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Meningitis

An Epidemic of Wilful Neglect

International health community 'ill-prepared' for next African meningitis epidemic Photo of the Week - 19 Sep 2002
 
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Italy

MSF opens reception centre for asylum seekers in Lampedusa

On September 16th, MSF started working in Lampedusa reception centre with a program that focuses on medical triage of asylum seekers. Project Update - 19 Sep 2002
 
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Meningitis

Double standards and neglect: the story of meningitis vaccines

"A new strain of meningococcal meningitis threatens African countries. If nothing is done, thousands will die - though the means to protect them was there all along."
Briefing document by Médecins Sans Frontières, September 2002
Project Update - 19 Sep 2002
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera outbreak causes high death toll

MSF sends extra team and supplies. Press Release - 12 Sep 2002
 
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Russia

Profile of Arjan Erkel: realist with a heart in the right place

On August 12, Arjan Erkel, 32 and a Dutch national, was abducted by three gunmen in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. In this profile of Arjan, long-time friends and colleagues offer an insight to the choices that brought him to Dagestan. Project Update - 11 Sep 2002
 
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Belarus

Head of MSF mission remains missing - relief operations resume in Ingushetia

Activities were suspended in Chechnya following the kidnapping of Nina Davydovich, head of Druzhba, a Russian NGO. All of MSF's operations in the Northern Caucasus were suspended after the kidnapping of Arjan Erkel, MSF's head of mission in Dagestan. Press Release - 10 Sep 2002
 
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Cameroon

MSF starts Buruli's ulcer project in Cameroon

A disease of the poor, and often children, an MSF co-operative venture will bring specialised care to a remote, poverty-riden area in Cameroon because of the high number of Buruli's ulcer cases in the region. Project Update - 5 Sep 2002
 
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Palestine

Healing the mind

The theory behind, and limits to, MSF's psychiatric approach in the midst of the Palestinian conflict. A critical examination of a long-term project. Report - 3 Sep 2002
 
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Angola

Thousands of people arrive at Mavinga in search of food

The situation is so grave, and the lack of food so severe, that handicapped people, with prostheses and crutches, have tried to walk the 50 kilometers in the hope of finding food. Press Release - 30 Aug 2002
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Assaulted and shot at - MSF evacuates DRC Dungu team for safety reasons

During the night of Tuesday, August 28, the MSF mission in Dungu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was made the object of three violent intrusions by armed soldiers. Press Release - 29 Aug 2002
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

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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