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Burundi

A health clinic where thousands of Rwandans seek refugee in Burundi

"The days are too short here," Carole sighs. "Illnesses, wounds, transfers, deaths and births, it all takes place right here." Project Update - 22 Jun 2006
 
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Burundi

A day in a refugee camp clinic in Burundi

The clinic described here is located in the Musasa camp in Burundi. Approximately 15,000 Rwandans who fled their country are now staying in the camp. Project Update - 22 Jun 2006
 
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Rwanda

'I try to stay unknown as much as I can' - Portrait of a Rwandan seeking refuge

I don't speak to many people, I'm afraid that too many details about my life will reveal my identity. There's always a possibility that there are infiltrators in the camp who want to track down people they're looking for or want to eliminate. I can't return to Rwanda after all that has happened. If I don't get refugee status, I will try to hide in Burundi, or try to get into another country." Project Update - 22 Jun 2006
 
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Somalia

Malnutrition on the rise in south-central Somalia

MSF has now admitted more than 600 patients since the beginning of 2006, ten times more than last year for the same period. Project Update - 14 Jun 2006
 
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Malnutrition

In El Wak the land might find relief, but malnutrition has taken hold

The carcasses of dead cows, camels and goats are being burned and, for pastoralist people, it is like watching their life savings go up in smoke. It takes many years to rebuild animal herds, but, more immediately, this means less milk, less meat, and a weaker food supply. Malnutrition has started. Project Update - 10 May 2006
 
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Somalia

Declining nutritional conditions caused by drought brings reinforcement of MSF teams in Dinsor

Faced with this very worrying situation, MSF is reinforcing its team with a pediatrician, nurse and logistician, all experienced, to facilitate the installation of nutritional programmes with a larger capacity. Project Update - 6 Apr 2006
 
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South Sudan

Treating TB in southern Sudan

In the last four years, 991 patients have been treated for tuberculosis (TB) at the health center that MSF set up in Akuem, southern Sudan. The teams have established a streamlined treatment method, but caring for patients with this disease is still a complex undertaking. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC measles campaign: Free treatment for all cases

In conjunction with a massive measles vaccination campaign in the city of Mbuji Mayi, MSF also provides medical and logistical support to four health centres for the management of measles cases. In Muya and Dipumba hospitals, as well as in the Christ Roi and Bakwatshiimuna health centres, all measles cases are treated at no cost to the patient. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006
 
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Nigeria

Nigeria's food crisis was scarcely visible - but thousands of children were starving

From July 2005 to January 2006, medical teams from MSF treated nearly 13,000 severely malnourished children at one stabilization center and 12 outpatient therapeutic feeding sites in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina. By the end of the year, fewer and fewer children were admitted for treatment, so MSF handed the project over to local health authorities in January 2006. Project Update - 27 Feb 2006
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

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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