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HIV/AIDS

UN HIV/AIDS Envoy Stephen Lewis on two-year anniversary of antiretrovirals in Arua, Uganda

There are six basic principles to successful AIDS treatment in Africa: free drugs and service; generic drugs; integrated care; investment in human resources; clear responsibility and direction; commitment from the internatioanl community. Project Update - 29 Aug 2004
 
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Sudan

Donkey and cart 'ambulance' used for elderly care in Mornay

This invisible population was giving away their food to their family members and slowly dying of starvation. Project Update - 26 Aug 2004
 
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Sudan

Darfur: Here comes the rain again

A diary entry of Dean Harris, MSF doctor in Darfur, Sudan. Project Update - 25 Aug 2004
 
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Hepatitis E

Hepatitis E outbreak in three Darfur locations

Hepatitis E is an epidemic related to a lack of hygiene. An insufficient supply water as well as precarious hygiene conditions have created the conditions in three locations where the displaced have gathered. To date, MSF has dealt with 443 patients - 11 have died. Project Update - 25 Aug 2004
 
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Afghanistan

MSF leaves Afghanistan after 24 years

At a press conference in Kabul, Kenny Gluck, MSF Director of Operations and Marine Buissonniere, Secretary General of MSF announced MSF's closure of all programs in Afghanistan.

Project Update - 24 Aug 2004
 
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Afghanistan

The real reasons MSF left Afghanistan

In the "war against terror" all factions want us to choose sides. We refuse to choose sides, just as we refuse to accept a vision of a future where civilians trapped in the hell of war can only receive life-saving aid from the armies that wage it. Project Update - 19 Aug 2004
 
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Sudan

Digging the last wells in a race against time in Darfur

Cholera is the biggest worry - without treatment you can die in several hours. If cholera does not occur, it will be good luck, not good management. Project Update - 19 Aug 2004
 
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Rwanda

Aiding civilians affected by genocide

In Rwanda, MSF is currently running a number of projects. MSF teams provide care for people living with HIV/AIDS in Kigali, offer reproductive health services in the province of Ruhengeri, provide water and sanitation support in part of Cyangugu province to fight cholera and operate a nationwide project assisting traumatized women. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Uganda

Assisting civilians targeted by war

More than 1.4 million people have been displaced by violence in northern Uganda as the 18-year conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) has intensified in the past two years. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Somalia

Providing medical care despite severe obstacles

Despite ongoing conflict and the lack of a formal government in Somalia, MSF teams continue to bring medical care to thousands in this failed state. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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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