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Somalia

Abducted aid workers in Somalia in good health

Contrary to earlier reports in the media, Médecins Sans Frontières confirms that, based on its own information, two MSF staff members held captive in Somalia are in good health and are eating well. Project Update - 21 Apr 2009
 
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Sri Lanka

MSF treating hundreds of wounded arriving from Sri Lankan war zone

MSF is providing medical and logistical support at the hospital in Vavuniya and also supports with mental health counselling for patients traumatised by the fighting. Press Release - 21 Apr 2009
 
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Somalia

Two MSF staff members abducted in Somalia

MSF confirms that two of its staff members were abducted yesterday in the Bakool region of Somalia. Press Release - 20 Apr 2009
 
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Kenya

Burn treatment following petrol tanker explosion in Kenya

For two and half intense months an MSF team cared for burn victims in Kenya's Rift Valley Province following the explosion of a petrol tanker, when 100 were killed and as many critically injured. Project Update - 17 Apr 2009
 
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Niger

In the midst of Niger's vaccination campaign, treatment is essential for those who contract meningitis

Although the meningitis epidemic that began in the Zinder region of Niger late last year shows signs of easing, the number of people affected remains high. Left untreated, meningitis is fatal in more than half of the cases.
In the Magaria district, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has just begun vaccinating more than 500,000 people, its mobile medical teams are ensuring that patients receive medication promptly. Claude Mahoudeau describes the teams' work. Although treatment draws less attention than vaccinating, it is critical to the effort.
Project Update - 16 Apr 2009
 
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Haiti

Haiti's public health system failing patients

The Haitian government and international donors must not ignore critical gaps in medical services for impoverished Haitians.
Press Release - 14 Apr 2009
 
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HIV/AIDS

MSF responds to World Health Organization's new HIV treatment guidelines

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new recommendations for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in developing countries, in line with the medical evidence and best practices. We outline the latest recommendations and our responses to them. Project Update - 12 Apr 2009
 
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Access to medicines

New malaria drug subsidy fails to ensure patients receive best treatment options - procurement policies must change

MSF is now calling on the Global Fund and the international organisations supporting the Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria (AMFm) to revise the purchasing rules in order to prevent the risk of resistance developing to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). Press Release - 8 Apr 2009
 
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Colombia

MSF assists as newly displaced dramatically increase population of Colombian village

Following recent displacement of families around Dubasa River, in the Chocó region of northwest Colombia, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is bringing medical care and water and sanitation support to the population. Project Update - 3 Apr 2009
 
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Project Update

MSF to vaccinate over four million people in West Africa for meningitis

While ensuring a quick access to treatment for the sick people, MSF is undertaking mass vaccination campaigns in Nigeria and Niger and is closely following the situation in other countries in the region. Project Update - 2 Apr 2009
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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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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