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Haiti : 30 March 2010

Haiti: New York donor conference

As needs remain, Haiti must be given capacity to ensure access to medical care for its population.[more]

 

NEWS : 24 March 2010

Afghanistan: A return to humanitarian action

Excerpt: Delivering emergency medical aid in war zones does not make MSF a pacifist organization, nor do we judge the legitimacy of war ends pursued by any belligerents in a conflict. While we demand adherence to IHL –...[more]

 

Russian Federation : 24 March 2010

World TB Day: A common story in Chechnya

The patients in this slideshow are all being treated for tuberculosis (TB) in Grozny. One of them, a mother of two, shares her story. Her experiences are not uncommon for people living with TB in Chechnya. Médecins Sans...[more]

 

NEWS : 23 March 2010

Tuberculosis: An unfortunate second wind

At the end of the twentieth century, it was thought that tuberculosis was on its way to being eradicated around the world., But the disease coming back with a vengeance. From Swaziland to Kyrgyzstan MSF teams are fighting its...[more]

 

Swaziland : 23 March 2010

Swaziland: A six-year-old suffers the consequences of poor cough hygiene

Lindo, a little girl living in the Kingdom of Swaziland, has had to endure daily injections of the MDR TB treatment drug for the past four months.[more]

 

Democratic Republic of Congo : 17 March 2010

DRC: Congolese soldiers enter MSF hospital and remove wounded patients

MSF demands that all parties to the conflict respect medical structures[more]

 

Countries : 17 March 2010

Chile: MSF help the population overcome fear

The numerous tremors and after-shocks that followed the February 27 earthquake in Chile have added new levels of stress to an already shaken population. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has therefore made mental health care a...[more]

 

Countries : 15 March 2010

Earthquake in Chile: “Houses were literally swallowed by the tide”

MSF teams provide assistance to a population further traumatized by powerful aftershocks[more]

 

Haiti : 12 March 2010

Haiti: Two month post-earthquake update of MSF interventions

Two months after the January 12 earthquake, medical needs remain immense in Haiti and living conditions are extremely precarious.[more]

 

NEWS : 11 March 2010

NATO statement endangers patients in Afghanistan

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly objects to a recent statement made by NATO  Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in which he implies that NGOs should be the “soft power” component to a military strategy.

In...[more]

 

NEWS : 08 March 2010

Chile: MSF supporting hospitals, organizing mobile clinics, sending more supplies by plane

Ten days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams that have travelled through the affected areas are focusing their interventions on the most urgent needs.[more]

 

NEWS : 08 March 2010

Afghanistan: MSF helps hospital extend its reach

“Here doctor is free and medicine is free. I don’t even have my own home, but still, I was able to get my one year old child vaccinated and examined in this hospital. I am happy.”[more]

 

Haiti : 05 March 2010

Haiti: Returning MSF members describe ‘intolerable breach of human dignity’

Colette Gadenne, who has been managing MSF activities in Haiti over the last few weeks, and Christopher Stokes, General Director of MSF in Brussels, have recently returned from Haiti. In a joint interview, almost two months after...[more]

 

Burundi : 04 March 2010

International Women’s Day: A girl called 'Good News'

Mary Nicizanye, 30, is one of thousands of women who have received help at the MSF birth centre in Kabezi.[more]

 

Haiti : 03 March 2010

Haiti: MSF expands post-operative care

Seven weeks after the earthquake of January 12 left up to 300,000 people injured in Haiti, medical needs remain immense. “The immediate emergency phase may be over, but the long-term work is just beginning, and it’s no less an...[more]

 

NEWS : 02 March 2010

Chile: MSF assesses the situation in areas most affected by the earthquake

As Chilean authorities manage the response to the disaster, MSF is concentrating its efforts in the areas that are most difficult to access.[more]

 

South Africa : 01 March 2010

South Africa: Conditions deteriorate for fleeing Zimbabweans

The situation facing Zimbabweans crossing into South Africa has become notably worse since the start of the year. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Musina have seen an increase in the number of Zimbabweans being...[more]