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Italy

Helping desperate immigrants

While a wave of Italians emigrated during the first half of the nineteenth century, today the country's recent economic growth and strategic position on the Mediterranean Sea have made it a prime destination for immigrants from other lands. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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HIV/AIDS

Zeroing in on AIDS

MSF's early work in Thailand focused on refugees living near the borders with Laos, Cambodia and Vietnamese "boat people". Though MSF continues to provide health care to people in several camps and targets vulnerable populations along the country's borders, activities in Thailand in recent years have increasingly focused on HIV/AIDS. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Mali

Improving access to health care

Since 1996, MSF has provided support to one hospital and three health centers in the Ansongo district, covering Bara, Tinhama and Talataye health areas. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Niger

Fighting epidemics and malnutrition

In March and April 2004, MSF carried out a massive measles vaccination campaign in the capital Niamey and two other districts in cooperation with the Ministry of Health.

Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Burundi

Over 150 dead and 106 wounded after attack on Congolese refugee camp in Burundi

"I had never seen such a scene before," explains Véronique Parque, a head of mission for MSF in Burundi, who arrived in the camp a few hours after the attack on Saturday morning. "Half of the buildings had been burned down. One could see bodies still burning. It was an extremely distressing situation." Project Update - 16 Aug 2004
 
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Sudan

Over 1,400 tonnes shipped to Darfur by MSF in July alone

More than 10,000 children were treated for malnutrition in one week. Another 12,000 people received medical consultations. Project Update - 13 Aug 2004
 
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Afghanistan

Afghanistan without doctors

This article first appeared in The Wall St Journal on August 12 Project Update - 12 Aug 2004
 
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Afghanistan

Six days surrounding MSF's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan

Diderik van Halsema, a member of Medecins Sans Frontieres on the reluctant withdrawal of the agency from Afghanistan after 24 years. Project Update - 1 Aug 2004
 
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Sudan

MSF opens new project in crisis-stricken Darfur

"The aim is to provide care to an area which is mired in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and to a people with no access to even the most basic medical facilities." Project Update - 20 Jul 2004
 
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Bangladesh

Five hour hikes common when assisting remote populations in Chittagong hills

The Chittagong Hill Tracts in south-east Bangladesh are scarcely accessible and have been plagued by conflicts for years. MSF provides basic medical care in the area, with a focus on treating malaria. However providing medical care can take staffers into areas so remote they are only accessible by foot. Project Update - 19 Jul 2004
Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.
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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