Just the sound of a car makes people fear for their lives - violence in Central African Republic

MSF operates mobile clinics here because either fear or distance prevented the population from coming to Markounda itself. Project Update - 19 Apr 2006

Child health

Niger malnutrition: Thousands of children already treated

In the Maradi region, MSF feeding centers have admitted approximately 1,000 children since mid-March. This is a very high number considering it is two months before the usual peak of acute malnutrition. Project Update - 19 Apr 2006

Democratic Republic of Congo

'Ketudi Byakudya' - We don't have enough food

Executive summary to the MSF Report: Food, nutrition and mortality situation of IDP's in Dubie, Katanga 23-25 March 2006. Project Update - 10 Apr 2006

Somalia

Declining nutritional conditions caused by drought brings reinforcement of MSF teams in Dinsor

Faced with this very worrying situation, MSF is reinforcing its team with a pediatrician, nurse and logistician, all experienced, to facilitate the installation of nutritional programmes with a larger capacity. Project Update - 6 Apr 2006

Lesotho

Lesotho's painfully slow fight to treat HIV

Despite all the money and attention, the rollout of treatment in Lesotho has been glacially slow. This raises some alarming questions, because in many ways, this ought to be a comparatively easy country in which to respond to AIDS: It's tiny; it's culturally, ethnically and linguistically homogeneous; and it's peaceful and democratic. Project Update - 6 Apr 2006

Kala azar

In southern Sudan, this tree is the only hospital for miles

Seriously ill patients are put on a drip and plastic bags of fluid can be easily hung from the branches. Nyadat Wie sits in the shade of the tree with her six-year-old daughter and her baby of a few months old, ill with kala azar. She will soon get her first injection. Project Update - 5 Apr 2006

Somalia

MSF launches new health care project in Galgaduud

MSF increases its efforts to bring desperately needed medical aid to the people of Somalia. The organisation's new project aims at providing free health care to the impoverished population of the country's Galgaduud region. Project Update - 3 Apr 2006

Uganda

Two decades of conflict take toll on northern Uganda

As the sun sets, the ragged children begin to arrive. By 11pm, the huge plastic tents that make up the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) shelter are filled with shapes wrapped in blankets, safe for a few hours at least. Project Update - 30 Mar 2006

Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC measles vaccination campaign ends - numbers fall but coverage is complete

A two week long vaccination campaign in the DRC is over and 97.6% of the target population has been vaccinated. However, unlike the first information where some 550,000 children were anticipated, the final tally came to 359,318. Project Update - 29 Mar 2006

South Sudan

Those too ill to walk or too poor to be carried, in time, simply die

Getting to an MSF health post can be a challenge for the sick. Few roads, many swamps and the constant threat from people in the villages en route. Project Update - 27 Mar 2006

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