In Durban, South Africa, following devastating floods in April 2022, MSF’s mental health team has been bringing music to some of the community halls and churches in which those who lost their homes are sheltering. The musical interventions are part of a broader medical and mental health strategy.

To learn more about how we can tackle misinformation and disinformation targeting our operations, patients, and staff, MSF launched the ‘Tackling the information disorder’ project in early 2020, funded by MSF TIC. In the context of the project, the team sought out a new reporting tool for misinformation and common rumours about MSF – MSF Listen.

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.