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Central African Republic

Nutritional emergency in south-western Central African Republic

Alerted by the local authorities, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have opened four feeding centres in one month in Carnot, Boda, Nola and Gamboula and implemented a number of outpatient treatment programmes in the area. Project Update - 21 Sep 2009
 
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Chad

100 women operated for obstetric fistula so far this year in Chad

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been running a fistula project in Abéché General Hospital in eastern Chad since January 2008, where a team performs surgical operations on patients to repair their internal injuries and provide a cure for their incontinence. Project Update - 21 Sep 2009
 
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Access to Healthcare

Charging patients in poor countries for medical care compromises the health and lives of large numbers of people

Mit Philips, MSF Health Policy Analyst, explains why it is urgently needed to make medical care free of charge for poor populations.
Voices from the Field - 18 Sep 2009
 
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Ethiopia

As diarrhoea outbreak in Ethiopia decreases, upcoming mass religious festival poses new risk

Beyond Addis Ababa, MSF is also responding to acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in two other regions: in Afar, in the north east, where more than 1,000 people have been treated since early July, and in Amhara region in the east. Project Update - 17 Sep 2009
 
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Papua New Guinea

Rare instance of cholera in Papua New Guinea brings challenges in raising awareness about treatment and prevention

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), already working in Lae, the provincial capital, was able to mobilise quickly and assist the Ministry of Health in responding to the outbreak. Project Update - 17 Sep 2009
 
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Flood

Massive floods in West Africa bring enormous displacement levels as MSF increases assistance in Burkino Faso and Niger

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reinforced its teams in Burkina Faso and Niger to provide assistance, along with the Ministry of Health, to the displaced people, following flooding in West Africa. Project Update - 14 Sep 2009
 
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Greece

People without any hope living in the Pagani detention center in Lesvos, Greece

Ioanna Kotsioni, MSF Deputy Head of Mission for MSF's project providing assistance to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Greece, has visited the project in the Pagani detention center in Lesvos and shares with us her experience inside the detention center. Project Update - 10 Sep 2009
 
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Pakistan

For those caught in the fighting in Pakistan, it is 'too dangerous to stay, even more dangerous to go'

Chris Lockyear spent most of 2008/9 as MSF Head of Mission to Pakistan. This was his sixth mission with MSF, following periods in Somalia, North Sudan and Darfur.
Voices from the Field - 10 Sep 2009
 
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Somalia

Graduate surgeon from Somali medical school becomes part of MSF team

In December 2008, 20 Somali students graduated from medical school in Mogadishu. One of those students, Hafsa Abdurrahman Mohamed, describes some of her experiences growing up in Mogadishu and working as a female MSF Surgeon in Somalia. Voices from the Field - 9 Sep 2009
 
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Niger

MSF provides assistance to displaced families after severe floods in Agadez, Niger

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams, already present in the city of Agadez, started providing emergency assistance in order to meet the urgent needs of the affected population. Project Update - 8 Sep 2009
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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