Governments must commit to massively scale up treatment at UN Summit on AIDS

Governments will meet at the United Nations in New York for an HIV/AIDS Summit from June 8 to 10, to discuss the global response to the epidemic over the next five to ten years. Hanging in the balance will be the lives of the ten million people in urgent need of treatment, at a time when the latest science tells us that treating HIV not only saves lives, but also dramatically reduces transmission of the virus from one person to another – by 96%.
In the lead-up to the UN High-level meeting, MSF is releasing a series of five videos that illustrate innovative tools and models that could help make improved HIV treatment accessible to many more. Project Update - 27 May 2011

Uganda

Suffering from chronic neglect in Kaabong, Uganda

The people of Kaabong have the unenviable title of being amongst the poorest in Uganda.
Large parts of the population suffer from violence and chronic neglect. Seventy percent of the population here cannot access health care. Project Update - 27 May 2011

Access to Healthcare

UNICEF makes vaccine prices public in move likely to have major impact on developing country market

“This is a real step forward - until now it was difficult for countries to find out
what companies were charging for specific vaccines,” said Daniel Berman, Deputy Director of the Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). “Full price transparency facilitates
competition and will allow buyers to make the best choices for immunisation
programmes.” Project Update - 27 May 2011

Libya

MSF evacuates team from Zintan, Libya

MSF evacuated its team from the western Libyan city of Zintan on Friday 27 May, following repeated shelling.
Project Update - 27 May 2011

Sudan

MSF struggles to provide urgent medical aid after violent clashes in Abyei region, Sudan

The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to the consequences of fighting in the Abyei region of Sudan following violent clashes that began on the night of Friday 20 May. Project Update - 26 May 2011

Tunisia

Refugees fleeing Libya have no safe place to go

“Over the last days, we have seen a progressive escalation of violence, with ongoing incidents between groups of refugees of different nationalities,” said Mike Bates, MSF’s head of mission. “They are stuck in the camp – which was built as a temporary and transitional area – for an indefinite duration of stay. Most feel they are in a deadlock situation, with no future in sight.” Project Update - 26 May 2011

Niger

Reducing Childhood Mortality in Niger: The Role of Nutritious Foods

A study conducted in Niger in 2010 documented a 50 per cent drop in mortality among young children who received a milk-based, fortified spread, compared to those who did not. MSF asks G8 members to make age-appropriate food for young children one of the pillars of infant mortality reduction programmes. Report - 24 May 2011

Sudan

MSF assists 42 wounded following violent clashes in Abyei, Sudan

MSF teams in Agok are on standby to respond to a further influx of wounded. Mobile clinics are being prepared to provide health assistance, shelters and/or distribute non food items according to the needs. Project Update - 24 May 2011

Child health

Child mortality observed to be 50% lower with better food

MSF Niger study reinforces that high-quality nutritious foods should be a pillar in Global Fight Against Childhood Mortality; G8 countries should ensure that appropriate foods reach vulnerable children Press Release - 24 May 2011

Côte d'Ivoire

In the western part of Ivory Coast, people are still afraid

The normal pace of life has returned in most of the towns in the region, but deserted villages and burned-out homes show evidence of what happened in this area, and many fear that violence could start anew. “People are still afraid," says a manager at the Duekoué camp. Voices from the Field - 23 May 2011

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