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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's war-wounded leave MSF staff heavy with surgeries every day

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have been providing medical services day and night at different locations in the district, from the checkpoint close to the former front line to the hospital in the city of Vavuniya. Project Update - 26 May 2009
 
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Pakistan

Increasing numbers of displaced in Pakistan bring camps to capacity with days

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is currently supporting an IDP camp in Mardan district, 100km northwest of the capital, Islamabad, in addition to distributing non-food items to people living in so-called "non-official camps", like mosques and school buildings, with essentials such as cooking sets and hygiene and sleeping kits. Project Update - 25 May 2009
 
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Project Update

MSF denounces the policy of forced repatriation of the Hmong population of Huai Nam Khao camp back to Laos, and refuses to work under military pressure

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the methods employed by the Thai authorities, who have stamped out any possibility of offering independent humanitarian assistance to the camp's refugee population. Press Release - 20 May 2009
 
Thailand

Hidden Behind Barbed Wire

Plight of Hmong refugees held in detention camp in northern Thailand ignored amid ongoing deportations to Laos. Report - 20 May 2009
 
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Chagas disease

Chagas disease not addressed by World Health Assembly - Neglected disease neglected once again

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges affected countries to scale up diagnosis and treatment on 100th anniversary of the discovery of the disease. Press Release - 19 May 2009
 
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Kenya

Somali refugees imperilled in overcrowded camps in Kenya

More than 270,000 refugees who have fled war in Somalia are facing such alarming shortages of food, water and adequate shelter in severely overcrowded camps in northern Kenya that many are considering returning to the Somali war zone. Press Release - 18 May 2009
 
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Sleeping sickness

NECT added to WHO Essential Medicines List as combination treatment against sleeping sickness

A new treatment option against sleeping sickness, a fatal disease which threatens 60 million people across sub-Saharan Africa, has been added to the Essential Medicines List of the WHO. Press Release - 15 May 2009
 
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Somalia

MSF forced to close a clinic due to heavy fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia

MSF wants to remind all parties to respect medical facilities. Press Release - 15 May 2009
 
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Sri Lanka

A 'full blown storm of medical and humanitarian needs' in Sri Lanka

Since Saturday, MSF teams have been working alongside the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health doing triage at the main crossing point, selecting the most seriously injured, then treating and stabilising them on site. Project Update - 15 May 2009
 
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Niger

New opportunities to defeat childhood malnutrition

Seasonal peak in childhood malnutrition curbed with food supplements that are used in pre-malnutrition interventions to avert widespread malnutrition in young children. Project Update - 13 May 2009
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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