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Guinea-Bissau

Over 10,000 affected by cholera in Guinea Bissau

Since May this year, a cholera outbreak has devastated Guinea Bissau and has already caused the deaths of 190 patients and more than 10,000 people have been affected by the outbreak. Project Update - 23 Oct 2008
 
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Niger

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is involved in other activities in Niger besides malnutrition.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is involved in many other activities in Niger besides malnutrition. Project Update - 22 Oct 2008
 
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Niger

MSF calls upon the President of Niger to lift the ban on its activities immediately

Three months after Nigerien authorities suspended the activities of the French section of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the organization is calling for an immediate resumption of its nutritional operations in Maradi. Project Update - 21 Oct 2008
 
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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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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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