MSF worried about the security situation in Equatoria

Medical relief teams evacuated from the Yambio region, after a UN
compound had been burnt and looted during violent clashes. Press Release - 18 Nov 2005

Tuberculosis

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: no tools to properly treat people

The very costly and complex treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is only accessible to a very small minority of the millions of people with the disease worldwide. What is worse, those who have started taking the medicine are subjected to devastating side effects, and barely half of them end up recovering. Project Update - 15 Nov 2005

Pakistan

'We will continue to struggle with enormous challenges'

Providing aid under these circumstances means that you have people queuing up in front of the MSF warehouse because they see that you are loading tents on a truck. You would tell them: "Sorry, these tents are meant for a particular village where people have lost everything." But the desperate people will reply: "Why don't you give me a tent." And there will be no doubt that they also deserve one.
An interview with MSF emergency coordinator Vincent Hoedt Project Update - 4 Nov 2005

Uganda

Security concerns in northern Uganda

MSF in Uganda has reduced the movement of international and national staff due to a series of security incidents in the north of the country. Contrary to some media reports, in the 20 camps offering basic health care services to the displaced, all clinics are functioning as usual. Project Update - 27 Oct 2005

Guatemala

Work to treat polluted waters after Hurricane Stan

As the flood waters subside, polluted wells, stagnant waters and basic health issues surface. Some areas are endemic to malaria and dengue fever and preventative measures are being put into place. Project Update - 25 Oct 2005

Access to medicines

MSF urges WTO to re-think access to life-saving drugs now

MSF is urging Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the WTO, to investigate if the measures in place now actually work to increase access to essential drugs, in a world where new medicines become patentable everywhere. Project Update - 24 Oct 2005

Mental health

Mental health support to Asian quake survivors: 'People haven't fully grasped the full impact of it.'

Less than a week after the Asian earthquake on October 8, MSF offered psychosocial care to traumatized survivors in northern Pakistan, the area worst hit by the disaster. In several tented camps in Muzaffarabad and neighboring Charakpura people have started to share their experiences with two MSF mental health experts.
Marise Denault, a social worker and mental health specialist, explains the situation. Project Update - 21 Oct 2005

India

In the aftermath of Hurricane Stan, a village has become cemetery

Today the Guatemalan community of Panabaj is nothing more than an enormous expanse of dry, silent mud. Jutting out are some tree branches, houses and church rooftops. The few remaining signs of the village that bore the brunt of a mud avalanche brought on by Hurricane Stan. Project Update - 19 Oct 2005

Guatemala

Hurricane Stan leaves long term water problems for affected villages in Guatemala

Following Hurricane Stan that hit Guatemala and El Salvador from October 4 to 9, MSF has made assessment of needs in the affected areas by land or helicopter in all affected areas of Guatemala. After a first emergency response providing water and basic aid-kits, MSF is consolidating activities with water and sanitation focus and epidemiological monitoring, especially in areas of high risk of malaria and dengue, which are also the most affected areas. Project Update - 17 Oct 2005

Pakistan

Asia earthquake: 'We are treating everything that you could possibly treat under these conditions'

MSF Project Coordinator Jan Peter Stellema and his team were dropped off in Lamnian by helicopter on Wednesday and immediately set up three tents to accommodate a basic health care unit. The village has been entirely destroyed by the earthquake and cannot be reached by road so far. His account was via satellite phone. Project Update - 16 Oct 2005

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