Treating TB in southern Sudan

In the last four years, 991 patients have been treated for tuberculosis (TB) at the health center that MSF set up in Akuem, southern Sudan. The teams have established a streamlined treatment method, but caring for patients with this disease is still a complex undertaking. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006

Kenya

Treating HIV/AIDS co-infection: MSF's project in Homa Bay, Kenya

Since 1997, MSF has been running an HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) treatment project in the regional hospital of Homa Bay, Kenya. The HIV/AIDS prevalence in this province, with a population of around 300,000, is estimated to be 30%. For the MSF team, the treatment of co-infection - meaning people affected by both HIV/AIDS and TB - is critical. A new integrated approach was put in place under one roof at the end of 2005 to do just that. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006

Tuberculosis

TB patients still waiting for new diagnostic tools and treatment

The number of TB cases is increasing worldwide. This is particularly true in countries with high HIV prevalence. There is still no evolution in terms of development of new diagnostic tools and treatment. The only available ones are archaic and do not allow the efficient detection and treatment of TB in developing countries, where 99% of deaths occur. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006

Tuberculosis

Five reasons to focus on children

Each year, TB silently kills about two million people, almost exclusively in developing countries. Among the anonymous victims of the disease, children are literally excluded from international efforts against TB, even though they represent more than 20% of the affected population.
On World TB Day 2006, here are five good reasons focus on children. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006

Peru

Peru's Lurigancho prison project: Five years working with people forgotten before they were dead

Inside the prison, the risk of contracting HIV is five to seven times higher than in the streets of Lima. During visit days, an average of 4,000 people enter the facility. They include relatives, friends and salespeople who, through their contacts, help spread infectious diseases among the prison population. Project Update - 22 Mar 2006

South Sudan

Health needs already start to dwarf the new peace accord

People tell MSF that things are better, enjoying the improved security situation - even as they continue to die from lack of food, clean water and diseases such as diarrhoea, malaria, tuberculosis and kala-azar. Project Update - 21 Mar 2006

Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC measles vaccination: first round ends, second round starts

In the DRC, MSF teams are in the process of vaccinaating 550,000 children. On a near-daily basis, MSF is updating the progress of the teams. Project Update - 17 Mar 2006

United States of America

Open response to Abbott Laboratories letter to MSF of March 15

Project Update - 17 Mar 2006

Kenya

Praying for rain in northern Kenya

"The animals are all dead or dying and the people are weak," she explains, cradling her child who had been admitted into the centre three days before. "I had almost 80 cattle, they are all dead. I only have five camels and a few goats left. We've got no food and no water and we can't sell the animals to get any." Project Update - 14 Mar 2006

Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF launches massive measles vaccination campaign for 550,000 children

An audio introduction to the campaign by Ann Decoster, MSF Field-Coordinator in Mbuji Mayi, DRC
"Our strategy is to move simultaneously towards two objectives: to launch the vaccination campaign and to guarantee a free and complete treatment for all the children already infected. These two steps are essentials to control the mortality rate and to reduce the spread out of the outbreak," said David Goetghebuer MSF's Head of Mission in DRC. Press Release - 13 Mar 2006

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