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The thinnest of lifelines: An interview with Médecins Sans Frontières President, Dr. Unni Karunakara on Médecins Sans Frontières’ response to the funding crisis at the Global Fund

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At African AIDS Conference, Médecins Sans Frontières Calls For Increased Funding for HIV Treatment

NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 3, 2011 – As Africa’s AIDS Conference convenes in Addis Ababa tomorrow,...

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	Topic	Date	Location
	Médecins Sans Frontières expands operations in response to malnutrition in west and central Africa's Sahel Region, scales up aid to Malian refugees BURKINA FASO: Treating Malnutrition & Caring for Malian Refugees	27/04/2012	Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger
	Médecins Sans Frontières emergency centre on brink of collapse due to floods Bujumbura, 8 January 2010. Heavy rains in the province of Bujumbura Rural, Burundi, caused Rusizi River to burst its banks, and flood the Médecins Sans Frontières Centre for Obstetrical Emergencies in Kabezi (‘CURGO’), where 42...	11/01/2010	Burundi
	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
	The backyard disease In France, the last case of obstetrical fistula was operated on in 1957. Since then, the phenomenon has almost disappeared in the Western world. But in countries where access to healthcare continues to be rudimentary, many women...	04/01/2011	Burundi
	Dengue outbreak overwhelms Takeo Provincial Hospital Médecins Sans Frontières is working closely with Takeo Provincial Hospital to fight a dengue epidemic. The Cambodian province of Takeo is among the most severely hit by this mosquito-borne disease, which is endemic in the...	07/06/2007	Cambodia
	Cambodia: Médecins Sans Frontières works to fill gaps in TB care In Cambodia, just over one hundred kilometres up the Mekong River north-east of the capital Phnom Penh, lies a provincial town called Kampong Cham. Here, a small Médecins Sans Frontières team are working hard to improve...	23/03/2011	Cambodia
	Médecins Sans Frontières steps up TB support in Cambodia Médecins Sans Frontières is scaling up its tuberculosis support in the Cambodian province of Kampong Cham while continuing to help shape the nation’s national TB programme.	21/12/2011	Cambodia
	Improving TB detection and treatment in Cambodian prisons Médecins Sans Frontières is expanding medical activities in three prisons in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to include basic primary health care in addition to providing ongoing TB/HIV screening and treatment support.	21/03/2012	Cambodia
	The Bororos, an isolated population harassed by road bandits Road bandits are harassing populations on the borders between Cameroon, Chad and Central African Republic (CAR). Médecins Sans Frontières is running a healthcare program for the Bororos and the local population in the Touboro...	29/07/2008	Cameroon
	Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria: Médecins Sans Frontières intervenes in several cholera outbreaks Médecins Sans Frontières has set up treatment centres in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria after an outbreak of cholera occurred in a number of places in the whole region.	30/09/2010	Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria