetary health developments.

The Sweden Innovation Unit, MSF Operational Center Paris, and energy referents from across the movement teamed up with Arup in autumn 2020 to develop the Solar Air Conditioning Sizing Tool. The tool provides a high-level feasibility assessment for installing any type of air conditioning (AC) system and aims to promote the uptake of solar ACs at field level and reduce our CO2 emission.