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Sri Lanka

'Frigophobia' in Sri Lanka

Donegal-born nurse, Maureen Mulhern, has been on six missions with Médecins Sans Frontières. She recently returned from a four year mission with MSF in Vavuniya district in northern Sri Lanka. In her role as project coordinator, she set up a mental health program in Vavuniya district in northern Sri Lanka offering psychosocial support to war-affected people. Project Update - 1 Aug 2004
 
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Sudan

Malaria rates increase dramatically in southern Sudanese region

While the number of new cases per week is high in itself, the MSF team suspects that many more people will have contacted the deadly disease in villages which are out of reach of medical care. Project Update - 29 Jul 2004
 
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Uganda

Two pills a day: treat HIV/AIDS now!

Two years of antiretroviral treatment in Arua, Uganda commemorated
amid calls for urgent expansion of free treatment.
Press Release - 29 Jul 2004
 
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Afghanistan

MSF pulls out of Afghanistan

After 24 years of independent aid to the Afghan people, MSF withdraws from Afghanistan following killing, threats and insecurity Press Release - 28 Jul 2004
 
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Burundi

MSF reacts to cholera outbreak in Burundi

In early July, MSF reacted to an outbreak of cholera among refugees sheltering in the Cibitoke region of Western Burundi. Project Update - 23 Jul 2004
 
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Sudan

Transforming a hospital in North Darfur

The complete MSF team currently working in Kebkabyia, North Darfur



Since MSF started working on the June 12, there have been about 1,500 consultations given each week, both in the hospital and in a separate out-patient clinic in the east of the town



Project Update - 21 Jul 2004
 
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Sudan

MSF opens new project in crisis-stricken Darfur

"The aim is to provide care to an area which is mired in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and to a people with no access to even the most basic medical facilities." Project Update - 20 Jul 2004
 
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Bangladesh

Five hour hikes common when assisting remote populations in Chittagong hills

The Chittagong Hill Tracts in south-east Bangladesh are scarcely accessible and have been plagued by conflicts for years. MSF provides basic medical care in the area, with a focus on treating malaria. However providing medical care can take staffers into areas so remote they are only accessible by foot. Project Update - 19 Jul 2004
 
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Sudan

MSF in Sudan: "We don't have any choice"

They are living in squalor in Riyad camp on the outskirts of El Genina in West Darfur region of Sudan. Project Update - 15 Jul 2004
 
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Belgium

Access denied in the Belgian healthcare system

Legal grey areas and a lack of coordination concerning medical care for illegal immigrants among Public Centres for Social Assistance have created a disparate and unpredictable system. Press Release - 13 Jul 2004
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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