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Médecins Sans Frontières treat victims of fighting in southern Yemen

Sana’a, Friday 18th of May - The increase of violence and fighting since last Saturday in southern...

Somalia: Médecins Sans Frontières concludes cholera intervention in Balcad, Middle Shabelle.

Médecins Sans Frontières medical teams in Middle Shabelle have responded to a cholera outbreak...

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Mass Measles Vaccinations Are Effective At Early Signs of Outbreak

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...

Tackling HIV/AIDS in Resource Poor Settings

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...

Over 10,000 people flee violence in Chad

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...

Malnutrition on the rise in South-Central Somalia

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...

Darfur: No peace, no food

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...

Prevented From Working, the French Section of Médecins Sans Frontières Leaves Myanmar (Burma)

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...

Access denied to crucial new HIV/AIDS drugs - developing countries forced to settle for second best

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...

Médecins Sans Frontières Sends Relief Teams and Cargo to Asian Earthquake Zone

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....

Violence from Authorities and Gangs Are Major Threat to Immigrants

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....

Australian Emergency Workers Respond to Niger’s Food Crisis

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...

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