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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF increases role as cholera outbreak picks up speed in the DRC

MSF is now focusing its efforts in order to limit the spread of the epidemic, while aware that it could not be contained in time due to the lack of adequate resources deployed by authorities for the poorest population of this rich mining city. Project Update - 25 Jan 2008
 
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Kenya

Severe and indiscriminate violence sweeps across Nairobi slums

People have been victims of armed civilians increasingly organised in groups that perpetrate indiscriminate violence - with knives, machetes and sometimes axes - against the population as a whole. Our teams have witnessed severely wounded people, with lacerated bodies and mutilated limbs or head. Project Update - 24 Jan 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

'Despite the glimmer of hope kindled by the Goma peace conference, I saw how desperate the population is'

In Masisi, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MSF supports a hospital and provides humanitarian aid to local and displaced populations. Between August and December 2007, Philippe Havet coordinated MSF emergency activities in this area, in the heart of the conflict zone where several armed groups clashed.
On Philippe's return from Masisi, he reported on the situation in the region which has been the theatre of new fighting for several months. He also explained the challenge for MSF of working in a situation as unstable as this one.
Project Update - 23 Jan 2008
 
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Sri Lanka

Medical and surgical activities assisting populations isolated in the Sri Lankan conflict

The peninsula's inhabitants are, at all times, in danger of abduction, summary executions, disappearances and armed attacks. Project Update - 22 Jan 2008
 
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Mozambique

More flooding in Mozambique adds to number of displaced

Some areas, like Chinde, have been so badly affected MSF is using a helicopter to assess the impact of the floods on local populations. Project Update - 22 Jan 2008
 
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Uganda

Letters from the Uganda ebola outbreak

Project Update - 16 Jan 2008
 
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Uganda

End of ebola epidemic in Bundibugyo is near

Meanwhile, MSF staff is carrying on with their activities: counselling to the victims' families; training of medical staff; and epidemiological research in order to verify that the virus' transmission chains have indeed been broken. Project Update - 14 Jan 2008
 
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Kenya

MSF assists people displaced by violence in Kenya

The situation is changing rapidly and needs to be closely monitored to ensure that MSF can respond to the ongoing medical needs. Project Update - 10 Jan 2008
 
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Sudan

MSF activities still remain high in southern Sudan

Doctor Ortillia is cleaning burn wounds in the MSF health centre in Pieri, southern Sudan. In the southern Sudan state of Upper Nile, MSF maintains a number of projects focusing on primary healthcare. Project Update - 8 Jan 2008
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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