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Malaria

Malaria epidemic and food crisis combine to create a very worrying situation in northern Burundi

MSF urges the UN food agency to feed the affected population Press Release - 15 Jan 2001
 
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Neglected diseases

Nobel funds allocated to neglected diseases

When MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999, the organisation announced the money would go towards raising awareness of and fighting against neglected diseases. Press Release - 21 Nov 2000
 
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Uganda

Ebola outbreak

Médecins Sans Frontières exploratory mission arrives in Gulu. Press Release - 19 Oct 2000
 
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HIV/AIDS

WHO's "massive effort" is not aggressive enough, says MSF

WHO's new "Massive Effort" to address HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria is based on a faulty premise, according to comments made today by Médecins Sans Frontières at the United Nations Geneva headquarters. Press Release - 4 Oct 2000
 
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Ethiopia

The food crisis is not finished in Ogaden

MSF nutritional reports indicate that certain categories of population in Denan remain extremely vulnerable, in particular the displaced people (IDPs) where the general rate of malnutrition is 40%. Press Release - 21 Sep 2000
 
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Sudan

MSF Survey: Alarming malnutrition rates in Western Upper Nile, southern Sudan

The international medical organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for urgent nutritional intervention in Padeah District, Western Upper Nile (WUN), southern Sudan, following a nutritional survey conducted in the area by MSF in June. Press Release - 6 Jul 2000
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Aid workers resume assistance to civilian population

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the international aid agency, has been surveying the casualties and the needs of the civilian population for the first time after a week of fighting in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Press Release - 12 Jun 2000
 
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Tuberculosis

TB control in Turkmenistan

Owing to a lack of awareness about tuberculosis, a lack of global political commitment and poorly managed medical programmes throughout the world, tuberculosis is causing more preventable deaths today than any other infectious disease despite the fact that there is an internationally accepted cure, DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course). Press Release - 24 Mar 2000
 
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Madagascar

MSF withdraws from Toliara province

Tuesday morning, the Swiss Section of the organization MSF officially announced the immediate and total withdrawal of all its teams working in Madagascar, in response to the refusal of authorities to allow them access to treat cholera victims. Press Release - 22 Feb 2000
 
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Republic of Congo

War in Congo causes alarming malnutrition and mortality

UN Security Council Urged to Address Humanitarian Emergency Press Release - 24 Jan 2000
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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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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