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Remote control project in Chechnya allows for health care in a highly insecure region

Misha Galustov/agency.photographer.ru

Due to the insecurity in Chechnya, MSF has chosen to use "remote control" for the projects there. The work is supervised by the management team members who are located in the coordination office some 1,000 kilometers away in Moscow. The members of this team are occasionally able to make very quick and short visits to the region.

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Latest Press Releases

Immense suffering in northern Uganda - urgent action needed

08/11/2004

Access denied in the Belgian healthcare system

13/07/2004

MSF shocked by death of 5 staff in Afghanistan

03/06/2004

MSF launches day center for mental health In Tchambarak, Armenia

20/02/2004

Algeria: MSF sends in more staff to assist victims of earthquake

26/05/2003

Advocacy

Medical and psych care amidst the violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

06/03/2008

Reasons for intervention

13/12/2007

The Women Testify: 'The next day, I was raped again by a policeman'

06/12/2007

The human cost of Colombian conflict

18/12/2006

Providing mental health support to displaced in Beirut: 'Listening and sharing experiences is an important first step'

14/08/2006

Latest Info

Remote control project in Chechnya allows for health care in a highly insecure region

11/08/2008

Mental health trauma is the legacy for survivors of Cyclone Nargis

30/07/2008

Psychological needs become more present with Cyclone Nargis survivors

24/07/2008

Physical violence and degrading practice against expelled Congolese in Angola

04/07/2008

MSF hiring and training national staff for emergency response in Myanmar

12/06/2008

MSF teams in Sichuan Province, China, focusing on mental health, shelter, and basic relief items

06/06/2008

Myanmar one month after Cyclone Nargis - hope and despair

04/06/2008

Medical and psych care amidst the violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

06/03/2008

Reasons for intervention

13/12/2007

Nigeria: International Activity Report, 2007

13/12/2007

France: International Activity Report, 2007

13/12/2007

Italy: International Activity Report, 2007

13/12/2007

The Women Testify: 'The next day, I was raped again by a policeman'

06/12/2007

Right to health care for vulnerable migrants

11/09/2007

''At first it felt like I was looking at a bomb site.''

23/08/2007

MSF provides care to survivors in quake affected region in Peru

21/08/2007

Lampedusa shipwrecks - and the number of victims continues to increase

12/07/2007

Hmong refugees in Thailand are a population in danger

10/07/2007

Retaining health workers: the basics

24/05/2007

The human cost of Colombian conflict

18/12/2006

What impact does the security situation have on MSF work in Darfur

17/09/2006

Insecurity remains the dominant context for MSF work in Darfur, Sudan

14/09/2006

The first sign of help after the hail of bombs: mobile clinic in southern Lebanon

17/08/2006

Providing mental health support to displaced in Beirut: 'Listening and sharing experiences is an important first step'

14/08/2006

First MSF teams to Indonesia earthquake

28/05/2006

After four years, MSF is about to hand over mental health projects in Armenia

16/05/2006

Waiting for the violence to end in the Central Africa Republic

07/05/2006

Children's experience of violence - Colombia's cycle of violence

27/04/2006

Mental health in Colombia: How big is the problem

27/04/2006

Mental health: Living with anxiety, uncertainty and fear - Colombia's cycle of violence

27/04/2006

Violence and mental health - Colombia's cycle of violence

26/04/2006

Two decades of conflict take toll on northern Uganda

04/03/2006

These difficulties make my love for Chechya even stronger - national staff interview

12/01/2006

Mental health care in Banda Aceh: violence paired with natural disaster

28/12/2005

Mental health care grows in strength and experience caring for tsunami survivors

28/12/2005

Armenia: Treating mental illness and HIV/AIDS

05/12/2005

Thailand: Assisting marginalized groups

05/12/2005

Russian Federation/North Caucasus: Aiding civilians bearing the brunt of low-level conflict

05/12/2005

Seeing through the obstacles to the victims: MSF's medical responsibility to victims of sexual violence

04/12/2005

Mental health support to Asian quake survivors: 'People haven't fully grasped the full impact of it.'

21/10/2005

Helping the Asian earthquake survivors cope with the mental trauma

19/10/2005

15 years of MSF mental health programmes

18/10/2005

Details of MSF activity in Asian earthquake zone as teams increase in number

13/10/2005

Post-tsunami mental health: 'We're still weak at the knees'

19/09/2005

Where fear is a weapon in Uganda

02/09/2005

The ghost town in Colombia that steals your sleep

16/08/2005

MSF providing on-the-spot medical care to displaced following Zimbabwe's 'Operation Restore Order'

30/07/2005

Srebrenica massacre at ten years

22/07/2005

Aid workers warn of North Korea's forgotten health crisis

21/07/2005

Number of MSF activities in Ukraine being handed over to local authorities and NGOs

11/07/2005

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