Recent fighting between rival rebel factions in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced more than 110,000 people to flee their homes, aid agencies say. Project Update - 2 Jan 2003

Consultation. En plus de l'assistance medicale aux refugies salvadoriens, MSF est intervenu en Honduras pour des missions d'urgence suite a des catastrophes naturelles (cyclones, ouragans).

MSF Speaking Out

Salvadoran Refugee Camps in Honduras 1988 (PDF, 2 MB)

https://www.msf.org/sites/default/files/2026-04/VA_Salvadoran_Refugee.pdf - 1 Jan 2003

MSF Speaking Out

Salvadoran Refugee Camps In Honduras 1988

The 'Salvadoran Refugee Camps in Honduras 1988' case study describes the dilemmas regarding a public stance that was not supposed to be public. In 1988, after 8 years in the Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras, MSF decided to withdraw. MSF refused to meet the excessive, and even dangerous demands by the refugee committees, these extensions of the Salvadoran guerrilla forces that exerted a tight and violent control over the refugee camps. Speaking Out Case Studies - 1 Jan 2003

Angola

MSF issues "Top 10" list of 2002's most under-reported humanitarian stories

Fifth annual listing emphasizes hidden famine in Angola; escalating conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Columbia; forcible return of refugees to Chechnya; lack of access to medicines. Press Release - 31 Dec 2002

Angola

MSF Top-Ten under-reported humanitarian stories for 2002

An April ceasefire brought an end to Angola's brutal 27-year civil war, but not to the extreme suffering of the Angolan people. Project Update - 31 Dec 2002

South Africa

Once 'illiterate' from her infections, a Khayelitsha township HIV+ patient climbs back

"After I had treated her for the meningitis and we could talk a bit," said Francoise Louis, a doctor at the MSF clinic. "Boniswa told me 'I cannot read anymore. I can see the letters of posters on the wall, but I cannot understand the words.' " Project Update - 23 Dec 2002

Meningitis

Meningitis in Africa - tackling W135

Each time it is catastrophic, a disaster in terms of numbers of
people killed or affected and the effect on the economy. The situation is
dramatic each time . . . if we were confronted with the situation of 1996
with the implication of W135 we would be in trouble", said Dr Bernard Pecoul of the MSF Access to Essential Medicines Campaign. Project Update - 21 Dec 2002

Chad

Blankets and medicines for thousands of refugees in Chad

MSF has provided medical consultations and vaccinations to 1,500 people. And, in the past few days, another 2,700 have arrived. MSF teams have started improving conditions but the increasing numbers may be too great for the local village with limited coping capacities. Project Update - 20 Dec 2002

South Africa

Scientific American honours MSF Head of Mission for South Africa

In the December edition of Scientific American has named the MSF South African Head of Mission, Eric Goemaere, as the 'Medical Policy Leader of the Year' for the work he and his team have undertaken in the South African township of Khayelitsha. MSF carries the entire article below along with a comment by the recipient Eric Goemaere. Project Update - 18 Dec 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF finally returns to isolated town Shabunda

After more than two months of intensive lobbying, the MSF team formed an agreement with the two warring parties, the DRC military and the Mai Mai, to fly into Shabunda, crossing the political and military division lines, to return and continue their work. Project Update - 16 Dec 2002

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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Thousands flee DR Congo fighting