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South Africa

Madiba visits Aids clinic

Former president Nelson Mandela received a rapturous welcome on Thursday when he visited a pioneering antiretroviral (ARV) treatment facility at Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town. Project Update - 13 Dec 2002
 
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South Africa

Govt Coming Round On Aids Drugs: Mandela

he government was "coming round" on the issue of providing anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) to people with HIV/Aids, former president Nelson Mandela said on Thursday. Project Update - 13 Dec 2002
 
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HIV/AIDS

Glimmers of hope seen in treating patients

Knowing that it will take strong medicine to stem the AIDS avalanche, some doctors in South Africa are doing what the government still won't do - provide anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to AIDS sufferers. Project Update - 12 Dec 2002
 
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South Africa

Mandela Champions S. Africa's AIDS Fight

Wearing a T-shirt with the words "HIV-positive" emblazoned across the front, Nelson Mandela declared war on AIDS Thursday, and urged people to practice safe sex or abstain completely. Project Update - 12 Dec 2002
 
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Tajikistan

Measles and typhoid outbreaks in Tajikistan

Two outbreaks - one typhoid the other measles - have struck the Jirgital District in the Rasht Valley of Tajikistan simultaneously. The first cases of measles were reported in August and September in the neighbouring districts of Garm and Tajikabad. Project Update - 11 Dec 2002
 
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Angola

MSF mourns loss of life in Angola land mine incident

On the evening of November 29, a car belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières
drove over an anti-tank landmine. The result was tragic: 7 died and 6
others were seriously wounded.
Project Update - 10 Dec 2002
 
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Burundi

A meningitis vaccination campaign ends in Burundi

In October and November, MSF vaccinated 217,250 people against meningitis in the Ruyigi province in Burundi. Project Update - 10 Dec 2002
 
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Somalia

Bare bone facts about Somalia - an MSF briefing document

MSF has been working in Somalia since 1986. We saw the terrible build up of slaughter and famine that eventually produced the American led and UN backed military intervention on November 9 1992. The civil war that erupted after the fall of the long-term dictatorship of Siad Barre smashed central authority and stimulated a multiplication of clan factions struggling for local power. Project Update - 9 Dec 2002
 
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Somalia

MSF action in Somalia in 2002

MSF has been working in Somalia since 1986 when it began emergency medical interventions in Somaliland. Project Update - 9 Dec 2002
 
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Burundi

Malaria epidemic threatens Burundi

Two provinces have passed emergency thresholds and now anti-malaria treatment shall be provided free by the Government of Burundi in area clinics in order to halt the increase. Project Update - 5 Dec 2002
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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