Treating war wounded in a city under siege

One team that MSF had set up in West Point has transformed itself into a wheelbarrow ambulance brigade. They have taken it upon themselves to bring severely injured patients to the MSF hospital in Mamba Point by stretcher and wheelbarrow. On their return trips to West Point, they carry medical supplies, food and drinking water that MSF sends to help support the Catholic Mission Clinic there. Project Update - 30 Jul 2003

Liberia

Monrovia casebook: "I feel safer when I hear the gunshots"

Dr Andrew Schechtman of MSF has been witnessing the tragedy unfold in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. A pregnant woman arrives and the team struggles to save the unborn baby. Another woman, a victim of rape, reaffirms the state of lawlessness in Monrovia.
Project Update - 30 Jul 2003

South Africa

Launch of HIV treatment, care and support program in Lusikisiki

MSF and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have launched a new programme for HIV treatment, care and support in Lusikisiki, in South Africa's Eastern Cape region. Press Release - 29 Jul 2003

Democratic Republic of Congo

Illusion of protection can do more harm than good

Illusion of protection can do more harm than good Press Release - 25 Jul 2003

Liberia

MSF report chronicles stories of Liberians caught in ongoing violent conflict

Arbitrary violence, rape and displacement have become commonplace for them. Now the recent fighting has worsened their situation," said an MSF spokeperson. Press Release - 23 Jul 2003

Angola

MSF assists in repatriation of 440,000 Moxico refugees after 27 years of civil war in Angola

"Not only does the poor quality of the transport routes hamper our work - especially in rainy season - but there are 9-12 million landmines still littering Angola. That is more than one landmine per person. And as a result, access to the people most in need is extremely limited," said an MSF spokesperson. Project Update - 22 Jul 2003

HIV/AIDS

AIDS treatment scale-up efforts threatened

AIDS treatment scale-up efforts threatened. Press Release - 16 Jul 2003

Guatemala

Congressional decree in Guatemala hinders access to medicines

The decree bans the drug regulatory agency from using an originators' product data - which is necessary when giving the equivalent generic version approval. Press Release - 14 Jul 2003

Côte d'Ivoire

Malnutrition, violence and displacement in western Côte d'Ivoire

"I am P. and I come from a village near Ity. One day, soldiers speaking French and English came to our village and started killing the men. I managed to flee into the bush with my husband and child. The next day we returned and I saw the corpses of my brothers. They had been tied up and had their throats slit. We were hiding in the bush for two weeks. We would keep moving all the time and gave our child whatever we found to eat, in order to keep her quiet. We were scared that her crying would attract attention and that we would be attacked again." Voices from the Field - 10 Jul 2003

Côte d'Ivoire

The collapse of healthcare, malnutrition, violence and displacement in western Côte d’Ivoire

In the mobile clinics, MSF is seeing many severely malnourished children who emerge from the bush as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). On the other side of the problem, the response to malnutrition has been seriously insufficient. MSF is concerned that its observations made during clinic activities are only a muted reflection of the reality beyond what is learned from consultations. To date there have been no other in-depth assessments of malnutrition patterns in the West. Report - 10 Jul 2003

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