South Africa/ART: Inaugural programme reaps rewards

MSF project was first in country offering ART at the primary health care level. The survival rate is 90%. Project Update - 1 Dec 2002

Access to medicines

Access denied to essential medicines in developing world

The WHO has warned that, although access to essential drugs has improved remarkably since the introduction of its model list of essential drugs in 1977, one third of the world's population still lacks access to these drugs. Project Update - 1 Dec 2002

Honduras

In one year, the clinic did 1,000 HIV tests - 200 of which were positive.

In one year, the clinic did 1,000 HIV tests - 200 of which were positive. Project Update - 1 Dec 2002

Cameroon

Cameroon/ART: Making triple therapy availble to low incomes

In March 2001, prices for first-line ARVs dropped from US$10,000 to US$277 per patient per year. Project Update - 1 Dec 2002

Guatemala

Guatemala/ART: MSF priority goes to low-income patients

MSF plans to double the number of patients under ART next year, and to include children in the programmes. Project Update - 1 Dec 2002

Kenya

Kenya/ART: Battling the national catastrophe

Triple therapy is now one Euro a day but even that is still too expensive for many. Project Update - 1 Dec 2002

Sierra Leone

MSF provides health care for 30,000 Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone

The MSF clinics are located in the nearby villages so as to provide equal access to health care for both refugees and the Sierra Leoneans. This is meant to ease possible frictions between the refugees and the host community. Project Update - 26 Nov 2002

South Sudan

Health organisation warns that kala-azar has returned to South Sudan

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned that a new outbreak of kala-azar, or visceral leishmaniasis, could wreak havoc among the population of southern Sudan, whose nutritional status is severely compromised by 20 years of war and famine. Project Update - 23 Nov 2002

Access to medicines

World Trade Organization wrestles with access to cheap drugs solution

The USA has proposed that there simply be a long-term waiver against bringing disputes to the WTO for breach of TRIPs in these circumstances. However, waivers are inherently unreliable and on this basis drug firms are unlikely to produce drugs in large supplies. Project Update - 23 Nov 2002

Afghanistan

Preparing for the winter, MSF ships 600 tonnes of food to Afghanistan

Poor harvests and drought, along with high returning numbers, has left a large population dependent on international food aid. Along with the lack of food, housing, health care and hygeine are also problems being faced. Project Update - 18 Nov 2002

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