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South Sudan - Awerial camp in Lakes
South Sudan

75,000 shelter in desperate conditions on banks of the Nile

75,000 displaced South Sudanese seek shelter from violence on west bank of Nile Project Update - 8 Jan 2014
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India
Kala azar

Clinical Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Pokot Endemic Area of Uganda and Kenya

Between 2000 and 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières diagnosed and treated 4,831 patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL, also known as kala azar) in the Pokot region straddling the border between Uganda and Kenya. Journal article - 8 Jan 2014
 
Camp Mpoko, measles vaccination
Central African Republic

MSF vaccinates 68,000 children for measles in Bangui camps

MSF is vaccinating 68,000 children for measles in five camps in several camps in Bangui in order to prevent an outbreak. Project Update - 8 Jan 2014
Kala azar

Five-Year Field Results and Long-Term Effectiveness of 20 mg/kg Liposomal Amphotericin B (Ambisome) for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar, India

MSF kala azar treatment project in Bihar using 20 mg/Kg intravenous liposomal amphotericin B. Journal article - 2 Jan 2014
 
Swaziland - Figthing HIV and TB dual epidemic
Tuberculosis

Principles for designing future regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

After 50 years without any new TB drugs, two new medicines have finally been approved to treat the most severe drug-resistant strains of TB. Journal article - 1 Jan 2014
 
Premature baby goes home on Christmas Day
Philippines

Premature baby goes home on Christmas Day

Voices from the Field - 30 Dec 2013
 
First baby born in Tacloban Hospital
Philippines

Specialised care for mothers and babies in devastated Tacloban

Voices from the Field - 19 Dec 2013
 
Treating MDR-TB in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Sept 2013
Tajikistan

Children with tuberculosis must not be neglected

MSF launches new report about dangers of tuberculosis for children Project Update - 17 Dec 2013
 
IDPs in Bossangoa
Central African Republic

Bossangoa remains tense as MSF teams provide emergency medical care

Voices from the Field - 17 Dec 2013
 
Treating MDR-TB in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Sept 2013
Tuberculosis

Improving paediatric TB care in Tajikistan

MSF launches new report about dangers of tuberculosis for children. Report - 17 Dec 2013
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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