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Honduras

Honduran crisis disrupts street children program as MSF readies for medical response to violence

The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team in Honduras is getting ready to provide support to local health structures should they be overwhelmed by an influx of wounded in the coming days. Project Update - 7 Jul 2009
 
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Somalia

Measles treatment in Somalia requires an adapted response

As the conflict in Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu, reaches new heights, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is still managing to curb the worst effects of an ongoing measles outbreak in neighbouring regions. Project Update - 3 Jul 2009
 
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Somalia

MSF treats victims of fighting in central Somalia

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated dozens of war wounded patients following fighting in the town of Webho in Central Somalia on Friday.
Project Update - 8 Jun 2009
 
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Chagas disease

Chagas disease not addressed by World Health Assembly - Neglected disease neglected once again

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges affected countries to scale up diagnosis and treatment on 100th anniversary of the discovery of the disease. Press Release - 19 May 2009
 
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Sleeping sickness

NECT added to WHO Essential Medicines List as combination treatment against sleeping sickness

A new treatment option against sleeping sickness, a fatal disease which threatens 60 million people across sub-Saharan Africa, has been added to the Essential Medicines List of the WHO. Press Release - 15 May 2009
 
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Niger

New opportunities to defeat childhood malnutrition

Seasonal peak in childhood malnutrition curbed with food supplements that are used in pre-malnutrition interventions to avert widespread malnutrition in young children. Project Update - 13 May 2009
 
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Project Update

Seven million vaccinated for meningitis in West Africa

Photo Essay: Seven million vaccinated for meningitis in West Africa Photo Story - 12 May 2009
 
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Moldova

MSF hands over prison HIV treatment programme in Transnistria, Moldova

With both the civil and prison programs handed over to other actors, MSF is ending its emergency involvement in the region. Project Update - 11 May 2009
 
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Niger

In the midst of Niger's vaccination campaign, treatment is essential for those who contract meningitis

Although the meningitis epidemic that began in the Zinder region of Niger late last year shows signs of easing, the number of people affected remains high. Left untreated, meningitis is fatal in more than half of the cases.
In the Magaria district, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has just begun vaccinating more than 500,000 people, its mobile medical teams are ensuring that patients receive medication promptly. Claude Mahoudeau describes the teams' work. Although treatment draws less attention than vaccinating, it is critical to the effort.
Project Update - 16 Apr 2009
 
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HIV/AIDS

MSF responds to World Health Organization's new HIV treatment guidelines

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new recommendations for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in developing countries, in line with the medical evidence and best practices. We outline the latest recommendations and our responses to them. Project Update - 12 Apr 2009
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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