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Cholera Outbreak Guinea 2012
Cholera

Cholera epidemic escalates

Cholera is on the rise on both sides of the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea. More than 13,000 people have been admitted to hospital in the capital cities of Freetown and Conakry since February. MSF is opening additional rehydration points and cholera treatment centres, in collaboration with local authorities, and currently has more than 800 beds available to treat cholera patients. Project Update - 20 Aug 2012
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF resumes medical activities in Walikale

MSF has resumed its medical activities in Walikale, four weeks after heavy fighting in the town forced the organisation to stop working. Press Release - 17 Aug 2012
 
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Central African Republic

Pressing health needs in the country

The Central African Republic (CAR) is a country largely forgotten by the world and to a large extent neglected by the international humanitarian community. Surrounded by Sudan, Chad and Congo where more high-profile crises are taking place, CAR’s dire and desperate health situation – in which few people have access to health care and many die of easily treatable diseases – has received little attention and even less assistance. Project Update - 17 Aug 2012
 
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Niger

'We will set up as many tents as needed to treat children in need'

MSF is working in Madaoua, a small town in the centre of Niger, to prevent and treat child malnutrition. MSF supports several health centres in the district where outpatient treatment to children suffering from severe acute malnutrition is offered and works in the Madaoua hospital where malnourished children suffering from complications are admitted. Pascual Caballero, an MSF paediatrician working in Madaoua, talks about this experience. Voices from the Field - 13 Aug 2012
 
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Uganda

Making progress on Ebola response

The response to the Ebola epidemic that broke out at the end of July in Western Uganda is moving forward. In approximately one week, the MSF emergency team has set up an Ebola treatment centre, isolated the patients that have contracted the virus from suspected cases and implemented a protection system for the health staff. Project Update - 10 Aug 2012
 
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Italy

MSF fights against neglected diseases among migrants

Dr Silvia Garelli, MSF’s head of mission in Italy, provides an update on MSF’s activities in Italy and talks about the health challenges for migrants in Italy. Voices from the Field - 9 Aug 2012
 
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Central African Republic

Treating sleeping sickness, a neglected disease

A mobile team of MSF medics is travelling to remote villages in the unstable southeast of Central African Republic to find and treat people suffering from a neglected disease. Project Update - 7 Aug 2012
 
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Uganda

Limiting the spread of the Ebola virus is a priority

Outbreaks of Ebola are rare, but for Dr Olimpia de la Rosa, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency coordinator, dealing with the disease is nothing new. The last time Ebola hit Uganda, in 2007, she supported an MSF team fighting the outbreak. Five years later, MSF’s emergency response is again in full swing as teams help to combat the spread of the deadly virus. Voices from the Field - 3 Aug 2012
 
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Uganda

MSF sets up Ebola treatment centre

An emergency team from MSF has set up a treatment centre for Ebola in Kagadi, western Uganda, where 24 suspected cases have already been admitted. So far the outbreak has claimed the lives of 17 people. MSF staff have also put in place control measures to prevent the epidemic from spreading further, and to protect the local community and health workers. Press Release - 3 Aug 2012
 
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Uganda

'Working on an Ebola outbreak isn't just about reacting to physical challenges'

Henry Gray, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) logistics emergency coordinator for the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, describes his team’s preparations to care for fearful patients and their families, and to help prevent the disease from spreading. Voices from the Field - 3 Aug 2012
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