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Afghanistan: Médecins Sans Frontières condemns attack on medical facility and suspends activities in Khost

Kabul, April 17, 2012 – Médecins Sans Frontières has suspended medical activities in the recently...

Afghanistan: Médecins Sans Frontières treats victims of bomb blast in central Kunduz

10 December 2011. Following a bomb blast in the capital of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan...

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Alarming Increase in Hepatitis E in Northern Uganda

Kitgum District, in Northern Uganda, is home to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs). Since October 2007, the camps and recently resettled villages have been host to a spreading Hepatitis E outbreak. Many...

02/09/2008 Uganda

Alarming rise in malaria infections in Kayanza province, Burundi

Malaria is endemic in Burundi. In recent months, presence of the mosquitoes responsible for spreading the deadly disease have been on the rise in the northern province of Kayanza, on the border with Rwanda, as heavy rains are...

01/02/2010 Burundi

Amid vaccination campaign, Médecins Sans Frontières treats wounded in Guri-el, Somalia

3 June 2010: Following recent clashes in Somalia’s Galgaduud region, Médecins Sans Frontières is treating wounded patients in Istarlin hospital in Guri-el. The 80-bed hospital has been working to near full capacity in most...

07/06/2010 Somalia

Armenia: Larisa – a teacher determined to beat drug-resistant tuberculosis

Yerevan, Armenia, February 2010 - Larisa* recalls with a shudder the moment she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis in the central tuberculosis (TB) clinic in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

24/03/2010 Armenia

Armenia: Social workers and psychologists vital in helping drug-resistant tuberculosis patients through treatment

Yerevan, Armenia. February 2010 - In the Médecins Sans Frontières supervised drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR TB) program in Armenia, the adherence of patients to the treatment is a major issue. Among the patients admitted to the...

24/03/2010 Armenia

As cholera continues in Chad, cross-border movements and basic conditions aid in the spread

Since the end of August, a cholera outbreak has hit Chad with close to 5,000 cases registered so far. This outbreak comes on top of a severe nutrition crisis in the country. Médecins Sans Frontières teams are on the ground...

12/11/2010 Chad

As refugee numbers in South Sudan grow, Médecins Sans Frontières scales up emergency response

DORO, Maban County, South Sudan – The registered number of refugees gathering at the tiny village of Doro, as of December 7, was 21,500 and increasing daily. Anywhere from 500 to 1,000 newcomers are registering every day. The...

12/12/2011 South Sudan, Sudan

Asia Pacific Emergency Update

Several Médecins Sans Frontières emergency teams, including many Australian staff, have already arrived, or are en route to countries in Asia Pacific after a succession of natural disasters in the region. In Indonesia, the...

02/10/2009 Indonesia, Philippines, Samoa

Asia Pacific Emergency update

South Asia and South Pacific natural disasters: Médecins Sans Frontières teams reach isolated areas, after an impressive initial response from local and international agencies.

07/10/2009 Indonesia, Philippines, Samoa

Asia Pacific natural disasters

Assisting the Philippines, Indonesia and Samoa

 

21/10/2009 Indonesia, Philippines, Samoa
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