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Brazil

AIDS DRUGS: Brazil, Thailand override big pharma patents

Although a handful of countries have issued compulsory licenses for AIDS drugs without kicking up much of a fuss, all involved older, first-generation drugs. Now the second-line treatments are at stake. Economist Love adds that big pharma feels threatened that this movement could go beyond AIDS to heart disease and other ailments. "There's a big push in Thailand to do it for everything," says Love. Project Update - 11 May 2007
 
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Thailand

Thailand turns giant pharma killer

"All Compulsory licenses have done is to open up a monopolistic market to competition," says Cawthorn of MSF . "Why should the pharmaceutical companies be worried about that?" Project Update - 10 May 2007
 
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Republic of Congo

Post-cholera situation remains poor in Republic of Congo

Despite the intervention and impact the cholera outbreak had on the people of Congo, very little has been done by the government to improve the availability of clean water to the populations of Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville. Project Update - 9 May 2007
 
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Somalia

A circus of pain and relief - kala azar in Somalia

Henrik Glette/MSF
A mother shows her son's scars after he was treated with traditional methods for kala azar. He is now undergoing treatment at the kala azar ward of MSF Health Centre in Huddur.
Project Update - 8 May 2007
 
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Humanitarian challenges

MSF expresses dismay at the decision announced by the Dutch Government to appeal Geneva Court ruling

MSF denounces, in the strongest possible terms, the relentless attitude of the Dutch government in its pursuit of legal action against MSF and its persistent denial of the role it played in freeing Arjan Erkel. Press Release - 4 May 2007
 
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Moldova

Treating HIV/AIDS in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria

The prevalence of HIV in Transnistria is four times higher than in Moldova, according to official statistics. Project Update - 4 May 2007
 
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Ethiopia

Deadly kala azar is still forgotten

"We are extremely happy about the Ethiopian government's fast reaction on HIV/AIDS," said Ivan Zenar, Project Coordinator for MSF's Humera project. "But we remain concerned that kala azar is still so completely neglected, despite the fact that is a deadly disease." Press Release - 30 Apr 2007
 
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Sierra Leone

Malaria and infections

It is sometimes hard to know how things start. Take Mariana Mohammed, for example. Seven days ago, she was admitted to the MSF referral centre in Gondama. Her parents arrived in the late afternoon, after a day of travel that started early in the morning. Project Update - 30 Apr 2007
 
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Malaria

Malaria portrait from Sierra Leone

Salaymatu Kargbo was one of the first people we met in Yamandu. A baby girl, just 17 months old, with tiny braids in her hair and sleepiness in her eyes. Her mother carefully approached our car, as soon as it stopped outside the colourful clinic. Project Update - 27 Apr 2007
 
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Burundi

A severe malaria case in Burundi

"I was scared for my son. When we arrived at the hospital, he was very weak and he couldn't talk," explains the mother of a three and an half year old boy with severe malaria. Project Update - 25 Apr 2007
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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