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Republic of Congo

MSF's return to Congo-Brazzaville's Pool region sees the 'ears of the hippopotamus'

On August 20, 2003, MSF was the first international NGO since the end of the war to reach Kindamba in the north of the Pool region, close to the seat of the Ninja rebels. Project Update - 16 Sep 2003
 
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Chad

Thousands of Sudanese refugees caught in humanitarian disaster

MSF sends international staff and emergency supplies. Press Release - 16 Sep 2003
 
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HIV/AIDS

Infectious diseases high on agenda under new WHO leadership

In his first speech as the agency's director, new WHO Director-General Jong-Wook Lee announced that by this year's World AIDS Day, December 1, the new HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria department will produce a global plan to provide 3 million HIV-infected people in developing countries with antiretroviral drugs by the end of 2005 - what is called the "three-by-five" target. Project Update - 1 Sep 2003
 
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Liberia

Surge of action as MSF teams extends reach into Liberia

Three rapid assessments have shown the overwhelming absence of health care. Clinics are being restocked, nutritional surveys undertaken, cholera units reopened and measles vaccination campaigns started. Project Update - 18 Aug 2003
 
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Liberia

Monrovia casebook: Stray bullets threaten every corner of life

A 10-year-old girl called Amuchee had been hit by a stray bullet that had lodged in her arm but with no serious damage. One of the nurses told me that, in the local Bassa language, the child's name means "she will live." Project Update - 1 Aug 2003
 
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Liberia

MSF teams fight cholera and malnutrition in Monrovia IDP camps despite ongoing fighting

Clinics are being opened and camps reached in efforts to stem the spread of cholera, malnutrition, malaria and other illnesses suffered by the displaced citizens in the Liberian capital. Project Update - 3 Jul 2003
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF steps up relief efforts for cut-off populations in DRC

Years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have led to one of the worst emergencies in the world today, with millions of people already dead and thousands of others continuing to die from starvation and disease. Project Update - 5 Jun 2003
 
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Ethiopia

Ethiopians moved for the third time

MSF started work on several locations in the beginning of this year. In three relocation sites in Biddre MSF takes care of the water supply and supports three clinics, besides running a therapeutic feeding centre, where an average of 130 acutely malnourished children are being cared for. Project Update - 3 Jun 2003
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF opens 11 health posts near DRC cease-fire line

Previous MSF surveys in the zones have indicated that one in three children dies before the age of five. In some villages the people have to survive in the most basic conditions. We saw extremely fragile people, locally called the 'living skeletons'". Project Update - 16 May 2003
 
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Ethiopia

MSF alarmed at dramatic situation at Ethiopia resettlement site

Inadequate planning of resettlement leads to unnecessary suffering. Press Release - 12 May 2003
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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