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HIV/AIDS: Donor retreat widens treatment gap in Africa

27 May 2010

Backtracking by international donors in funding HIV/AIDS risks undermining years of positive achievements and will cause many more unnecessary deaths, warns MSF in a new report.

Haiti: Time passes but medical needs persist

19 May 2010

Four months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, MSF's teams continue to adjust their activities to meet the changing, but still major, medical needs. The organization continues to provide primary and secondary care to the...

Colombia: Fighting a silent disease

17 May 2010

Chagas is widespread in Latin America, killing 14,000 people a year. In 2009, MSF started a treatment program in the region of Arauca, Colombia, near the border with Venezuela - however applying a 60 day treatment program in a...

South Africa: Survival migrants and refugees from Zimbabwe face xenophobic violence

13 May 2010

The reality of thousands of migrants arriving and existing on the margins in South Africa is grim. They lack access to proper health care, shelter and safety, while also facing violence, physical and verbal abuse, police...

South Africa: MSF calls attention to dangers faced by survival migrants and refugees

12 May 2010

Read the briefing paper: LIVES OF SURVIVAL MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is today expressing grave concern for the health and lives of thousands of survival...

Global vaccine drive facing acute crisis

10 May 2010

A new Oxfam / MSF report examines the reasons why international efforts to boost vaccination rates are in danger of failure.

Somalia: MSF calls for respect of the neutrality of medical facilities

09 May 2010

On 5 May 2010 a private dispute escalated into a violent clash in the area surrounding Hawa Abdi clinic in Somalia. This triggered the occupation of the medical premises. An armed group continues to be present in some parts of...