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02 April 2013
Sylvain Groulx, MSF coordinator in Central African Republican, talks about the situation in Bangui, almost a week after the Séleka opposition group took the capital, and the consequences that the fighting and looting might have on the population of the country, -many of them still hiding in the bush- with the rainy season looming. QUESTION.-What is the situation now?Sylvain Groulx: The situation is slowly improving, although a sense of insecurity is still pervasive...
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01 February 2013
Katrin KisswaniInterview with Katrin Kisswani, who headed MSF’s activities in northern Syria for two months.‘We’ve been working mainly in the Jabal Al-Akkrad region, in the north of Idlib governorate, which is fairly mountainous and close to the border with Turkey. While some of these areas haven’t suffered the same frequency and intensity of fighting as areas further inland, the situation remains extremely volatile and dangerous.Helicopter attacksAlmost on a daily...
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10 January 2013
One year after the start of the political crisis in Mali, insecurity resulting from the military coup, the Tuareg rebellion and the presence of armed islamist groups in the north have displaced hundred thousands of people. Some 55,000 refugees are still living in difficult conditions in the Mbera camp in Mauritania. A nutrition and retrospective mortality survey by MSF has revealed critical mortality and malnutrition rates. Karl Nawezi, head of MSF's activities in Mauritania...
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20 December 2012
While people living in Goma and sheltering in nearby camps continue to live in fear of new clashes between an armed group called theM23 and loyalist forces, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is witnessing increased violence in Masisi some 80km to the north-west. In this isolated area of North Kivu, the medical emergency organization is providing support to the region’s primary hospital.The violence, the fiercest since 2007, has forced tens of thousands of people to flee...
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21 November 2012
By Cordelia Bonal – Liberation.fr
Virginie Mathieu is the Head of Mission of Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s activities in Gaza and in the Palestinian Territories – a mission made up of five expatriate staff and 40 Palestinians. A small MSF emergency team has gained entry to the Gaza Strip and offer reinforcements.
MSF inflatable hospital, Nasser hospital compound, Khan Younis, South Gaza Strip. Photo: Isabelle Merny/MSF. PP ...
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15 November 2012
MSF releases Zamfara Lead Poisoning progress report; warns that time is running out
A girl brings her medical file to start her chelation therapy at MSF's clinic in Tungan Daji, one of seven villages in Zamfara State where MSF runs outreach clinics treating children affected by lead poisoning. Photo: Olga Overbeek
- Calls on President to intervene to save Bagega village
Six months on from an International Lead Poisoning Conference, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF...
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06 November 2012
In the town of Akonolinga,in Cameroon, MSF has been treating the little-known Buruli ulcer for the past ten years.In Cameroon, MSF is working to treat Buruli ulcer, one of the most neglected but treatable diseases in the world. Photo: Marcell Nimfuehr Television and radio advertisements have been broadcast throughout the counAtry, a meeting has been held with journalists and another with medical students, as part of a week-long awareness campaign for a poorly-...
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17 October 2012
Daniel Berman In 2006, Daniel Berman came to South Africa to establish the MSF SA office. Now, six years later MSF South Africa welcomes him home as general director.Previously based in Geneva as acting director of MSF’s Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, Berman worked on the campaign’s HIV, tuberculosis, malnutrition and vaccine portfolios. He previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry. Berman spoke to e-Mamela about why he left the...
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28 September 2012
Ruth Priestley is an operating theatre nurse from Australia who recently spent nine weeks working in Syria with Médecins Sans Frontières. Here she discusses some of the patients who made a big impact on her, and how the situation changed while she was there. What sorts of injuries were you seeing? Photo: MSFOur patients were predominantly war wounded patients, with gunshot wounds or bomb blast injuries. We did a lot of orthopaedic interventions and...
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19 September 2012
The work of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Yida refugee camp is helping to reduce the mortality rates,as explained by André Heller, MSF head of mission in South Sudan. But living conditions for families seeking refuge from conflict and food insecurity remain a concern, as does the high prevalence of disease in the camp. The main causes of mortality have not changed since early July, when the situation reached a critical threshold. So the efforts...
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