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Ethiopia

MSF leads a campaign to vaccinate 100,000 people in southern Ethiopia

Meningitis is endemic in Ethiopia and epidemics tend to break out particularly during the major dry season, from January to March. Press Release - 20 Feb 2006
 
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Global

Beyond the Headlines: Top ten list of under-reported stories in 2005

Eighth annual list focuses on conflicts in DR Congo, Haiti and Chechnya; crises in Somalia and southern Sudan; as well as the lack of research and development for new HIV/AIDS tools Press Release - 12 Jan 2006
 
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In Memoriam

Two MSF colleagues killed in airline crash in Nigeria

It is with great sadness that Médecins Sans Frontières learned of the death of two of its volunteers in the airline crash which occurred in Nigeria on Saturday, December 10. Press Release - 14 Dec 2005
 
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Uganda

Reconstructive surgery helps restore vital functions for mutilation victims

NPR feature, Dec 17 NPR Audio: Doctors seek to help Uganda mutilation victims
Sunday Times Uganda mutilation victims: On a hiding to nothing
"There is no greater offence to our sense of humanity than to see people who have been so deliberately and barbarically disfigured," said Christine Schmitz, Head of Mission for MSF in Uganda.
Press Release - 12 Dec 2005
 
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HIV/AIDS

Forcing patients to pay for AIDS care endangers treatment success

The research revealed that in Lagos, Nigeria, among patients who had to pay for their own AIDS care, 44% had multiple treatment interruptions or took insufficient dosages due to lack of funds. The medical effects of this are extremely worrying. Press Release - 6 Dec 2005
 
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Uganda

Increased insecurity for both civilians and aid workers threatens humanitarian assistance

MSF has halted emergency transfers of patients in MSF vehicles and suspended water and sanitation activities in several camps, including the drilling of bore holes to provide much-needed water for displaced people in some camps in Kitgum. Press Release - 23 Nov 2005
 
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South Africa

MSF worried about the security situation in Equatoria

Medical relief teams evacuated from the Yambio region, after a UN
compound had been burnt and looted during violent clashes.
Press Release - 18 Nov 2005
 
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Niger

MSF repeats call for rapid mobilisation of aid agencies to increase assistance in areas of acute malnutrition

MSF again calls for a rapid mobilization of aid agencies to increase targeted food distributions in areas affected by acute malnutrition. Press Release - 13 Sep 2005
 
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Sudan

Rape and sexual violence ongoing in Darfur, Sudan

"Despite its devastating consequences, rape in Darfur and in other conflicts has not received the attention that the scale of the crime or the gravity of its impact call for," said Kenny Gluck, Director of Operations for MSF in Amsterdam. "This has to change." Press Release - 3 Jul 2005
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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