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Flood affected need safe water and healthcare, not politics

Pakistan / 26.08.10

Islamabad, 26th of August – Access to safe drinking water and healthcare is a top priority in the ongoing flood emergency in Pakistan, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières. The response should be based...

India: Malaria intervention launched

India / 20.08.10

Médecins Sans Frontières launches an intervention in Mumbai to tackle sharp malaria increase

Tension and violence continue in south Kyrgyzstan; Médecins Sans Frontières calls for impartial access to health care

Kyrgyzstan / 21.07.10

Geneva, 20 July 2010. Five weeks after violent clashes erupted in the south of Kyrgyzstan and despite an apparent return to a more peaceful situation, Médecins Sans Frontières doctors, psychologists and nurses continue to deal...

Key data on earthquake emergency relief in Haiti published by Médecins Sans Frontières

Haiti / 08.07.10

Living conditions for thousands of Haitians remain dire

New low-cost Meningitis A vaccine promises a breakthrough for 430 million people at risk

02.07.10

A new and improved low-cost vaccine against Meningitis A received the formal quality stamp of approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) last week, in a move full of promise for the 430 million people at risk of the...

Dr Unni Karunakara: New International President of Médecins Sans Frontières

30.06.10

Geneva, 29 June 2010. During the International Council meeting of Médecins Sans Frontières in Amsterdam this weekend, Dr. Unni Karunakara has been installed as the new International President of the medical humanitarian...

Médecins Sans Frontières hands over last hospitals to Ministry of Health after 20 years of emergency aid in Liberia

Liberia / 25.06.10

Monrovia, Friday 25 June 2010: Today, after 20 years of emergency medical aid in Liberia, Médecins Sans Frontières officially stops running its final hospitals and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare takes responsibility...

G8: Reform food aid system and generate sustained funding resources for global health to reduce childhood malnutrition

23.06.10

TORONTO/GENEVA, JUNE 22, 2010 -- World leaders meeting at the G8 and G20 summits will not succeed in improving mother and child health in the developing world unless they fundamentally change how they address malnutrition and...

Hope for Kala Azar Sufferers in Bangladesh

Bangladesh / 21.06.10

FULBARIA, Bangladesh, June 19, 2010 - Today, a new medical programme bringing hope to thousands of kala azar sufferers in Bangladesh is being launched by humanitarian medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières in...

Nutrition crisis in Chad - Médecins Sans Frontières calls to accelerate and increase the deployment of nutritional assistance

Chad / 15.06.10

Geneva, 14th June 2010 – The Sahelian belt of Chad is facing one of its worst nutrition crises in recent years. Médecins Sans Frontières is calling for quicker and larger deployment of humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of...

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