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01 May 2013
| Reports and publications
MSF Activity Report: Zimbabwe Providing antiretroviral therapy for mobile populations: Lesson learned from a cross border ARV programme in Musina, South Africa Antiretroviral treatment outcomes from a decentralised ART programme in rural Zimbabwe Management of HIV-related Conditions and Antiretroviral Therapy in Adults and Children Providing Antiretroviral Care to Adolescents in a Decentralized ART Programme in Rural Zimbabwe Implementation of...
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26 April 2013
| Press release
Tissi, Chad - Since early March, tens of thousands of displaced Sudanese, Chadian and Central African civilians have been pouring into south east Chad to escape clashes in neighboring Darfur. The refugee and returnee population in the Tissi area has increased by approximately 50,000. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling for the refugees to receive humanitarian assistance and must have their needs met regardless of where they are located...
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26 April 2013
| Article
Dr. Deogracia Kabila, Medical Team Leader for MSF emergency response in Tissi, Chad. On April 17th, MSF Dr. Deo Kabila was at a refugee site in Am Doukhum, Chad, on the border of Sudan, preparing for a vaccination campaign for the local population, refugees and Chadian returnees. It was the end of the day, and he and his team were on their way back to the MSF base when they received an emergency call advising them to turn around and go back....
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25 April 2013
| Video
During 2012, MSF treated 500,000 malaria patients in Democratic Republic of Congo. Many of those treated were children younger than 5 years-old. Here we share a story of Nyota, a girl aged 2
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25 April 2013
| MSF in the media
Increasing numbers of children are being treated for malaria and malnutrition in southern Niger by the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) compared to a year ago, suggesting that 2013 may see higher peaks of the two diseases than previous years, MSF warned...“Urgent action is needed to stop children continuing to die from these preventable causes,” says Luis Encinas, MSF’s programme manager for Niger. “To tackle...
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25 April 2013
| MSF in the media
With World Immunisation Week (April 20 – 26) drawing attention to vaccinations, Nicky Willemse turned the spotlight on Dr Seth Berkley...The United States medical doctor specialising in infectious disease epidemiology, who is chief executive of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi Alliance), is determined to take vaccinations to 250–million children in the developing world by 2015, potentially saving four–million lives...However, Daniel Berman, general...
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24 April 2013
| Press release
MSF calls on GAVI and pharmaceutical companies to extend discounts so more children can be reachedABU DHABI — On the eve of the high-level Global Vaccines Summit hosted by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gatesand General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned that high prices for new vaccines could put developing countries in the precarious situation of...
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24 April 2013
| Video
Vaccine Prices: A Juggling Act to Reach Kids in NeedThe cost of vaccinating a child is now 26 times more expensive then just 10 years ago. So where does that leave the health of the millions of children vulnerable to some of the world's deadliest diseases? MSF is calling for GAVI to open up its discounted prices on life-saving vaccines so that we and other NGOs and humanitarian actors can reach more children with vaccines. Vaccines: The right tools for...
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24 April 2013
| Reports and publications
Download Niger_Dossier_tackling-malaria-malnutrition.pdfA cycle of malnutritionIn the Sahel region, life is governed by the seasons. A short but intense rainy season lasts from May to September, followed by a long dry season from October to April. People rely heavily on crops grown during the rainy season. Typically there is a long lean period between harvests, knows as the ’hunger gap’, when people live on their dwindling food supplies as they wait for the...
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24 April 2013
| Press release
Diseases must be tackled together in order to pre-empt another crisisMadrid – Increasing numbers of children are being treated for malaria and malnutrition in southern Niger by the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) compared to a year ago, suggesting that 2013 may see higher peaks of the two diseases than previous years, MSF warned today. With the rainy season on its way, and more cases of malnutrition and malaria expected, MSF...
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