Field news

	Topic	Date	Location
	Interview with Dr. Cathy Hewison, Médecins Sans Frontières' meningitis specialist Barely two months into Africa’s dry season, there are several countries facing severe outbreaks of meningitis. Médecins Sans Frontières is already responding to epidemics in the Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, and...	27/02/2007
	Is the struggle against acute malnutrition in Niger gaining ground? In 2006, Médecins Sans Frontières obtained good results from using Plumpy’nut to treat all children suffering from acute malnutrition, whether severe or moderate. However, while mobilisation against malnutrition has made progress...	05/04/2007
	"Verdict" - Court case between Dutch Government and Médecins Sans Frontières For the past four years, driven solely, it would seem, by a wish to cultivate the image of a nation that pays no ransom for hostages, the Dutch government has been taking legal action against Médecins Sans Frontières in the Swiss...	17/07/2008
	A bitter pill to swallow As the morning temperature rises over the sprawling slum of On Nuch, one of Bangkok’s eastern suburbs, 33 year-old Somying and her teenage son are standing on the canal’s bank. For the last three months, waiting for the iceboat...	12/07/2007
	CMV Retinitis: Neglected disease of the AIDS pandemic causing blindness in Southeast Asia Dr. David Wilson, former Médecins Sans Frontières medical co-ordinator in Thailand, explains why access to affordable valganciclovir is so critical in low and middle-income countries where CMV poses a major threat.	28/01/2008
	Sleeping sickness: The hidden killer Médecins Sans Frontières has been running a trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) program since 2004 in Isangi, in Oriental Province of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The program aims to halt transmission of the disease by...	07/04/2006
	Increased access to health care in Gonaives While flood waters in Gonaives have mostly receded, some parts of the devastated town remain inaccessible and many people have not had access to healthcare, clean water, and food for 15 days. A Médecins Sans Frontières team...	16/09/2008
	Interview with Veronique de Clerck, Emergency Coordinator, Samoa We’ve actually seen quite a positive and impressive response. The main affected areas are on the south coast, from the far eastern tip which is a town called Lalomanu. It’s taken away about half of the south coast of Upolu... (2.0 MB)	09/10/2009
	Diagnosing children with TB: A terrible neglect Despite the growing global health problem that tuberculosis (TB) is causing, it continues to be a disease that is greatly neglected. Young children, who are at very high risk of dying from TB, have been among the main victims of...	24/03/2010
	Support our City2Surf running team This year's City2Surf will see staff from Médecins Sans Frontières join other Sydney-siders and keen runners as they make their way from Sydney's CBD to Bondi Beach.	30/06/2010