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South Africa

Retaining health workers: the basics

"I make 3,000,000 Méticais ($US 115) a month. With this, I can buy one bag of rice, one bottle of oil, and pay the energy at home. I'm borrowing money from my neighbours because I cannot afford to send my children to school."
- Maria, 44, Paediatric Nurse, Tete Health Center No.2, Mozambique
Project Update - 24 May 2007
 
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Malawi

Malawi's Emergency Human Resources Plan: a ray of hope?

"There are so many patients here to see. The number is about 75 to 100 patients per day. Sometimes people wait for hours to be attended to. Yesterday I was alone on duty without even any medical assistant to help me. Sometimes I have to do both day and night shifts in the same day! We need at least five more nurses here."
- Loveness Makeyi, 35, Nurse/Midwife, Khonjeni Clinic, Malawi
Project Update - 24 May 2007
 
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Global

Coping with health worker shortages: lessons and limits

"In Lesotho there are only 89 of us doctors in the entire country. The whole process of decentralisation of HIV care - taking it down to the people in the clinics - depends on nurses. Many lives have been saved because ARV treatment is in the clinics and nurses are taking over most of the responsibilities."
- Dr Pheello Lethola, Field Doctor, MSF Lesotho
Project Update - 24 May 2007
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

A delayed arrival in Katanga

In Dubie, they start to prepare for a caesarean section, but during the car ride to the hospital, Chantal regained consciousness. Voices from the Field - 23 May 2007
 
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Niger

Is the struggle against acute malnutrition in Niger gaining ground?

We hope that in 2007 we will achieve results that are comparable to those in 2006 (when there were few cases of severe malnutrition), while at the same time developing a program that is easier to manage. Project Update - 21 May 2007
 
HIV/AIDS

Help wanted: confronting the healthcare worker crisis to expand access to HIV/AIDS treatment

This report focuses on the impact of human resource shortages witnessed by MSF teams in four southern African countries - Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, and South Africa. While the focus is largely on nurses in rural areas, it should be acknowledged that health staff is lacking across the spectrum - from doctors to laboratory technicians to pharmacists - at all levels of care. Report - 18 May 2007
 
Angola

The Women Testify

10 woman tell their Angolan ordeal. Report - 12 May 2007
 
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Republic of Congo

Post-cholera situation remains poor in Republic of Congo

Despite the intervention and impact the cholera outbreak had on the people of Congo, very little has been done by the government to improve the availability of clean water to the populations of Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville. Project Update - 9 May 2007
 
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Somalia

A circus of pain and relief - kala azar in Somalia

Henrik Glette/MSF
A mother shows her son's scars after he was treated with traditional methods for kala azar. He is now undergoing treatment at the kala azar ward of MSF Health Centre in Huddur.
Project Update - 8 May 2007
 
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Ethiopia

Deadly kala azar is still forgotten

"We are extremely happy about the Ethiopian government's fast reaction on HIV/AIDS," said Ivan Zenar, Project Coordinator for MSF's Humera project. "But we remain concerned that kala azar is still so completely neglected, despite the fact that is a deadly disease." Press Release - 30 Apr 2007
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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