MSF Podcasts
MSF is no longer producing the weekly MSF Frontlines podcast. This is an archive of past podcasts covering humanitarian news and emergency updates from MSF projects around the world until December 2011.
#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.
#83 In Cambodia, Improving TB Care
23 March 2011
Cambodia has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens in the world, according to the WHO. TB and its drug-resistant forms can be extremely difficult to diagnose and treat, especially in resource-poor countries, where the disease takes advantage of immune systems weaken by malnutrition and HIV, and people have limited access to health care. MSF has been working to improve TB diagnosis, treatment, and training in southeastern city of Kampong Cham.
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