Cholera spreads in Liberia

WHO and MSF have been treating patients, but they are overwhelmed by the numbers, movements of displaced persons, and continued fighting outside Monrovia. Project Update - 20 Sep 2003

Chad

MSF supplies follow long path to Sudanese refugees

This refugee population gathered almost invisibly as they crossed into Chad along a 400km stretch of the border in small groups. There location in eastern Chad is so remote that the transfer of goods is an immediate concern. Project Update - 19 Sep 2003

Chad

Catastrophic tide of refugees swamps Chad

Thousands of refugees are flooding into Eastern Chad, fleeing the fighting between the government and the rebels in the Sudanese region of Darfur. Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) has warned of a possible humanitarian disaster. Project Update - 18 Sep 2003

Myanmar

Thousands of refugees harassed to return to Myanmar

The free choice of refugees should be respected. In recent months, staff from MSF received over 550 complaints of coercion from the refugees. The complaints ranged from incidents of intimidation to outright threats of physical abuse to push people to repatriate. Press Release - 17 Sep 2003

HIV/AIDS

African patients adhere well to anti-HIV regimens

In one study, patients in Kampala, Uganda, were taking 90-94% of their medications. Two other studies - by MSF, of 550 patients in Khayelitsha, and another, of 58 patients in Senegal - had similar findings. Estimates in developed nations are around 70%. Project Update - 13 Sep 2003

Liberia

Liberians flee fighting as crisis continues

MSF addresses UN Security Council on urgent humanitarian needs. Press Release - 9 Sep 2003

Angola

Rich and at peace, there's crying poverty in Luanda

Miguel is nine years old. When he was born, Angola was at war, and, like hundreds of thousands of other children, Miguel was not vaccinated. He was just three when he caught polio. Today, he has trouble walking, bending double over his twisted left leg. Project Update - 9 Sep 2003

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF brings essential aid to immigrants in Ceuta

In the autonomous city of Ceuta, hundreds of immigrants and asylum seekers coming from different continents (Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Northern Africa) find themselves obliged to live in the streets and nearby forests as a result of the saturation of the Government reception system. Project Update - 8 Sep 2003

Access to medicines

Trading Away Health: Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Agreement

To avoid destroying the competition that is reducing drug prices and making treatment more accessible, Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls on countries of the Americas to exclude intellectual property provisions from the FTAA agreement altogether. Report - 1 Sep 2003

Liberia

The dream of freedom that turned into a nightmare

This feature is one of a ten-country series that first appeared in the Belgian newspapers Le Soir (French) and De Standaard (Dutch). Prepared in cooperation with MSF, the series explores the lives of the civilian populations trying to survive in conflicts the world has all but forgotten. Project Update - 25 Aug 2003

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