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	Topic	Date	Location
	Treating HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is a country characterised by jaw-dropping statistics. Inflation is currently running at over 3,500%. The average life expectancy for women has fallen from 62 in 1990 to just 34 today. 80% of the population are thought...	27/06/2007	Zimbabwe
	Médecins Sans Frontières provides essential healthcare to Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa In December 2007, Médecins Sans Frontières began providing essential healthcare to Zimbabwean migrants, in the South African border town of Musina in Limpopo province, and in central Johannesburg. It is estimated that the...	03/04/2008	Zimbabwe, South Africa
	Political and economic turmoil sparks healthcare crisis Rampant unemployment, skyrocketing inflation, food shortages, and political instability continued to wrack Zimbabwe. Up to 3 million people are believed to have fled to neighbouring countries in recent years out of a population...	08/04/2008	Zimbabwe
	Despite the uncertainty created by the elections process, Médecins Sans Frontières continues to provide medical care to thousands of patients Despite all the difficulties and confusion occurring in Zimbabwe these days and the uncertainty regarding its political future, Médecins Sans Frontières teams continue to work in their projects throughout the country.	19/04/2008	Zimbabwe
	Giving babies an HIV-free life Mlala, the Médecins Sans Frontières Nurse-Counsellor, peers over her round steel-rimmed glasses at the eight-month-old pregnant woman sitting opposite her. Nobukhonsi, 17, sits quietly and composed like all the other young women...	08/08/2008	Zimbabwe
	Sewage problems cause cholera outbreak Médecins Sans Frontières is treating people affected by the recent cholera outbreak in the Zimbabwean town of Chitungwiza. The first cases were reported at the beginning of September. At the start, there were between eight and...	16/09/2008	Zimbabwe
	Médecins Sans Frontières teams react to cholera outbreak in Harare In Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, Médecins sans Frontières is responding to an outbreak of cholera, which the local Ministry of Health has declared “the biggest ever in Harare.”	17/11/2008	Zimbabwe
	Cholera outbreak in Beitbridge “I am feeling a little uncomfortable,” says Henry quietly, a middle-aged gentleman politely looking up at Clara from where he is lying on the dirty floor. Henry is so dehydrated his cheeks are completely sucked in and his eyes...	27/11/2008	Zimbabwe
	Médecins Sans Frontières Responding to Cholera Outbreak Médecins Sans Frontières has been treating cholera in Zimbabwe since the latest outbreak started in August, and will continue to care for patients throughout the country as long as is needed.	08/12/2008	Zimbabwe
	Médecins Sans Frontières responds to cholera outbreak Médecins Sans Frontières has seen more than 11,000 patients since August in Zimbabwe’s worst cholera outbreak in years and has opened dozens of cholera treatment centres throughout the country. Cases have been found in nearly all...	15/12/2008	Zimbabwe