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Yemen

Razeh hospital hit by rocket fire, MSF calls for respect of health care facilities

While the war has been ongoing for the past two months in northern Yemen, one of the last hospitals still operating in the Saada governorate was directly hit by the fighting and forced to stop its work. It is urgent to set up a hospital in a safe area, allowing patients to access healthcare. MSF is ready to restart medical activities in the governorate as soon as possible. Press Release - 21 Oct 2009
 
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India

Flood waters in India recede but humanitarian needs remain

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was one of the first international humanitarian aid organisations to provide emergency assistance to the affected populations in Andhra Pradesh and is continuing its relief efforts this week. Project Update - 19 Oct 2009
 
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Malaria

Malaria: Introducing ACT from Asia to Africa

The introduction of rapid tests and ACTs in MSF missions, along with the plea for their accessibility in public structures in African countries, opened the way for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. MSF’s participation in their introduction through work in humanitarian circumstances (war refugees, neglected epidemics) and the long mediation process (from Asia to Africa, from Chinese science to international norms, from one economic model to another, etc.) remind us that medical progress arises not only from the most sophisticated research laboratories but also from the porosity of borders and from improbable meetings between refugees, researchers, and clinicians. msf-crash.org - 13 Oct 2009
 
Philippines

MSF mobiles teams providing emergency assistance in newly flooded area in the northern Philippines

In Manila and its surroundings, more Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are still working to provide medical care to the most vulnerable people affected by tropical storm Ketsana, which struck the Philippines two weeks ago affecting 3.9 million people and forcing 500,000 to flee their houses. Project Update - 13 Oct 2009
 
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Afghanistan

No guns, no fees in Ahmed Shah Baba hospital, Kabul

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) started working again in Afghanistan in 2009. The organisation’s return to the country – after five years – was motivated by the increasing number of signals that the overall situation for Afghans was getting worse rather than better. Project Update - 12 Oct 2009
 
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Pakistan

MSF requests permission for international medical teams to set up assistance in Dera Ismael Khan

For the past two months, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been requesting authorisations for an independent access in the area to provide emergency medical care with a team of national and international staff. Project Update - 12 Oct 2009
 
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Yemen

A daily challenge for MSF to adapt its activities

War in the north of Yemen has been ongoing for the past eight weeks. Andrés Romero, MSF head of mission in Sana'a, describes the evolution of MSF activities in the current context. Project Update - 9 Oct 2009
 
Philippines

MSF teams assessing the situation in the northern Philippines as typhoon Parma loops back

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical doctors and logisticians are currently assessing the situation on the main island of Luzon, Philippines, as typhoon Parma continues to rain on the northern Philippines. Project Update - 9 Oct 2009
 
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India

Severe floods leave millions homeless in southern India

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent two teams to assess the needs of the affected population in the districts of Kurnool and Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh. Project Update - 7 Oct 2009
 
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Natural hazards

South Pacific region rocked by typhoons and earthquakes

More than 60 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgeons, doctors, nurses, logisticians, and others are currently part of the substantial international and local aid effort in Manila in the Philippines, Padang in Indonesia, and Samoa in the South Pacific. Project Update - 6 Oct 2009
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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