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13 June 2012
MSF warns of dire medical needs in overcrowded and under-prepared refugee camps Juba – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warns of dire medical consequences as tens of thousands of new refugees crossing from Sudan into South Sudan find refugee camps full and unable to...
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30 November 2011
Teaser: 1 of 8 videos - MSF celebrates 10 years of providing antiretroviral treatment in Malawi. MSF introduced ARVs in Chiradzulu (CHDZ) in 2001. Today, more than 55% of the patients who started treatment in 2001 in are still actively followed by MSF as well as alive and healthy...
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30 November 2011
For people living with HIV the greatest battle is having a normal life. Up to a decade ago without readily accessible antiretroviral treatment this was unthinkable and HIV and AIDS was seen as a death sentence. Three MSF’s patients from Chiradzulu share their personal testimonies of living in good...
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14 November 2011
Even for the long-suffering Somali population, the events of the past year have been challenging. The conflict that began two decades ago continues, and its consequences are exacerbated by drought, one of the worst on record in the country. Thousands of people have been forced to flee...
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13 October 2011
All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn't take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children in Somalia and northeastern Kenya to have access to a healthy diet. Sign the petition to rewrite the story of malnutrition. http://www....
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30 September 2011
Mbabane - Last week, the first patients infected with drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) were admitted in a new wing at Nhlangano Health Centre, in the Shiselweni region (southern Swaziland). The facility was constructed by MSF through private donations. The Ministry of Health and MSF teams will...
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13 July 2011
Since the start of the Libyan conflict in February, over 250,000 of people have passed through the Ras Ajdir transitory camps, located at the northern Tunisia-Libya border. While the majority has been repatriated to their home country, nearly 4,000 people – mainly sub-Saharan Africans...
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08 July 2011
In the former Soviet bloc country of Kyrgyzstan, MSF has been supporting TB care for prisoners since 2005. The aim is to reduce transmission of TB and treat those who have it. But working within the penitentiary system, which has proven to be a fertile breeding ground for the disease, presents some...
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05 July 2011
The camps of Dagahaley, Hagadera, and Ifo collectively form the largest refugee camp in the world. Built two decades ago, they were designed to house up to 90,000 men, women, and children who had fled Somalia's civil wars. Today, with no end to the conflict in sight, there are more than...
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01 June 2011
In Cape Town in South Africa, kids in the Zip-Zap circus are living a happy and active life thanks to life-saving antiretroviral drugs. In this 5-part video-clip series, MSF demonstrates tools and models that could help make improved treatment accessible to many more. Between 8-10 June...
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