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Somalia

Trapped Somali populations need immediate life-saving assistance

"Twenty-four months after the political and military involvement of international community members in the name of restoring stability and fighting terrorism, the situation is catastrophic for the Somali population," said Dr. Christophe Fournier, MSF International Council President. Press Release - 26 Jun 2008
 
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Malnutrition

UN food crisis summit must move beyond old, ineffective recipes

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for reforms to food aid and nutrition programmes to save young lives.
Press Release - 2 Jun 2008
 
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Project Update

Call for political courage to shake up medical R&D system

"What we really need now is the deep commitment of governments. Relying exclusively on philanthropic organisations and charities is not a solution." - Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Director of MSF's Access Campaign. Press Release - 28 Apr 2008
 
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Brazil

MSF welcomes new fixed-dose combination against malaria

Developed through a partnership between DNDi and Farmanguinhos, ASMQ combines artesunate (AS) and mefloquine (MQ) in one fixed dose.
This new drug is an important additional tool for the better treatment for a disease that continues to kill over one million people each year globally, and kills a child every 30 seconds.
Press Release - 17 Apr 2008
 
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Zimbabwe

Health of Zimbabwean migrants at risk after raid at Johannesburg Methodist Church

Although basic health care is granted to all in South Africa, including undocumented migrants, lack of information and fear of arrest and deportation hinders Zimbabwean migrants' access to health care. Press Release - 5 Feb 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera spreads in several cities in Katanga province

'Disease of the poor' strikes at the heart of DRC's richest city.
Cholera hotspots are multiplying in several cities of Katanga, a mining province in southwest Democratic Republic of Congo. In Lubumbashi and Likasi, MSF emergency teams are treating patients and providing support to improve the treatment centres' ability to respond.
Press Release - 29 Jan 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera and malnutrition add to the extreme suffering in North Kivu, DRC

Access to health care for these people was already weak, but is even more limited today. The fighting has forced several aid organisations to suspend their activities, and health centres are not getting any supplies, or are deserted by the medical staff. Displaced people cannot farm their land or access their food stocks, meaning that displaced people lose their only means of subsistence. Press Release - 19 Dec 2007
 
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Neglected diseases

People with AIDS in southeast Asia needlessly becoming blind due to a neglected virus

"This is a classic case of the vicious circle," said Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Director of the MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. "Because the price of the drug is so high, HIV programmes aren't screening and therefore are not reporting large numbers of CMV patients. But since on paper there are so few patients, bringing down the price of this treatment and ensuring its availability has never been a priority." Press Release - 30 Nov 2007
 
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Nigeria

Free comprehensive care for HIV treatment must be provided to Nigerians

MSF calls for increased commitment in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Press Release - 30 Nov 2007
 
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Access to medicines

UN health talks could lead to new ways of developing urgently needed drugs and diagnostics

Because tests are either antiquated or too high-tech, we don't have any practical tool to diagnose TB in people with HIV - who are precisely the ones most at risk of dying. Press Release - 5 Nov 2007
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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