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Video : 16 October 2009
HIV/AIDS: Join the push for the pool, HIV drugs for all

Drug companies: Show your commitment to people with HIV in developing countries

The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on nine of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to help accelerate the availability of new treatments for millions of people living with HIV/AIDS, by pooling their patents on a list of key HIV medicines.

Video : 16 October 2009
Democratic Republic of Congo

In northern DRC, MSF is working in 6 locations, providing over 9,000 medical consultations a month in hospitals and health centres
MSF has distributed relief items to some 16,000 people displaced by violence, as well as given vaccinations and mental health support
27 international staff work alongside 140 Congolese colleagues in MSF projects in the regions of Haut-Uélé and Bas-Uélé

Video : 16 October 2009
Haiti

In Haiti, health is a reflection of social inequity. Haiti has a grim distinction: the highest rate of mortality linked to child birth in the West.

Many women are unable to pay to receive adequate care to give birth safely, including those whose lives and pregnancies are at risk
MSF offers free obstetric care to women in the slums of the capital, Port-au-Prince
Since 2006, MSF has helped more than 24,000 women, 60 % of whom had complications

Video : 16 October 2009
Pakistan

In the spring of 2009, 1 million people were displaced by violent clashes in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province.

MSF supports two health centres where those fleeing receive urgent care
Over 3,000 people treated in June, including pregnant women and emergency cases
MSF does not accept any government funding for Pakistan, relying solely on private donations

NEWS : 03 September 2009
2009 August Month in Focus

Video : 06 August 2009
2009 South Sudan - Photo slideshow by Brendan Bannon

Photographer Brendan Bannon, travels to Southern Sudan's border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Photos and audio commentary detail how Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams assist tens of thousands of Congolese refugees and internationally displaced Sudanese fleeing violent attacks by Ugandan army rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army.

Democratic Republic of Congo : 23 July 2009
2009 DRC - Delivering aid in North Kivu

An MSF logistician speaks about challenges in the distribution of aid materials in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Basic relief items include pots, clothing, utensils, water collection vessels. MSF is also providing medical aid for displaced populations via mobile clinics.

Video : 04 June 2009
2009 PSA - "Make Your Mark"

QuickTime Video – 34.11 MB

MSF's 2009 public service announcement, "Make Your Mark", features footage from MSF field projects around the world.

Also available on YouTube at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPKXtSUoUws

Sri Lanka : 23 May 2009
2009: Surgery in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

MSF Surgical Advisor, Paul McMaster, arrived in Vavuniya, northern Sri Lanka on April 16, 2009. In this interview, he speaks about surgical interventions in the Vavuniya hospital, 90% of which are resulting from armed conflict in the region. Questions remain how these survivors will cope with their injuries with continued fighting...

Video : 22 April 2009
Meningitis epidemic in West Africa: vaccination campaign

Several countries in West Africa are facing a major meningitis epidemic; hundreds of MSF /Ministry of Health teams are mobilized to treat and to vaccinate.