Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Nigeria / 22.06.06
In research presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Médecins Sans Frontières and its research affiliate, Epicentre, showed how rapid, mass vaccinations can reduce the...
19.06.06
AIDS is one of the biggest killers in the world. Since 1995 survival rates in the developed world have improved dramatically as a range of new treatments have become available. However, applying these methods in countries with...
Chad, Sudan / 16.06.06
Um Dukhun, West Darfur - More than 10,000 people have fled violence and insecurity in southeastern Chad and crossed the border to take refuge in Darfur, Sudan, according to the international humanitarian aid agency Médecins Sans...
Somalia / 14.06.06
The last two weeks have seen a sharp increase in admissions of patients suffering from severe malnutrition in the town of Dinsor (Bay Region). In spite of the recent rains that remain promising for the July harvest and have eased...
Sudan / 25.05.06
Three years after hostilities broke out, more than 1.8 million people are still crowded into camps where health conditions are inadequate. Other than the WFP general food distributions, these people have virtually no resources to...
Myanmar (Burma) / 30.03.06
After four years in Myanmar (Burma), the French section of Médecins Sans Frontières has closed its medical programs and left the country. The programs were situated in the Mon and Karen states, a region bordering Thailand, and...
15.03.06
People living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries can’t get new and/or improved drugs that can make a critical difference, says the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières. Médecins Sans Frontières said that...
Pakistan / 12.10.05
The first two volunteers from the Australian section of Médecins Sans Frontières will arrive in Pakistan this week, as the international medical aid organisation ramps up its response to last Saturday’s devastating earthquake....
Morocco / 13.09.05
Madrid/Rabat - A report released today by the international medical humanitarian aid organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières describes escalating violence against immigrants crossing from Morocco to Spain....
Niger / 17.08.05
Sydney - The first two volunteers from the Australian section of Médecins Sans Frontières will arrive in Niger this week, as the international medical aid organisation gears up its response to the famine, affecting 3.5 million...