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Kenya

How an Aids widow is filling the care gap in Kenya

This series of articles and audio/video files was researched and written by Guardian newspaper journalists and was a feature series running in the UK publication and website throughout the Christmas season. Click logo to access the full series on the Guardian website






In African villages ravaged by HIV, volunteers are taking the pressure off MSF doctors by giving advice.
In the Media - 21 Dec 2005
 
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Côte d'Ivoire

War is over but Ivorians are still paying the price

This series of articles and audio/video files was researched and written by Guardian newspaper journalists and was a feature series running in the UK publication and website throughout the Christmas season. Click logo to access the full series on the Guardian website
The latest of our reports looks at Ivory Coast where, amid a fragile peace, Medécins sans Frontières is vital in tackling a growing HIV/Aids epidemic.
Photo Story - 14 Dec 2005
 
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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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South Africa

The Lazarus effect

More than five million people are infected with HIV/Aids in South Africa. But while politicians argue and the death toll rises, one extraordinary project is bringing hope to the hopeless. Project Update - 10 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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Liberia

After seven years of support and reconstruction, MSF phases out its role in Redemption Hospital

"Redemption Hospital has gone through a great transformation over the past years - it is now a well-equipped facility with 150 beds and this is benefiting the whole community," said Pascal Duchemin, Head of Mission in Liberia. "By providing access to free quality health care, it is having a big positive impact on the health of the population of Bushrod Island and of Monrovia." Project Update - 5 Dec 2005
 
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Burundi

Lifeline for victims of sexual aggression

This series of articles and audio/video files was researched and written by Guardian newspaper journalists and was a feature series running in the UK publication and website throughout the Christmas season. Click logo to access the full series on the Guardian website
In Burundi, a clinic is helping to counter the HIV threat posed by rape.
Project Update - 3 Dec 2005
 
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HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS and children

In the western world, mother-to-child transmission can be avoided in more than 99% of cases. This is far from being the case in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa, yet this is where the crushing majority of HIV infected children are found. In Mbagathi, 95% of children infected by HIV contracted the virus during pregnancy, birth or breast-feeding. Project Update - 1 Dec 2005
 
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Kenya

The dilemma of HIV pediatrics

The figures show that 33% of children with HIV positive mothers are born with the disease and 50% of suspected HIV positive children are dead by the time they reach two years of age. Project Update - 1 Dec 2005
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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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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