MSF returns to projects in the Pool region, Congo Brazzaville

Medical teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have resumed their activities in three districts within the Republic of Congo's southern Pool region, the organization has announced. Project Update - 22 Feb 2006

South Sudan

MSF responding to severe cholera outbreak in Juba

More than 1,800 cases have been recorded in two weeks in a non-endemic area.
Press Release - 22 Feb 2006

Ethiopia

MSF leads a campaign to vaccinate 100,000 people in southern Ethiopia

Meningitis is endemic in Ethiopia and epidemics tend to break out particularly during the major dry season, from January to March. Press Release - 20 Feb 2006

Chad

Everyday brings one or more wounded to Adré Hospital

Thierry Allafort-Duverger, head of MSF's emergency desk in France, has just returned from a visit to Chad. Clashes in the region of Adré, on the border with Sudan, have caused deaths and injuries. This heavy instability has also led to further population displacement and is hampering humanitarian aid efforts. Project Update - 17 Feb 2006

Sudan

The chronic insecurity has led us to redefine and step up our activities

In western Darfur, the violent confrontations of 2004 have given way to a situation of chronic instability characterized by persistent violence affecting all those living in the province. For MSF, the challenge is to continue to provide medical assistance to people with on-going major needs, to remain responsive in the event of new emergencies and, despite the insecurity, to provide high-quality assistance. Dr. Pauline Horrill, MSF's program manager for Sudan, and Fabrice Weissman, head of our Darfur mission, offer an update. Project Update - 16 Feb 2006

Zambia

Cholera in Zambia: 'People do not want to talk about it. It's a dirty disease'

Christina Anderson is a 32 years old nurse from Sweden. On her second mission with MSF, this is the first time she is facing a cholera outbreak. She arrived in Zambia in the middle of January and, since then, has been supervising MSF activity in George Cholera Treatment Center (CTC), in the northern part of Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, where the cholera outbreak has spread since last September. Project Update - 15 Feb 2006

Democratic Republic of Congo

Rutshuru, DRC: Attacks on civilians causes thousands to flee

So far MSF staff have been unable to access this remaining population around Kibirizi, they are most likely to be in desperate need of help. Those who have managed to reach Kanyabayonga have spent one or two days walking, fleeing with only the belongings they could carry. Project Update - 13 Feb 2006

Zambia

Cases still rising in cholera outbreak in Lusaka

At the beginning of February, more than 600 new cases were reporting every week. It is estimated that the outbreak has not yet reached its peak. The rainy season - when outbreaks usually occur - started in November and it will last until April. Project Update - 10 Feb 2006

Two MSF staff detained in Colombia

Press Release - 9 Feb 2006

Democratic Republic of Congo

Violence in Katanga, Introduction

Neither the Government nor the international community have shown an adequate commitment to fulfill their responsibilities to protect and assist these civilians in need. Having long been the informal suppliers of foodstuffs for both FARDC troops and Mai-Mai militia, civilian populations are increasingly abused, attacked and manipulated.
Download the MSF briefing paper on Katanga Project Update - 9 Feb 2006

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