Asian tsunami: One year on, health watch remains a key MSF concern

Click for MSF report on the tsunami at one year. Including all operational and financial reports for the year.
Throughout the course of 2005 MSF has responded to the devastating consequences of the tsunami in Aceh with programmes ranging from emergency relief and surgery, to mental health and the rehabilitation of health structures.
Now, a year later, MSF continues to monitor the health situation for vulnerable communities in the region and remains ready to respond to any emergencies. Project Update - 28 Dec 2005

Sudan

Nearly 200,000 people vaccinated against yellow fever in Kordofan, Sudan, in two weeks

Maintaining the cold chain that keeps the vaccines at the correct temperature meant 600 kilograms of ice had to be produced, packaged and transported every day. Project Update - 28 Dec 2005

Haiti

Treating bullet wounds and delivering babies

Two women in the maternity yard's waiting room. Since the beginning of the MSF intervention in Choscal, 400 children have been delivered.
"It is difficult to work in this area," says Loris de Filippi, the MSF head of Mission. "But we found it simply unacceptable that a population of a quarter million, the equivalent of a small European city, would be cut off from medical care." Project Update - 27 Dec 2005

South Africa

Where the stigma of Aids became the killer

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
A new frankness has replaced darkly ironic euphemisms as Khayelitsha battles to overcome epidemic. Project Update - 24 Dec 2005

Serbia

Forgotten people of the Balkans

Six years have passed since the NATO intervention in Kosovo. Talks on the province's status have begun, but on the other side of the border, the ethnic Serbs who fled are living in appalling conditions. Project Update - 23 Dec 2005

HIV/AIDS

Nolist - surviving AIDS and TB in South Africa

When I was sick, I wished that God could take me and I did not wish to be in this world. Now I'm going to spend many more years here because I am fine. Project Update - 22 Dec 2005

Kenya

How an Aids widow is filling the care gap in Kenya

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

In African villages ravaged by HIV, volunteers are taking the pressure off MSF doctors by giving advice. In the Media - 21 Dec 2005

Natural hazards

One year after the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster

Large parts of the city have been completely washed away by the tsunami. In Meulaboh on the west coast of Aceh, the destruction caused by the tsunami is still there for all to see almost nine months after it struck. Where the town once stood there are now just ruins stretching down to the sea. Report - 20 Dec 2005

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka- One year operational review

MSF's initial assessments revealed an uneven destruction of the coastal villages and found health practitioners taking care of the wounded, most of whom were treated within the first three days. Local communities organised accommodation and communal kitchens for the displaced people. Project Update - 20 Dec 2005

Indonesia

Tsunami one year review

MSF was already active in Indonesia before the tsunami struck, assisting patients suffering from infectious diseases and helping victims of violence and natural disasters. On December 28, the first team arrived in Aceh's regional capital of Banda Aceh. They started seeing patients in a medical clinic and began assessments and relief operations. Project Update - 20 Dec 2005

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