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28 November 2008 Nine out of ten children are denied live-saving HIV/AIDS treatment - MSF calls for scale-up of paediatric HIV care
27 November 2008 Swaziland - Decentralisation of HIV and TB health care services to the community level will save lives
25 November 2008 A preventable fate: the failure of ART scale-up in Myanmar
20 November 2008 CONDITION: CRITICAL - Voices from the war in eastern Congo
06 November 2008 Pregnant women desperate for free emergency obstetric care in Haiti
Médecins Sans Frontières struggling to provide care
06 November 2008 Armed aid convoys are an inadequate bandage for Congo’s deep wounds
03 November 2008 MSF forced to leave the island of Lampedusa, Italy, after six years of activities
03 November 2008 Sixty Dead Refugees Found on Yemen Coast
21 October 2008 Niger: MSF France calls upon the President of Niger to immediately lift the ban on its activities
13 October 2008 Homelessness and food shortages for hurricane victims in Haiti
09 October 2008 Médecins sans Frontières asks the Colombian government and health care providers to guarantee comprehensive health care to victims of sexual violence
06 October 2008 War in North Kivu (DRC)
03 October 2008 Haiti: MSF teams find villages completely flooded and population stranded with no help – One month after cyclone
01 October 2008 Somalia: MSF sees surge in wounded and displaced as violence increases in Mogadishu
01 October 2008 MSF still blocked in Maradi, Niger, despite a new Memorandum of Understanding
30 September 2008 Malaria: from good intentions to effective action
29 September 2008 WHO expert’s meeting has potential to impact millions of malnourished children
10 September 2008 29 bodies found on Yemen beach: MSF assists survivors of deadly sea crossing
02 September 2008 Brazil rejects patent on an essential AIDS medicine
26 Aug 2008 Comprehensive TB/HIV Services at Primary Health Care Level
08 Aug 2008 Camps closures unacceptable without guarantee of adequate assistance and protection.
06 Aug 2008 Children living with HIV deserve fair treatment
03 Aug 2008 Mind the Deadly Gaps: Health Care Worker Shortages in Southern Africa Causing Fatal Delays in Bringing AIDS Care to Those in Urgent Need
01 Aug 2008 MSF evacuates teams after series of assaults on staff in North Darfur
28 July 2008 Médecins Sans Frontières’s work in Colombia hindered by the confusion between military actions and humanitarianism
26 July 2008 Doctors Without Borders wishes to continue activities in Niger
21 July 2008 Kenya: MSF teams in Mount Elgon blocked from continuing assistance to civilians affected by conflict
14 July 2008 Worrying ruling in court case between Dutch Government and MSF
11 July 2008 EU Mediterranean Summit: Médecins sans Frontières calls on EU states to improve the conditions for migrants arriving on the southern shores of Europe
28 June 2008 MSF calls upon South African authorities to immediately stop deportation of Zimbabweans
26 June 2008 Trapped Somali populations need immediate life-saving assistance
20 June 2008 MSF: Nothing to Celebrate on World Refugee Day in South Africa
17 June 2008 Mount Elgon, Kenya: A terrorised population in desperate need of assistance
02 June 2008 Relocation process exacerbates trauma of displaced people in South Africa
02 June 2008 UN food crisis summit must move beyond old ineffective recipes
27 May 2008 Dutch government pursues MSF in Swiss Federal court
21 May 2008 Press Conference on the emergency intervention for undocumented migrants in Greece
16 May 2008 MSF witnesses forced return and resettlement in a camp in western Kenya
16 May 2008 MSF teams delivering aid to the Delta call for immediate and unobstructed escalation of relief operations
09 May 2008 MSF teams intensify emergency response, a first relief plane is due to land in Yangon , Myanmar
07 May 2008 Myanmar Cyclone: MSF teams bring immediate assistance, while additional staff and relief materials are ready to be sent
07 May 2008 Médecins Sans Frontières closes its medical project in Bossaso, Puntland State of Somalia
24 April 2008 Fuel crisis in Gaza: MSF is forced to scale back its medical activities
23 April 2008 Food aid basket missing critical ingredients
17 April 2008 MSF welcomes new fixed-dose combination against malaria
16 April 2008 Raising awareness about medical care for survivors of sexual violence
03 April 2008 Médecins Sans Frontières closes medical project in Kismayo, Somalia
13 March2008 Woman shot dead in MSF ambulance in targeted attack in CAR
13 February 2008 Darfur: Aerial bombings and attacks lead thousands of civilians to flee to Chad
05 February 2008 Health of Zimbabwean migrants at risk after raid at Johannesburg Methodist Church
01 February 2008 MSF is shocked and outraged by attack on our team in Somalia
30 January 2008 Migrants employed in agriculture in Southern Italy continue to work and live in deprivation and unhealthy conditions
29 January 2008 Cholera spreads in several cities in Katanga, DRC
28 January 2008 Three MSF Aid Workers Killed in Serious Incident in Kismayo, Somalia
20 December 2007 Medecins Sans Frontieres Releases Tenth Annual “Top Ten” International Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007
19December 2007 Guaranteeing access to care in the deprived neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince is a necessity
19December 2007 DRC: Cholera and malnutrition add to the extreme suffering in North Kivu
11December 2007 Somalia –Displaced Populations Fleeing War in Mogadishu Face a Dramatic Situation
07December 2007 Uganda: MSF Teams Confront an Ebola Epidemic in Bundibugyo and Kikyo
05December 2007 The Angolan Government must put an end to the abuses committed by its army against Congolese migrants during their expulsion from the country
30 November 2007 Free comprehensive care for HIV treatment must be provided to Nigerians
29 November 2007 Patients and family members killed inside MSF compound
07 November 2007 Somalia: No safe place in Mogadishu
06 November 2007 MSF and TB Experts Call for New Approach to Test TB Drugs
24 October 2007 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) halts activities in Dabaga, Niger.
24 October 2007 In Ituri, DRC, civilian populations are still subjected to sexual violences and high levels of brutality
10 October 2007 MSF warns more food will not save malnourished children
01 October 2007 Ebola in DRC: Nearing control of the outbreak, but vigilance still required
28 September 2007 Violence in North Kivu: Assistance severely hampered
12 September 2007 DR Congo: Ebola virus confirmed in Kasai, MSF reinforces its team already on the ground
4 September 2007 MSF denied access to Somali Region of Ethiopia despite worsening humanitarian crisis
28 August 2007 Médecins Sans Frontières sends emergency team to the victims of fires in Peloponnesus
20 August 2007 MSF provides care to survivors in quake affected region in Peru
20 August 2007 Access to medical care dangerously scarce in and around Mogadishu, Somalia; needs increasing amidst ongoing violence
13 August 2007 MSF Trauma Center Admits 71 Gunshot Victims Over Two Weeks in Port
6 August 2007 Indian Court Ruling in Novartis Case Protects India as the ‘Pharmacy of the Developing World’
23 July 2007 Somalia - Situation worsens in Afgooye following the arrival of newly displaced families from Mogadishu
23 July 2007 New MSF Report Shows Up to 500 Percent Price Rise for Less-toxic WHO Recommended First-line Aids drugs
11 June 2007 MSF aid worker has been killed in the Central African Republic
8 June 2007 While attention is focused on Darfur, an emergency situation is unfolding in eastern Chad
7 June 2007 G8 declaration on innovation and intellectual property will directly harm access to medicines across the developing world
24 May 2007

Health worker shortage limits access to HIV/AIDS treatment in southern Africa

12 October 2006 HIV/AIDS Partnership Celebration in the Eastern Cape: Lusikisiki celebrates 2200 people on ARV treatment at hand over ceremony
8 December 2005 Companies not selling new AIDS drugs in Africa
13 May 2005 Stop the fake polemic between nutrition and antiretroviral drugs
15 April 2005 World TB Day 2005: Development of simple and rapid diagnostic tools key for fighting tuberculosis
11 August 2004 Cipla Must Resolve Concerns About Duovir
12 July 2004 MSF reports on progress and challenges of expanding AIDS treatment programs
12 December 2003 Nelson Mandela inaugurates the antiretroviral treatment site run by MSF near his birthplace in rural South Africa
12 December 2003 Window of opportunity opens for South Africa to access affordable antiretrovirals
20 November 2003 MSF celebrates South African Government Decision to embark in the World largest National Antiretroviral Treatment Plan
16 October 2003 MSF welcomes decision of South Africa Competition Commission to promote access to medicines
8 August 2003 MSF joins with all South African affected by HIV/AIDS to celebrate historic announcement of an national AIDS plan
12 February 2003 Open Letter to the South African Government From Médecins Sans Frontières
12 December 2002 Mandela joins MSF to scale up aids treatment in South Africa
27 November 2002 High Time to Step Up HIV/AIDS Treatment in SA
29 January 2002 TAC and MSF import generic antiretrovirals from Brazil in defiance of patent abuse

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