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Myanmar cyclone: MSF teams intensify emergency response, a first relief plane is due to land in Yangon
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MSF providing medical care and food, and improves access to clean water in some of the worst affected areas of Myanmar's Ayeyarwaddy Delta... read more
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MSF PRESS RELEASE
"Additional teams and key materials should arrive soon to help us scale up our relief effort," said Hugues Robert, Head of MSF Emergency Operations in Geneva. "We've had very constructive discussions with the authorities and the fact that they have given a green light for the first cargo plane to land on Saturday is a positive sign.
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At close of UN health summit, MSF calls for more ambitious R&D and political leadership
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"Sticking to the status quo and putting all our faith on philanthropic
organisations alone is not going to solve the problem," said Dr. Tido von
Schoen-Angerer, Director of MSF's Access Campaign.
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MSF provides measles and meningitis vaccination to thousands of people in Nigeria
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In northern Nigeria, MSF teams, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, have vaccinated 46,000 people against meningitis. MSF is also conducting meningitis case management in Katsina state. A vaccination campaign to treat 130,000 people at 11 sites in four different local governing areas will begin on Wednesday, April 30.
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Fuel crisis in Gaza: MSF is forced to scale back its medical activities
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On several occasions, MSF has expressed its concern regarding the repercussions of this blockade on a population that is already severely affected by years of conflict.
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Southern Sudan: Giving birth is deadly
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In the region, tradition has it that women give birth to their offspring in their mother's home. They only seek help in the event of complications, first and foremost turning to a traditional healer or an untrained midwife in the village.
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Sudan: Dying in peace
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Video: A ten minute video feature showing the scope of needs and MSF activities in southern Sudan.
MSF finds itself very much alone in most of the operational areas where we are present, and having to cope with much more needs than we would be comfortable with in other locations. We cannot be waiting for tomorrow.
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| MSF has treated 850 people wounded in Mogadishu fighting since January |
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Conflict in Somalia has escalated in recent weeks, with military operations carried out by armed groups increasing in densely-populated urban areas in and around Mogadishu.
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| MSF welcomes new fixed-dose combination against malaria |
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This new drug is an important additional tool for the better treatment for a disease that continues to kill over one million people each year globally, and kills a child every 30 seconds.
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| MSF treats over 160 victims of violence, including 44 gunshot wounds, in four days in Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
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Despite a relatively quiet day on Thursday, April 10, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, MSF continues to provide medical care to injured in the latest round of civil unrest.
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| MSF provides essential health care to Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa |
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In December, 2007, MSF began providing essential health care to Zimbabwean migrants in the South African border town of Musina in Limpopo province, and in capital, Johannesburg.
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| MSF has treated 850 people wounded in Mogadishu fighting since January |
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Conflict in Somalia has escalated in recent weeks, with military operations carried out by armed groups increasing in densely-populated urban areas in and around Mogadishu.
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| MSF welcomes new fixed-dose combination against malaria |
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This new drug is an important additional tool for the better treatment for a disease that continues to kill over one million people each year globally, and kills a child every 30 seconds.
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| MSF treats over 160 victims of violence, including 44 gunshot wounds, in four days in Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
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Despite a relatively quiet day on Thursday, April 10, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, MSF continues to provide medical care to injured in the latest round of civil unrest.
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In December, 2007, MSF began providing essential health care to Zimbabwean migrants in the South African border town of Musina in Limpopo province, and in capital, Johannesburg.
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