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Access to medicines

DNDi at ten: past success, future challenges

A letter by Dr Manica Balesagaram on DNDI's successes and challenges for the future. Campaign - 16 May 2013
 
Syria

My enemy's doctor is my enemy

What do the Syrian National Coalition, a foreign jihadi group, a Gulf State and the Iranian and American governments all have in common? Statement - 7 Mar 2013
 
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About MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières to receive 2012 J.William Fulbright prize for international understanding

The Fulbright Association will present its 2012 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding to the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The award, a $50,000 prize, will be received with a speech by Dr Unni Karunakara, International President of MSF. Press Release - 6 Sep 2012
 
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Pakistan

MSF operates in the heart of the tribal areas

The situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) was particularly unstable in 2010 and early 2011. Spikes of violence, isolation, closure of supply routes, and the near-collapse of the health system created obstacles to obtaining medical care. MSF has been working in Kurram Agency since 2004, supporting the hospitals in Alizai (a Shiite community) and Sadda (a Sunni enclave) since May 2006 and is trying to meet the populations' medical needs. Project Update - 20 Jul 2012
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India
Neglected diseases

Fighting Neglect: Finding ways to manage and control visceral leishmaniasis, human African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease

In order to break the vicious cycle that leaves tropical diseases neglected, existing programmes that diagnose and treat patients need to be expanded and medical research to develop simpler, more effective tools needs to be supported, according to a new report, Fighting Neglect, released today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Report - 11 Jun 2012
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India
Neglected diseases

New MSF report highlights how to break cycle of neglect

To break the vicious cycle that leaves tropical diseases neglected, existing programmes that diagnose and treat patients need to be expanded and medical research to develop simpler, more effective tools needs to be supported, according to a new report 'Fighting Neglect' released by MSF. Press Release - 11 Jun 2012
 
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Neglected diseases

MSF statement in response to Gilead donation of AmBisome for visceral leishmaniasis

“This agreement is significant in that it helps address immediate treatment needs in some countries for one of the world’s most neglected diseases." Statement - 9 Dec 2011
 
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HIV/AIDS

East African HIV programmes must wake up to visceral leishmaniasis

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as ‘kala azar’, is a neglected parasitic disease spread through the bite of a sandfly. VL is endemic in 76 countries and is fatal without treatment. With new MSF data showing combination treatments give promising results, diagnosis and treatment of VL should be scaled up. Press Release - 8 Dec 2011
 
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HIV/AIDS

At African AIDS conference, MSF calls for increased funding for HIV treatment

As Africa’s AIDS Conference convenes in Addis Ababa this Sunday, December 4, efforts to combat HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are under serious threat. Press Release - 2 Dec 2011
 
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India

Fighting kala azar in Bihar

Visceral leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease commonly known as kala azar. Since 2007, MSF has been running a kala azar diagnostic and treatment programme in Bihar state, northern India.
It is ten in the morning and several people are already waiting at the lab doors to be tested for kala azar. The lab is located at the kala azar diagnostic and treatment unit in Sadar hospital, the referral facility in the Vaishali district, home to about three million people.
Project Update - 22 Nov 2011
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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