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MSF teams working in China's quake-hit areas
   "In the assessed areas, a lot of houses have been destroyed and many people have lost their basic living conditions," said Philip Tavernier, MSF Head of Mission in China.
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MSF witnesses forced return and resettlement in a camp in western Kenya
  
Kenya's new calm for displaced is complicated by the rainy season
"Hardly anything has been prepared for the people pushed out of the camps. Access to water, latrines and basic commodities is scarce. We are concerned about the health follow-up of these people," says Dr. Natasha Ticzon of MSF.

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MSF teams delivering aid to the Delta call for immediate and unobstructed escalation of relief operations in Myanmar

© Eyal Warshawski

MSF calls on the Government of Myanmar to allow for an immediate scale-up of the relief effort and free and unhindered access of international humanitarian staff to the affected areas.

"The aid effort is hampered by the government-imposed restriction on international staff working in the Delta region," said Bruno Jochum Director of Operations for MSF in Geneva.

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Audio - Myanmar: Existing projects were major advantage in the first days' response
  
First MSF cargo plane delivers medical and logistical material to Myanmar

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Listen to Juli Niebuhr, MSF Deputy Country Manager in Myanmar, describe the situation in Myanmar. ...Click here

SECOND AUDIO: Interview with Dr Asis Min, speaking from Bassein, in Myanmar... ...Click here

"Our big advantage is that we have been operational in this country for over ten years with a big number of qualified staff and therefore we were able to send a large number of qualified medical people very quickly into the region who could start work immediately."

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Fuel crisis in Gaza: MSF is forced to scale back its medical activities
On several occasions, MSF has expressed its concern regarding the repercussions of this blockade on a population that is already severely affected by years of conflict.
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Southern Sudan: Giving birth is deadly

© Sven Torfinn
In the region, tradition has it that women give birth to their offspring in their mother's home. They only seek help in the event of complications, first and foremost turning to a traditional healer or an untrained midwife in the village.

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Sudan: Dying in peace
Video: A ten minute video feature showing the scope of needs and MSF activities in southern Sudan. MSF finds itself very much alone in most of the operational areas where we are present, and having to cope with much more needs than we would be comfortable with in other locations. We cannot be waiting for tomorrow.
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From the MSF national sites

AUSTRALIA:
Field Focus - Women's Health
ITALY:
Vi scrivo da...Galguduud
AUSTRIA:
Ärzte ohne Grenzen versorgt Verletzte in tschadischer Hauptstadt N?Djamena
JAPAN:
Top 10 most underreported humanitarian stories of 2007
BELGIUM:
(NL)Women Are Heroes
(Fr) Women Are Heroes
LUXEMBOURG:
MSF-LUX website
BRAZIL:
Darfur: um desafio ainda maior para a acao humanitaria
NORWAY:

"Er barnet i live?"
FRANCE:
NIGER:
MSF arrête ses activités à Dabaga, au nord d’Agadez
SOUTH AFRICA:
BLOG: A South African doctor in Darfur
DENMARK:
MSF appears in telenovela
SPAIN:
RDC: la respuesta de pacientes y sus familias, la clave del éxito de los programas de VIH/sida
CANADA:
Eng: Video Series : Violence, poverty and access to medical care in Colombia Série vidéo : Violence, pauvreté et accuse aux soins médicaux en Colombie (disponible en anglais seulement)
SWEDEN:
Mamma i Burundi
GERMANY:
D.R. Kongo: Cholera in verschiedenen St?ten Katangas ausgebrochen
SWITZERLAND:
FR: Mexique - Consultations médicales et Distribution de matériel
German: Mexiko - Medizinische Versorgung und Hilfsgüterverteilung
GREECE:
United Arab Emirate:
Home page
THE NETHERLANDS:
Wij blijven vechten. Geef ons de middelen, al vanaf €3 vecht je mee!
UNITED KINGDOM:
Nottingham nurse Anna Kent recounts her experiences in the heat of South Sudan
HONG KONG:
USA:
Sierra Leone: Treating Children with Malaria

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MSF makes its research accessible to health workers in developing countries
   Today MSF is launching a website that provides free access to published research based on its medical work.
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MSF has treated 850 people wounded in Mogadishu fighting since January
   Conflict in Somalia has escalated in recent weeks, with military operations carried out by armed groups increasing in densely-populated urban areas in and around Mogadishu.
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International Activity Report, 2006/7
13/12/2007

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MSF makes its research accessible to health workers in developing countries
   Today MSF is launching a website that provides free access to published research based on its medical work.
Find out more...
MSF has treated 850 people wounded in Mogadishu fighting since January
   Conflict in Somalia has escalated in recent weeks, with military operations carried out by armed groups increasing in densely-populated urban areas in and around Mogadishu.
Find out more...
International Activity Report, 2006/7
13/12/2007

Now available:
NEW MSF Voice Podcast-July

Click here to subscribe
through iTunes
 
Press Releases
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