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South Sudan

Tuberculosis treatment in complex emergencies

Treating tuberculosis in complex emergencies is an under-recognised priority. Although MSF's programme is small, it offers treatment to people who have previously been denied access to health care. Clearly, new ideas and strategies, based on core principles of tuberculosis treatment, need to be adapted to ensure that people living in unique and difficult settings, such as Sudan, have access to this life-saving care. Project Update - 29 Dec 2003

Nepal

Crisis in Nepal: Destruction before construction

For the last few months, Jono Lineen has been trying to set up one of MSF's health programmes in western Nepal, where the government and Maoist rebels are fighting a brutal civil war. Below he describes his struggle to negotiate with young revolutionaries bent on restructuring society. Project Update - 29 Dec 2003

Malaria

Amid the death, new hope

From education to vaccines, a drive to halt malaria takes off. This report concludes a Boston Globe series, begun on Jan. 26, on world health challenges and the solutions that are within reach. Project Update - 28 Dec 2003

Iran

MSF rushes emergency relief teams and materials to Iran

Yesterday, Friday December 26, an MSF team carried out a rapid evaluation in the affected region in Bam together with the Iranian Red Crescent. The team is on the spot with first aid material. Ten tons of additional supplies are leaving by plane today. Press Release - 27 Dec 2003

South Sudan

Kala-Azar epidemic threatens thousands in South Sudan

MSF says growing evidence requires a concerted response to the upsurge in this fatal disease. Press Release - 22 Dec 2003

Mozambique

MSF launches the first large-scale test of an oral vaccine against cholera in the city of Beira

At present, two vaccines against cholera exist on the market, but only the one used by MSF in this Mozambique campaign has been granted a pre-qualification by the WHO. Press Release - 18 Dec 2003

Chad

Refugee crisis in eastern Chad worsens

MSF calls on agencies, including UNHCR, to step up assistance urgently. Press Release - 17 Dec 2003

HIV/AIDS

Offering lessons for treating HIV/AIDS to Pepfar

MSF statement on Pepfar: Testimony submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services for the meeting of the International Subcommittee of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Project Update - 16 Dec 2003

South Africa

We Are Alive - Mandela inaugurates ART site near his birthplace

"Siyaphila La will set an example for other rural HIV treatment sites that will be established in the Eastern Cape and across the country," said Mandela. Project Update - 15 Dec 2003

South Africa

Window of opportunity opens for South Africa to access affordable antiretrovirals

The agreement reached between the Treatment Action Campaign and two pharmaceutical companies covers both public and private sectors and - importantly - also allows generics produced in South Africa to be exported to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Project Update - 12 Dec 2003

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