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Italy

Lampedusa shipwrecks - and the number of victims continues to increase

Each summer, Italy receives thousands of migrants arriving in boats from Africa. Lampedusa, a small island south of Sicily, is a landing spot for more than 18,000 immigrants per year. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides medical care at the port where boats land after hazardous trips across the Mediterranean Sea. In recent weeks, a series of rather dramatic landings have been recorded in the Canal of Sicily, with people arriving in a very bad state.
Luciano Grisio, a doctor with MSF, describes what he sees during his work on the island.
Project Update - 12 Jul 2007
 
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Thailand

Hmong refugees in Thailand are a population in danger

Project Update - 10 Jul 2007
 
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Palestine

Work in the Palestine Territories has brought both occasional suspensions of activities and a change to MSF methods

Work in the Palestine Territories has brought both occasional suspensions of activities and a change to MSF methods Project Update - 4 Jul 2007
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

In the DRC, ballots did not bring peace

The people find themselves caught in an impossible situation, facing daily threats, pillages, beatings, killings and rape at the hands of marauding soldiers or organised troops from both factions. Project Update - 29 Jun 2007
 
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HIV/AIDS

Patients without providers: emergency response needed

Despite a global effort to expand access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment over 8,000 people with HIV/AIDS are still dying every day. Project Update - 24 May 2007
 
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Malawi

Despite new types of health workers, demand still outstrips supply

"I walked 7 km to get here today. Look at this queue - this is going to take me hours. There's not enough medical staff. The government needs to bring us more doctors, nurses and clinical officers to come and work here."
- Aloysio, 32, patient in Thyolo, Malawi
Project Update - 24 May 2007
 
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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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Armenia

TB treatment casts shadow of uncertainty

Project Update - 23 May 2007
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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