In March and April, 2007, heavy fighting in Mogadishu resulted in a large number of civilian casualties and thousands of people fleeing the capital. In all of the projects around the country, MSF staff witnessed displaced people arriving from Mogadishu. Although by the end of May it was estimated that two thirds of the people displaced by the fighting had returned to Mogadishu, many are unwilling or unable to do so.
MSF interviewed some of these people who came to its hospital in South Galcayo during the month of May. Voices from the Field - 11 Jun 2007

HIV/AIDS

MSF reaction to G8 declaration on Africa and innovation

"G8 leaders have been talking out of both sides of their mouths. No progress was made here on access to medicines." "G8 leaders are sending out contradictory messages: on one hand they pledge more money, and on the other, they want to increase intellectual property protection which is known as a key a barrier to access to affordable medicines." Statement - 8 Jun 2007

Access to medicines

G8 declaration on innovation and intellectual property will directly harm access to medicines

Intellectual property protection does not stimulate development of medicines to treat diseases that primarily affect people in developing countries. Press Release - 7 Jun 2007

Myanmar

'Nobody should have to live like this'

Morshed Mahabub was born in the eastern Teknaf region, which borders Myanmar. Since October 2006, he has worked for MSF as a translator. He helps the team provide medical and humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya people, a Muslim minority from Myanmar. Voices from the Field - 4 Jun 2007

Central African Republic

'People are trapped in the middle of the conflict'

Since mid-2006 violence has dramatically increased in scale and intensity in the northern parts of Central African Republic - with grave consequences for the civilians who are caught in the crossfire of a number of armed groups.
More recently, the north-eastern province of Vakaga has also become caught up in violence. MSF was the first international aid group to be active in this very remote region bordering Chad and Sudan (Darfur). An interview with MSF's outgoing Head of Mission, Heinz Henghuber. Project Update - 2 Jun 2007

Health center in Bir Pani. Kashmir. 2006
MSF-B runs permanent outpatient facilities in Bagh town, Bir Pani, Mallot Chikhar and Bhedi. Outreach work in the area is now undertaken by the medical teams to improve access to medical care in isolated communities. In each one of these locations between 100 and 200 consultations are carried out every day.

International Financial Report 2006

Annual Report - 30 May 2007

Malawi

Despite new types of health workers, demand still outstrips supply

"I walked 7 km to get here today. Look at this queue - this is going to take me hours. There's not enough medical staff. The government needs to bring us more doctors, nurses and clinical officers to come and work here."
- Aloysio, 32, patient in Thyolo, Malawi Project Update - 24 May 2007

Malawi

Malawi's Emergency Human Resources Plan: a ray of hope?

"There are so many patients here to see. The number is about 75 to 100 patients per day. Sometimes people wait for hours to be attended to. Yesterday I was alone on duty without even any medical assistant to help me. Sometimes I have to do both day and night shifts in the same day! We need at least five more nurses here."
- Loveness Makeyi, 35, Nurse/Midwife, Khonjeni Clinic, Malawi Project Update - 24 May 2007

Global

Coping with health worker shortages: lessons and limits

"In Lesotho there are only 89 of us doctors in the entire country. The whole process of decentralisation of HIV care - taking it down to the people in the clinics - depends on nurses. Many lives have been saved because ARV treatment is in the clinics and nurses are taking over most of the responsibilities."
- Dr Pheello Lethola, Field Doctor, MSF Lesotho Project Update - 24 May 2007

HIV/AIDS

Patients without providers: emergency response needed

Despite a global effort to expand access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment over 8,000 people with HIV/AIDS are still dying every day. Project Update - 24 May 2007

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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