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HIV/AIDS

US commitment to AIDS funding welcomed - with caution - by MSF

MSF welcomes President Bush's commitment to scale-up access to affordable AIDS treatment, but warns US against breaking promises, taking a unilateral approach. Press Release - 30 Jan 2003
 
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South Africa

Mandela joins MSF to scale up AIDS treatment in South Africa

An estimated six million South Africans are HIV-positive. Only one in every thousand people who currently need antiretroviral treatment (ART) in South Africa, receive it through public services - half of them through the AIDS clinics in Khayelitsha. Press Release - 12 Dec 2002
 
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Cambodia

Scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment jeopardized by WTO negotiations

MSF and other NGOs can never reach all the people in need. Governments need to implement national ART programmes. Treatment needs to be free or patients need to be able to afford it. Press Release - 28 Nov 2002
 
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Sudan

Deadly kala azar threatens thousands in exhausted southern Sudan

"The state of these patients is appalling. They are being carried on stretchers for days to make it to the clinic. They look pale and thin and are extremely anaemic," said Dr. José-Antonio Bastos, an MSF Operational Director. Press Release - 8 Nov 2002
 
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Meningitis

Ten million Euros needed now to prepare for deadly new strain of meningitis in Africa

IFRC, MSF, UNICEF and WHO have launched an Emergency Appeal to fund a stock of vaccine, drugs and supplies to prevent thousands of unnecessary deaths from the disease in the African meningitis belt. Press Release - 5 Nov 2002
 
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HIV/AIDS

MSF queries Pharma motives on AIDS in the Asia Pacific

Treatment access or market access? If the industry's current public-private partnership model is followed in the Asia Pacific, drug prices will likely remain much higher than those of generic manufacturers and far fewer people will have access to treatment. Press Release - 25 Sep 2002
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera outbreak causes high death toll

MSF sends extra team and supplies. Press Release - 12 Sep 2002
 
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Tuberculosis

DOTS coverage for TB now complete in Dashouguz Velayat, Turkmenistan

To date, more than 2,000 health-care workers have been trained in the DOTS strategy and 22 laboratories have been established or upgraded with the assistance of MSF. Press Release - 8 Aug 2002
 
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Angola

Mortality rates in Bailundo and Mavinga confirm a drastic situation

In Cuando Cubango Province, the general state of population is miserable. Food is insufficient and the medical care is non-existent. For the moment, MSF is the only organization on the spot that has the capacity to intervene. Press Release - 28 Jun 2002
 
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Angola

Death rates in Angola confirm emergency situation

One in six children is malnourished, but food aid is insufficient. Press Release - 27 Jun 2002
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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