Medecins Sans Frontieres
Stories from the field

E-newsletter Issue 30 | December 2004
Photo © Kate Holt

Violence forces civilians to flee in North Darfur and Médecins Sans Frontières to evacuate

Renewed, escalating violence in North Darfur is forcing civilians to flee repeatedly from homes and places of refuge. With Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working to provide humanitarian and health care also having to evacuate, civilian access to medical assistance is being seriously limited... » Read the full article

The King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Prize Speech
Delivered by Dr. Rowan Gillies, President of the MSF International Council, in Amman on November 11, 2004... » Read more

World Aids Day
Médecins Sans Frontières warned that, for HIV/AIDS treatment to be successfully scaled-up in developing countries, there was an urgent need for research to address unsolved treatment problems... » Read more

Withdrawal from Iraq
Due to the escalating violence in Iraq, Médecins Sans Frontières closed its mission in the country last month... » Read more

Guatemalan Congress Repeals Law That Restricted Access to Medicines
The positive step forward in the Guatemalan Congress could be reversed by restrictive provisions in the United States-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)... » Read more
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