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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's health service is a casualty of 20 years of war

Sri Lanka's 20 years of war has killed over 60,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more. Project Update - 9 Feb 2002
 
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Measles

MSF launches mass measles vaccination campaign in a country ravaged by catastrophic health situation

Measles is a major killer in Africa where about one million children die from measles each year. The risk of a measles outbreak is especially real for an already weakened population. Press Release - 7 Feb 2002
 
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Afghanistan

Severe increase in malnutrition in Mazlakh camp

Fear is the main reason why only 80 children attend the special feeding centres of MSF, which have a capacity to treat up to 200 children. Press Release - 6 Feb 2002
 
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Global

MSF issues "Top Ten" list of the year's most underreported humanitarian stories

Fourth annual listing emphasizes decreasing protection for refugees, the need for neglected disease treatments, and ongoing wars in Congo, Chechnya, and Colombia. Press Release - 5 Feb 2002
 
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Afghanistan

Identify yourselves

Coalition soldiers in Afghanistan are endangering aid workers. This article first appeared in The Guardian newspaper, UK. Project Update - 1 Feb 2002
 
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Somalia

Vaccination campaign targets 210,000 in Somalia

With a confirmed outbreak of meningitis in Hargeisa, Somalia, MSF has started a vaccination campaign. Project Update - 31 Jan 2002
 
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South Africa

Brazilian generic drugs in South Africa - the background

This document presents a historical account of the use of Brazilian drugs in MSF's antiretroviral programme in South Africa. Project Update - 29 Jan 2002
 
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South Africa

Media reaction to MSF use of generic drugs in South Africa

Following the press release by MSF, TAC and Oxfam on the import and use of generic drugs from Brazil to treat AIDS victims in South Africa, coverage of the issue from international press has been substantial. Project Update - 29 Jan 2002
 
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South Africa

'HIV drugs gave me back my life'

Doctors gave Matthew Damane just a few years to live after he was diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, in 1997. Project Update - 29 Jan 2002
 
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South Africa

Generic AIDS drugs offer new lease of life to South Africans; importation of generics cuts price in half

Joint press release of Medecins Sans Frontieres, Treatment Action Committee and Oxfam, Press Release - 29 Jan 2002
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