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17 May 2013
JUBA – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the destruction at its hospital in Pibor town, South Sudan, purposefully conducted to render the hospital inoperative. This deprives around 100,000 people of healthcare, as they fled into the bush seeking safety from the conflict between the SPLA (South Sudan Army) and the David Yau Yau armed militia group.MSF hospital in Pibor, South Sudan, purposefully damaged to render it inoperable. Photo:...
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17 May 2013
GOMA – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is treating survivors of an attack on Mpeti in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The village, which is home to around one thousand people, was attacked by men armed with bayonets, machetes and wooden clubs on Tuesday morning.MSF staff member doing an assessment in the camp, finding out health issues of the displaced by interviewing mothers and screening the children. Mugunga 1, Goma, North Kivu. Photo:...
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16 May 2013
- MSF marks clinic inauguration by hosting Urban Survivors photo exhibitionNairobi - The international humanitarian medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today inaugurates a new clinic in Kibera South. The centre offers comprehensive primary healthcare and maternity services integrated with the management of chronic diseases like HIV, targeting one of the most vulnerable populations in Nairobi. The ceremony will also mark the opening of Urban Survivors, a photo/...
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10 May 2013
Islamabad - Over the past four days MSF teams working in health facilities in Hangu, Kurram Agency and Lower Dir, together with Ministry of Health (MoH) staff have treated over 110 blast victims injured in election related violence.Despite unprecedented levels of violence MSF has managed to continue its medical activities.MSF nurse listens to the breathing of Soghran, 4 years old, during a mobile clinic consultation. Photo: Sam PhelpsPakistan is experiencing an increase in...
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02 May 2013
Sana’a – Yemeni authorities have freed 1,620 migrants held by smugglers on farms – some of them for months – in Haradh region, in the north of the country since 7 April. The international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is assisting these migrants – including 62 children and 142 women – and is treating 71 severely ill people at the MSF-run hospital in Al-Mazraq village, close to Haradh town.Migrants in Haradh town in Yemen, on their way to...
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02 May 2013
Heavy fighting over the last few days in Pinga, a town in the conflict-afflicted North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has made it difficult for Médecins Sans Frontières to carry out its vital medical work. Thousands of the town’s inhabitants have fled into the surrounding forests and eleven of MSF’s Congolese staff members are missing.“MSF is very concerned about civilians routinely exposed to this violence – this is the eighth time...
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26 April 2013
Tissi, Chad - Since early March, tens of thousands of displaced Sudanese, Chadian and Central African civilians have been pouring into south east Chad to escape clashes in neighboring Darfur. The refugee and returnee population in the Tissi area has increased by approximately 50,000. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling for the refugees to receive humanitarian assistance and must have their needs met regardless of where they are located...
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24 April 2013
MSF calls on GAVI and pharmaceutical companies to extend discounts so more children can be reachedABU DHABI — On the eve of the high-level Global Vaccines Summit hosted by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gatesand General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned that high prices for new vaccines could put developing countries in the precarious situation of...
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24 April 2013
Diseases must be tackled together in order to pre-empt another crisisMadrid – Increasing numbers of children are being treated for malaria and malnutrition in southern Niger by the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) compared to a year ago, suggesting that 2013 may see higher peaks of the two diseases than previous years, MSF warned today. With the rainy season on its way, and more cases of malnutrition and malaria expected, MSF...
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23 April 2013
Abuja, Nigeria - Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has finally been able to start medical treatment for children suffering from lead poisoning in the village of Bagega. In the first of four groups to receive medical care, MSF has started 34 children on specialised chelation therapy to remove the lead from their blood, and will monitor a further 126 children. The medical humanitarian organisation urges that this is just the beginning; it...
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