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December 05, 2005
Activity Report 2005
The Year in Review
In sharp contrast to virtually every other catastrophe that humanitarian organizations addressed in the past year, the tsunami generated an exceptional outpouring of goodwill, solidarity and generosity on an international level.

MSFs principles and identity - The challenges ahead
MSF has another unique quality that separates it from many other "humanitarian" groups. It is best described by the French word témoignage, meaning to speak out and bear witness to the suffering one sees.

A simple yet crucial demand: Ensuring that crimes against humanitarian workers
We have to consider the argument that calling on governments to protect humanitarian assistance could in fact undermine the impartiality and the independence of humanitarian organizations that are providing aid.

Seeing through the obstacles to the victims: MSFs medical responsibility to victims of sexual violence
our medical responsibility compels us to avoid making judgments about those who need our help and to overcome any "reflexes" - both conscious or unconscious - that might prevent us from doing as much as we can for victims of sexual violence.

Malaria: MSFs constant challenge
Today, 300-500 million people develop malaria each year - far more than in the 1970s. Of the estimated one million people who die from the disease each year, 90 percent are African children under the age of five.

The TB/HIV time bomb: A dual epidemic explodes in South Africa
Today, an estimated 12 million people are now co-infected with these diseases and more than two-thirds of them live in sub-Saharan Africa. With the world's highest rate of HIV/AIDS infection and an ongoing TB epidemic, South Africa's people are at the epicenter of the crisis.
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