Where aid failed

The road to controlling a cholera epidemic has been paved by hundreds of previous outbreaks worldwide. Yet, in Haiti, there are vast gaps in the deployment of well-established control measures. Now the epidemic is nationwide, making more than 120,000 people sick and killing at least 2,500. In the face of this ferocious outbreak, investigations into its origin have not been released publicly, even though this information is fundamental to understanding the epidemic's behaviour. Project Update - 28 Dec 2010

Haiti

Cholera emergency in Haiti far from over

Cases still increasing in north and south of the country . Project Update - 24 Dec 2010

Tuberculosis

Meet the first MSF patient to have recovered from XDR-TB

While one in five patients under treatment for moderately resistant strains of the disease do not survive, patients with extensively resistant cases, if they can get treatment at all, usually must rely on less effective and more toxic medicines, with lower success rates. For these reasons and others, Xoliswa Armans is a remarkable patient. Project Update - 23 Dec 2010

Mongolia

Preparing for winter in a remote Mongolian province

The harsh winter has now begun in Mongolia, and in the spring, MSF team will return to evaluate the project. In the meantime, MSF is looking into starting projects in the capital Ulan Bator focused on tuberculosis, as well as the health needs of thousands of families who live in “ger” shanty settlements on the outskirts of the capital. Project Update - 20 Dec 2010

South Sudan

'A people way too used to suffering'

Award-winning photographer, Cedric Gerbehaye, travelled to Southern Sudan to visit Médecins Sans Frontières clinics and document the humanitarian crisis. Project Update - 16 Dec 2010

Haiti

In Haiti's rural north, cholera rate shows the "tip of the iceberg" as outbreak spreads

“In areas newly affected by the disease, the population of areas is really scared,” said Alan Lefebvre, MSF emergency coordinator. “The population fears that a cholera treatment centre will bring the disease to the community. The challenge is to inform, to raise awareness, and to demonstrate that we are there to treat the sick and that this is working.” Project Update - 9 Dec 2010

HIV/AIDS

Denied funding puts HIV patients in low-income countries at risk of death

Several low-income countries, highly affected by HIV, risk being entirely or partly disqualified from the current funding round by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, warns the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins sans Frontières (MSF). Project Update - 8 Dec 2010

Malawi

Health workers, government and civil society at joint MOH and MSF conference address health professional gaps in Malawi

Like many countries in Africa, South Asia and Asia-Pacific, Malawi has been facing a critical shortage of healthcare workers, with an average ratio of two doctors for every 100,000 people. This low number of physicians, as well as nurses, in the health care system means that treating Malawi’s 920,000 people living with HIV, of whom 59% are women, is a massive challenge. Project Update - 6 Dec 2010

Global

Frontlines podcast: Giving children with HIV the support they need

Frontlines podcast: Giving children with HIV the support they need Project Update - 1 Dec 2010

Global

Licensing deal threatens cheap pharmaceuticals

Stella is four, and lives on HIV drugs. Next week, the EU may cut her supply. Project Update - 1 Dec 2010

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