Cholera outbreak may be one of largest in Zambia's history

"Cholera is endemic in Zambia and separate cases have never really stopped appearing in different areas of the country since December 2004," said MSF Head of Mission, Misha Dolizde. Project Update - 10 Jan 2006

Lebanon

MSF looks back on its Lebanon emergency response

Before and after the cease-fire, the majority of medical needs were addressed directly by Lebanese health structures. MSF's work consisted mainly in supporting them. All MSF activities in Lebanon were financed through private funds. Project Update - 9 Jan 2006

Zambia

Guardian in Zambia: The lake where locals say it's easier to catch HIV than fish

Poverty and war divide families and create the perfect conditions for disease to flourish. There's a saying in the villages that these days it is is easier to catch HIV/Aids on Lake Mweru than fish. Project Update - 7 Jan 2006

Mali

360 degrees of MSF

Project Update - 4 Jan 2006

South Africa

Guardian in South Africa: A new hope

This series of articles and audio/video files was researched and written by Guardian newspaper journalists and was a feature series running in the UK publication and website throughout the Christmas season. Click logo to acces the full series on the Guardian website
In the latest in his Aids in Africa series, photographer Gideon Mendel now focuses on a remote rural project that is not only treating the sick - but may be a model for the continent. Voices from the Field - 29 Dec 2005

India

Giving psychosocial care to earthquake survivors

Althought the larger impact of the early October earthquake in the Kashmir region struck Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, India-controlled Kashmir was also badly hit. Approximately 1,400 people died and more than 6,000 were wounded in this part of the disaster zone. Project Update - 29 Dec 2005

Niger

More than 2,200 severe malnourished children treated in Tanout area

"Most of these children would die, if they were not treated", says Rosa Crestani, Emergency Coordinator for the MSF nutritional project in Tanout. "Instead, when they come with their mothers, we manage to save more than 90% of them. Since the beginning of our work in this area, in late August 2005, we've treated more than 2,200 children." Project Update - 29 Dec 2005

Zambia

Zambia struggles with power of witchdoctors

This series of articles and audio/video files was researched and written by Guardian newspaper journalists and was a feature series running in the UK publication and website throughout the Christmas season. Click logo to access the full series on the Guardian website
MSF is educating southern Africans about the cause of Aids and effective treatment. Project Update - 28 Dec 2005

Indonesia

Asian tsunami: 'In the first days, they needed our help, not our tears'

Click for MSF report on the tsunami at one year. Including all operational and financial reports for the year.
Two days after the tsunami devastated the shoreline of the Indonesian province of Aceh, MSF teams began working alongside national efforts to provide emergency medical relief.
MSF Medical Coordinator Assistant Maria Meo was one of the first to arrive in the battered city of Banda Aceh. Below she remembers the experience. Project Update - 28 Dec 2005

Mental health

Mental health care grows in strength and experience caring for tsunami survivors

Click for MSF report on the tsunami at one year. Including all operational and financial reports for the year.
MSF teams had been running mobile clinics and providing emergency relief in Aceh for only a few days before they recognised tsunami victims' need for psychological support. Psychologists were quickly dispatched to the region and integrated into all activities. Over the 11 months that have followed MSF mental health programmes across Aceh have continued to grow in strength and expertise, and now form a significant part of MSF's ongoing response to the tsunami. Project Update - 28 Dec 2005

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