Food, Nutrition and Mortality Situation of IDPs in Dubie, Katanga

"Since late 2005 we have continuously informed everyone and anyone on this situation, all the way up to the level of the United Nations Security Council, and the reaction has been basically nil, leaving these people without practically any assistance," said Michiel Hofman, Operational Director of MSF. Report - 30 Mar 2006

Haiti

Emergency obstetrical care in Haiti, where maternal mortality is highest in western world

Before opening on March 15, the team publicized the hospital's services in the violent slum areas of Port-au-Prince using flyers, posters, graffiti and street banners. Photo Story - 28 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

Liberia

New TB strategies for children in Monrovia

Gabriela Adao is a Brazilian nurse who worked with MSF in Island Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia. It was her fourth mission with MSF. Her job in Island Hospital was to work on alternative adherence tools to make sure tuberculosis (TB) patients actually take their drugs properly, and ultimately recover. Most of her work consisted of developing counselling services for mothers, fathers and caregivers in charge of the treatment of one or more children. Interview - 24 Mar 2006

South Sudan

Treating TB in southern Sudan

In the last four years, 991 patients have been treated for tuberculosis (TB) at the health center that MSF set up in Akuem, southern Sudan. The teams have established a streamlined treatment method, but caring for patients with this disease is still a complex undertaking. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006

Kenya

Treating HIV/AIDS co-infection: MSF's project in Homa Bay, Kenya

Since 1997, MSF has been running an HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) treatment project in the regional hospital of Homa Bay, Kenya. The HIV/AIDS prevalence in this province, with a population of around 300,000, is estimated to be 30%. For the MSF team, the treatment of co-infection - meaning people affected by both HIV/AIDS and TB - is critical. A new integrated approach was put in place under one roof at the end of 2005 to do just that. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006

Tuberculosis

TB patients still waiting for new diagnostic tools and treatment

The number of TB cases is increasing worldwide. This is particularly true in countries with high HIV prevalence. There is still no evolution in terms of development of new diagnostic tools and treatment. The only available ones are archaic and do not allow the efficient detection and treatment of TB in developing countries, where 99% of deaths occur. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006

Tuberculosis

Five reasons to focus on children

Each year, TB silently kills about two million people, almost exclusively in developing countries. Among the anonymous victims of the disease, children are literally excluded from international efforts against TB, even though they represent more than 20% of the affected population.
On World TB Day 2006, here are five good reasons focus on children. Project Update - 23 Mar 2006

United States of America

Open response to Abbott Laboratories letter to MSF of March 15

Project Update - 17 Mar 2006

Kenya

Praying for rain in northern Kenya

"The animals are all dead or dying and the people are weak," she explains, cradling her child who had been admitted into the centre three days before. "I had almost 80 cattle, they are all dead. I only have five camels and a few goats left. We've got no food and no water and we can't sell the animals to get any." Project Update - 14 Mar 2006

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