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Democratic Republic of Congo

'Please don't leave us!': War in northeast DRC

MSF press officer Eva van Beek recently flew into Bunia, DRC, where the organisation has a team of five working with the local community. The tension was constant and, as she flew out at the end of the day, fighting broke out again. Project Update - 29 May 2003
 
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Public health

WHO to gain advisory role on pharmaceutical patents

Project Update - 28 May 2003
 
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HIV/AIDS

Khayelitsha at year two: One step on a long road to treatment

Khayelitsha celebrates second anniversary of life-saving HIV/AIDS treatment program. Project Update - 28 May 2003
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF vaccinating 80,000 children in Banalia

Because the vaccination area was spread over 100 square kms, the campaign was four times the number of people than a 'normal', large vaccination campaign in the DRC. Difficult conditions further complicated the effort. Project Update - 16 May 2003
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF opens 11 health posts near DRC cease-fire line

Previous MSF surveys in the zones have indicated that one in three children dies before the age of five. In some villages the people have to survive in the most basic conditions. We saw extremely fragile people, locally called the 'living skeletons'". Project Update - 16 May 2003
 
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Russia

Some 200 people call on government to do more to find and free kidnapped aid worker

In a statement May 12, MSF said that kidnapped volunteer Arjan Erkel is alive but his location remains unknown. Arjan was taken on August 12, 2002. See Russian investigators assure MSF that Arjan Erkel is alive Project Update - 13 May 2003
 
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Access to medicines

The G8 : no more broken promises

The G8 have the financial and pharmaceutical resources to do an enormous amount of good. They should do this. In other words, the G8 should move towards meeting past commitments rather than away from them, and to demonstrate to the developing world that it can put global health above the interests of industry in the developed world. No more broken promises. Project Update - 10 May 2003
 
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Nepal

Nepal mission opens in Jumla district

Psycho-social and basic health care projects will be the core activities. Project Update - 8 May 2003
 
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DNDi

New drug research body will tackle diseases that kill the poor

Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) links MSF with public health bodies from several countries in an attempt to bridge the gap between drug development and global illness. It includes research institutes in Brazil, France, India, Kenya and Malaysia. DNDi planned to spend about $US250million ($370million) over 12 years to develop six drugs and get several others in the pipeline, Ms Dinh said. Project Update - 7 May 2003
 
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Malaria

Medicine and health policy

In a report published on the eve of the WHO report, MSF said the continuing use of ineffective drugs despite high levels of resistance is leading to increasing treatment failures and death. Project Update - 3 May 2003
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

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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