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MSF Chagas project in Aiquile, Bolivia
Mexico

Agreement between MSF and state government will help prevent Chagas disease

An agreement between MSF and state government in Mexico will prevent Chagas disease Press Release - 14 Mar 2014
 
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Access to medicines

DNDi at ten: past success, future challenges

A letter by Dr Manica Balesagaram on DNDI's successes and challenges for the future. Campaign - 16 May 2013
 
MSF Chagas project in Aiquile, Bolivia
Project Update

We are in a historic momentum to transform the lives of millions of people

Op-ed by Dr Unni Karunakara, International President of MSF Voices from the Field - 16 Apr 2013
 
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Gallery: MSF Chagas project in Aiquile, Bolivia

Gallery: MSF Chagas project in Aiquile, Bolivia Photo Story - 27 Feb 2013
 
Lankien, Jonglei State and Nasir, Upper Nile State, South Sudan,
Neglected diseases

Millions of patients still waiting for medical 'breakthroughs' against neglected diseases

Despite important progress in R&D for global health over the past decade, only a small fraction of new medicines developed between 2000 and 2011 were for the treatment of neglected diseases, highlighting the ‘fatal imbalance’ between global disease burden and drug development for some of the world's most devastating illnesses. Press Release - 13 Dec 2012
 
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Italy

MSF fights against neglected diseases among migrants

Dr Silvia Garelli, MSF’s head of mission in Italy, provides an update on MSF’s activities in Italy and talks about the health challenges for migrants in Italy. Voices from the Field - 9 Aug 2012
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India
Neglected diseases

Fighting Neglect: Finding ways to manage and control visceral leishmaniasis, human African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease

In order to break the vicious cycle that leaves tropical diseases neglected, existing programmes that diagnose and treat patients need to be expanded and medical research to develop simpler, more effective tools needs to be supported, according to a new report, Fighting Neglect, released today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Report - 11 Jun 2012
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India
Neglected diseases

New MSF report highlights how to break cycle of neglect

To break the vicious cycle that leaves tropical diseases neglected, existing programmes that diagnose and treat patients need to be expanded and medical research to develop simpler, more effective tools needs to be supported, according to a new report 'Fighting Neglect' released by MSF. Press Release - 11 Jun 2012
 
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Neglected diseases

Combating tropical diseases: What is still missing

The Gates Foundation-hosted conference held in London today, ‘Uniting To Combat Tropical Diseases’, draws attention to devastating tropical illnesses that have been neglected for too long. However, the ambitious goals to eliminate or control ten neglected tropical diseases will only be credible when some critical remaining gaps are filled, according to the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Press Release - 30 Jan 2012
 
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Access to medicines

Ten Stories that Mattered in Access to Medicines in 2011

This report looks at developments in 2011 that had an impact, both positive or negative, on people’s ability to access drugs, diagnostics and vaccines in developing countries. It also looks at key policy developments of the year, such as the unprecedented funding shortfalls at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Report - 22 Dec 2011
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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