Medecins Sans Frontieres (Geneva)
Website: http://www.msf.org/
August 01
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Chad: MSF Treats Wounded in Tissi After Renewed Clashes in Darfur [press release]
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to a fresh wave of violence that has broken out in some areas of Sudan's Darfur region along the border with Chad. Read more »
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South Sudan: Medical Needs Urgent for 100,000 People As Violence Continues in Jonglei [press release]
An estimated 100,000 people still have dangerously inadequate access to emergency medical care, almost three weeks after the latest mass movement into the bush to escape violence... Read more »
July 26
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Malawi: Sex Workers Falling Through the Cracks [press release]
Near the end of the second community outreach clinic day, organised specifically for Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) in Nsanje, Malawi, Isabella, a shy young woman arrives. That day,... Read more »
July 19
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Somalia: MSF Aid Workers Freed From Somalia Arrive in Spain Today [press release]
Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut, the two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) aid workers released yesterday in Somalia after 21 months in captivity, will arrive today... Read more »
July 18
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Somalia: Two MSF Aid Workers Freed in Somalia [press release]
It is with great relief that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut, abducted from the Dadaab refugee camp, in Kenya, on 13... Read more »
July 15
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Mozambique: Treating Kaposi's Sarcoma in Maputo [press release]
In Mozambique, the fight against HIV/AIDS is being fought every day: about 11.5% of people in the coastal southern African country are living with the virus. Many of them suffer... Read more »
July 09
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Malawi: Scholarship Scheme Trains Health Workers for Rural Areas [press release]
"I always wished that one day I would become a healthcare worker," says Chimwemwe Naluso. "I am glad I am one now." Read more »
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Central African Republic: Abandoned to Its Fate? [press release]
Three months after Seleka forces seized power in Central African Republic, the country is in the grip of a humanitarian emergency while the international community looks on with... Read more »
July 08
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Sudan: 20,000 People Neglected After Fleeing Disputed Border Region [press release]
More than 20,000 people are almost cut off from aid in South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal state after fleeing violence in the disputed border region with Sudan, warned the... Read more »
June 21
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Central African Republic: MSF Distributes Essential Items to 5000 Displaced in Batangafo [press release]
Médecins Sans Frontiéres teams in Batangafo, Central African Republic, have just completed a distribution of essential items, including plastic sheeting, mosquito... Read more »
June 17
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Africa: Emergency Response to Malaria Outbreak in Lulingu
An outbreak of malaria in Lulingu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is affecting large numbers of people, prompting an emergency response by international medical... Read more »
June 07
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Congo-Kinshasa: Situation Still Critical for Displaced Persons in Goma [press release]
Some 5000 people have found refuge in Sotraki Stadium in the wake of clashes at the end of May between the rebel group M23 and the Congolese army. Médecins Sans... Read more »
May 31
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South Sudan: MSF Vaccinates Over 130,000 People Against Meningitis A [press release]
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with the South Sudanese Ministry of Health, stemmed a meningitis A outbreak and vaccinated over 130,000 people... Read more »
May 30
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Chad: MSF Continues to Provide Assistance As Rainy Season Begins [press release]
As the rainy season begins in south eastern Chad, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is racing against time to assist tens of thousands of people who have temporarily... Read more »
May 23
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Africa: Humanitarian Deadlock in Yida [press release]
Sudanese refugees are stranded at the centre of complex political agendas that threaten to worsen their dire situation Read more »
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Africa: Treating Fistula: Prevention or Cure? [press release]
23 May marks the first International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. Here, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgeon Dr Geert Morren talks about the physical and social... Read more »
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Niger: Niger: MSF Treats Cholera Patients [press release]
Cholera has broken out in northern Niger in an area which is hosting large number of Malian refugees and which was hit by a cholera epidemic last year. Read more »
May 22
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Congo-Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo: Displaced People Caught Up in Fighting West of Goma [press release]
Fighting with heavy weapons between the Congolese army (FARDC) and the rebel group M23 to the west of the provincial capital Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, resumed yesterday.... Read more »
May 21
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Africa: Humanitarian Deadlock in Yida [press release]
Yida camp in Unity State, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working since late 2011, today covers nearly 1,200 hectares [about 3,000 acres], and hosts a... Read more »
May 17
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South Sudan: MSF Hospital Targeted and Purposefully Damaged to Render It Inoperative [press release]
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the destruction at its hospital in Pibor town, South Sudan, purposefully conducted to render the hospital... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Children Treated After Attack in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo [press release]
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is treating survivors of an attack on Mpeti in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »
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Sudan: South Sudan: MSF Hospital Destroyed After Deliberate Attack - 100,000 Left Without Healthcare [press release]
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the destruction at its hospital in Pibor town, South Sudan, purposefully conducted to render the hospital inoperative. This deprives... Read more »
May 16
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Kenya: New Kibera Clinic Increases Access to Free Medical Care [press release]
The international humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today inaugurates a new clinic in Kibera South. Read more »
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Africa: DNDi At Ten - Past Success, Future Challenges [press release]
Since it was created in 2003, there is little doubt that the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has been one of the most successful Product Development Partnerships... Read more »
May 02
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Ethiopia: Lifesaving Mother and Child Care in the Sidama Mountains [press release]
Aroressa is a beautiful, green mountainous area, with small coffee plantations irrigated by natural waterfalls and streams that meander down the steep slopes of the valleys, with... Read more »
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