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#93 One of the Largest Refugee Camps in the World is Full And Hundreds More Arrive Every Day

27 June 2011

Somali refugees escaping the conflict in their country continue to arrive en masse in Dadaab, Kenya. The three camps are now home to close to four times the number of people they were built for; collectively, they form one of the largest refugee camps in the word. And yet newly arrived families can no longer get inside.

#91 HIV Treatment is Also HIV Prevention

08 June 2011

New research has proved conclusively that treatment of HIV can reduce the transmission of the disease from one person to another by 96 percent. In other words, HIV treatment is also HIV prevention. The UN Summit on HIV/AIDS starts on June 8 and officials will decide on a blueprint for the next decade of the global response to the epidemic. Will global leaders act now to save millions of lives and prevent millions of new infections?

#91: HIV Treatment is Also HIV Prevention

07 June 2011

This week in New York, heads of state and health ministers from the around the world will make decisions that will impact the lives of millions of people. At the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS beginning June 8, officials are expected to hammer out a blueprint for the next decade of the global response to the epidemic. The meeting takes place exactly 30 years since the discovery of HIV/AIDS and ten years after HIV/AIDS treatment started in developing countries.

It also follows closely on the heels of an immensely important medical finding. Just a few weeks ago new research supported by the US National Institutes of Health proved conclusively that treatment can reduce the transmission of HIV from one person to another by 96 percent. In other words, HIV treatment is also HIV prevention. This is something MSF has begun to see in its HIV projects, and having scientific confirmation of this evidence provides a crucial piece of support going forward.

#90: Sudan: Thousands Displaced After Clashes in Abyei Region

02 June 2011

People in Abyei live on the frontlines of an ongoing battle for control. New clashes that began on May 20 have pushed thousands from their homes and made them even more vulnerable to medical complications.

#89 Fleeing North Africa for Italy, Finding More Uncertainty

09 May 2011

More than 27,000 migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa since fighting began in Tunisia and Libya earlier this year. When they arrive, often after fleeing for their lives, they face appalling conditions. MSF has called once again on the Italian government to provide humane conditions for people escaping violence and abuse.

#88 Women Pay the Price for Years of Neglect in NE Uganda

04 May 2011

Chronic violence and neglect in parts of northeastern Uganda's Karamoja region means 70 percent of the population has no access to any kind of health care. This affects women the most - maternal mortality rates here are 75 percent higher than the national average.

#87 A Better Way to Beat Malaria

21 April 2011

For centuries, the drug quinine has been used to treat malaria, a disease that kills close to one million people a year. But now, there’s a new drug - called artesunate - that is more effective, and far simpler and safer to administer than quinine. The WHO has just revised its guidelines calling for artesunate as the treatment of choice for children with severe malaria, and MSF is making the switch. But to save hundreds of thousands more young lives across the continent, the countries where the disease is endemic also need to make the move from quinine to artesunate in their national treatment guidelines. And that won’t happen without the support of the international community.

#86 Female Genital Cutting in Northern Sudan - Breaking A Taboo

19 April 2011

Female genital cutting, or FGC, has a number of negative physical and psychological effects, and can lead to death by severe bleeding. MSF arrived in the Tagadom area of Red Sea State in 2006 to raise awareness about the medical effects of FGC and to offer high-quality, free-of-charge maternity services. First, however, the teams had to begin a very difficult, and ultimately very rewarding process of talking about these and other taboo subjects.

#85 In Libya, Working to Meet the Greatest Medical Needs

11 April 2011

From the onset of the violence in Libya in February, MSF has been working to assist people in areas with the greatest medical needs—in and around the city of Benghazi in the east and in Misrata in the west. Teams are also on the Tunisian border providing support to people who have fled the conflict.

#84 Conditions Worsening in Ivory Coast

31 March 2011

MSF is responding to the intensifying post-election violence. Insecurity due to the fighting and international sanctions on Ivory Coast have driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and severely hindered access to essential services—including health care.