214 Results For "hepatitis"

China

FDCs: fixing access problems

FDCs simplify treatment by significantly reducing the number of pills that need to be taken daily. As they are often made by generic companies, FDCs are also generally much cheaper than the single pills sold by originator companies. Project Update - 11 Jul 2004

Liberia

Enough is enough - International Women's Day 2004

In October 2003, MSF set up a project to treat the victims of rape and sexual violence near Liberia's capital, Monrovia. The move followed a summer of intense fighting around the city, when violent clashes between the LURD rebel group and troops loyal to President Charles Taylor wrought destruction and terrorized civilians. Project Update - 5 Mar 2004

Liberia

MSF provides medical help for survivors of sexual violence in war-ravaged Liberia

MSF Liberian staff, many whom have also been victims of the war, work in the camps to spread the message that treatment is available and give rape survivors the confidence to come forward for treatment. Project Update - 7 Oct 2003

South Africa

AIDS - When there is nothing left to lose

Zoliswa Magwenthsu, living in Site C in Khayelitsha is a mother of five children and living openly with HIV. Voices from the Field - 30 May 2003

Global

MSF 'Top-Ten' under-reported stories of 2000

MSF third annual list of the most under-reported humanitarian stories of the year. The organization compiled the list to call attention to human crises that were largely ignored by the U.S. press during 2000. Project Update - 19 Jan 2001

Haemorrhagic fevers

Ebola definition and treatment

"We heard a story about a hospital about 100 miles to the west. Some mysterious disease had gone through it a couple of years before. It killed all the doctors, all the nurses, all the patients. Everyone. The first time we heard it we said it was just a rumour. Then other local people told us the same story. I remember thinking, 'what the hell could that have been?' " - MSF field doctor, south Sudan Project Update - 1 Jan 2001

Tajikistan

Some 10,000 Afghan IDPs stuck on border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan

The ongoing fighting between the Northern Alliance (NA) and the Taliban movement has left almost 200,000 people displaced in Northern Afghanistan. Approximately 10,000 of them were unable to flee to safe areas and are now stuck on two islands within the Pianj river between the Tajik border and the Afghan front-line. Project Update - 11 Dec 2000

Afghanistan

No safe home

In the Taliban's latest push to gain total control of Afghanistan, the civilian population, which has suffered chronic conflict for over two decades, has been subjected to acute hardships of disease, displacement, food shortages and fighting. The situation is set to worsen with the coming winter, but humanitarian assistance is scarce and the UK government refuses to assist. Project Update - 7 Nov 2000

Uzbekistan

Charity calls for help for people of Aral Sea area

The charity Médecins Sans Frontières is making a plea this weekend for
additional help for the four million people living in the area surrounding
the Aral Sea who have poor access to potable water. In the Media - 17 Mar 2000

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Sexual violence

Sexual violence affects millions of people, brutally shattering the lives of women, men and children. It is a medical emergency, but there is often a dire lack of healthcare services for victims. Topic

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