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Uganda

We fear the worst is still to come

The MSF nutritional intervention started in June 2008 and was expected to run only until September. Now, with almost 24,000 children screened and 2,300 of them severely malnourished, the programme is expected to continue into 2009. Project Update - 16 Oct 2008
 
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Uganda

Responding to food insecurity and malnutrition in northeast Uganda

In addition to responding to the malnutrition crisis in Uganda, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) tackled other disease outbreaks such as Hepatitis E, Ebola or cholera and, in some areas, MSF teams have refocused their activities on secondary care and HIV/AIDS care.
Project Update - 16 Oct 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF intervenes in Haut-Uele province, DRC, to assist displaced people in Bangadi as violence escalates

Populations caught up in the violence of an conflict-ridden situation in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have no other choice than to run away and seek refuge in nearby forests. As the needs increase, MSF wants to assist them but the increasing insecurity is threatening the mission. Project Update - 15 Oct 2008
 
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Georgia

Georgia - two months on, uncertainty remains for many

In Gori and Tbilisi, the MSF teams continue to provide medical and psychological care to displaced persons, distribute essential non-food items and provide health facilities in need with medicines. Project Update - 13 Oct 2008
 
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Haiti

Homelessness and food shortages for hurricane victims in Haiti

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the inefficiency of emergency response in Gonaïves, Haiti.
Press Release - 13 Oct 2008
 
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Colombia

MSF asks Colombian government and health care providers to guarantee comprehensive health care to victims of sexual violence

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) requests that health care providers be better prepared to provide comprehensive health care attention to victims of sexual violence and the Colombian government to clarify the existing regulations that aim to assist sexual violence victims. Press Release - 9 Oct 2008
 
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Humanitarian principles

MSF protests comments by French Foreign Minister in Jerusalem

Following a statement made by the French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) wishes to emphasize that independence from all governments and interests (political, religious, economic and military) is central to its definition of humanitarian action. Statement - 7 Oct 2008
 
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Malnutrition

WHO experts raise antiquated nutrition standards

After a week-long meeting World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have just agreed that animal source food, such as dairy products, is the first and most effective choice to treat moderately malnourished children. Press Release - 6 Oct 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

International community failing to provide adequate assistance and protection to the population in North Kivu, DRC

In the most volatile parts of DRC's North Kivu province, violence has reached its highest levels in years, while assistance is hardly reaching those most in need, according to the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Statement - 6 Oct 2008
 
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Haiti

MSF teams find villages completely flooded and population stranded with no help one month after cyclones

Although international attention has largely moved on from the emergency in Haiti, the example of the town of Mamont shows that emergency assistance remains critical for some parts of the country. Press Release - 3 Oct 2008
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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