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News from the field

18 November 2008 DR Congo: “It was total mayhem, one had to run away”
18 November 2008 DR Congo: “The first people who had fled had reported my death on the radio.”
17 November 2008 DRC: Cholera consistently recurs in parts of North Kivu
17 November 2008 DRC: Caught in heavy gunfire
14 November 2008 RC: Renewed conflict exacerbates psychological needs
14 November 2008 Cholera Grips Zimbabwe’s Capital
13 November 2008 New displacement in the Rutshuru area adds to the vulnerability of civilians
12 November 2008 DRC: New cholera cases reported in Kibati
11 November 2008 DRC: Urgent needs continue
10 November 2008 DRC: Major concerns for displaced people
10 November 2008 Lesotho: Community diaries from St. Rodrigue
08 November 2008 Heavy fighting over the last days in Rutshuru and Kiwanja
08 November 2008 Haiti: More than 80 patients treated by MSF after school collapses
07 November 2008 MSF activities update Pakistan: October 2008
06 November 2008 DRC: Cholera hitting more areas
05 November 2008 DRC: Concerns for people still on the run
04 November 2008 DRC - Urgent needs for food, clean water, healthcare and basic items
04 November 2008 DRC: MSF team travels to Dungu three days after attacks on the town
31 October 2008 DRC: MSF continues working in Kivu region
30 October 2008 DRC: Thousands flee renewed fighting in Kivu region
28 October 2008 Pakistan - Terrorised population fled - two months on
28 October 2008 South Darfur, Sudan - Authorities threaten to suspend MSF activities
27 October 2008 Bihar, India - Working in the aftermath of the flood
23 October 2008 Haiti: the forgotten people of Praville
22 October 2008 View Slideshow: Gonaïves after the hurricanes
21 October 2008 MSF in Niger: beyond malnutrition
21 October 2008 Guinea Bissau: over 10,000 people affected by cholera
15 October 2008 Ethiopia: “The population in Dodola lives in a precarious balance”
15 October 2008 Chechnya earthquake update
15 October 2008 Moldova: Out from the shadows
13 October 2008 Georgia: two months on
09 October 2008 DRC: Renewed violence in Ituri
07 October 2008 Darfur: Interview with project coordinator of Kalma camp, Lydia Geirsdottir
06 October 2008 Interview with Karen Stewart, mental health officer working in Papua New Guinea
03 October 2008 Deteriorating security in Eastern Chad puts 70,000 people at risk
02 October 2008 Humanitarian assistance must not be misused
02 October 2008 Measles mass vaccination in Katanga, DR Congo
29 September 2008 South Sudan: Several villages attacked on the border with Congo
25 September 2008 Somalia: Scores of Wounded Amidst Fighting in Mogadishu
23 September 2008 MSF nutritional activities in southern Ethiopia
23 September 2008 MSF provides emergency care as violence intensifies in North Kivu
19 September 2008 Guinea Bissau hit by a severe cholera outbreak
19 September 2008 Interview with Binod Kumar – MSF medical doctor, India
19 September 2008 Worsening humanitarian situation in Wardher, Ethiopia
17 September 2008 “There are new doctors in the hospital” - Setting up a programme in Pakistan
17 September 2008 Increased access to health care in Gonaives, Haiti
17 September 2008 Alarming increase in Hepatitis E in Northern Uganda
16 September 2008 Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe owing to lack of running water
12 September 2008 Floods in India
12 September 2008 One family’s plight in storm ravaged Haiti
11 September 2008 Darfur: MSF Activity Update
10 September 2008 Devastating Nepal floods displaces 27,000
08 September 2008 Haiti: After third storm, food and water urgently needed for displaced
08 September 2008 Haiti: MSF assisting Haitians and assessing needs after successive hurricanes
08 September 2008 Psychosocial services help population of Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro, deal with daily violence and stress
05 September 2008 MSF is providing medical care and has started emergency distributions in Bihar
04 September 2008 MSF project: Mother and Child Primary Health Care – Papua, Indonesia
04 September 2008 Doctor Wandy from Agats’ health centre
04 September 2008 Portrait of a Midwife, and Kader
04 September 2008 Meet Bassilia
04 September 2008 HIV positive stories from Zambia
03 September 2008 Somalia: Never ending struggle for survival
03 September 2008 Somalia: Fleeing atrocity
03 September 2008 Somalia: Life in transit
03 September 2008 Somalia: A constant struggle – Life in the camp
03 September 2008 Somalia: Dying a little every night
02 September 2008 Humanitarian flight crashes in Democratic Republic of Congo: One member of MSF staff on board
01 September 2008 Closure of Central Mogadishu Clinic
29 August 2008 MSF teams reach flood affected areas in Bihar State, India
26 August 2008 65 wounded in MSF clinic, Kalma Camp, Darfur
20 August 2008 Responding to food insecurity and malnutrition in north-eastern Uganda
15 August 2008 Malnutrition in the hills of northern Bangladesh, the problem does not end with the rats
14 August 2008 Slideshow: Johannesburg Camps
14 August 2008 Open letter from MSF to UNHCR in South Africa
12 August 2008 South Ossetia, Georgia conflict
06 August 2008 The complexities of life in Complexo do Alemão
04 August 2008 TB in southern Sudan – The Village Approach
01 August 2008 HIV-TB co-infection: They’re already sitting in our waiting rooms
17 July 2008 MSF Dr Aoua Hima talks about TB in Swaziland
13 July 2008 Ethiopia: Sheleme’s Story
10 July 2008 In Memoriam: Promise Tshiloane
10 July 2008 Chad: MSF patients and medical workers attacked in Kerfi
06 July 2008 After measles vaccination campaign, epidemic abates in Nigeria
06 July 2008 Northern Uganda – Kitgum: “There were 188 latrines on paper, in town I found only 20 actually in place”
03 July 2008 DAY OF MOURNING: Remembering the victims of the xenophobic violence in South Africa
03 July 2008 "Life became more difficult this year." Geneme, mother of three
02 July 2008 Caught between northern and southern Sudan: violence and fighting in Abyei
30 June 2008 Management and activities in BOR hospital South Sudan, handed over
26 June 2008 MSF cares for up to 6,500 severely malnourished children in Ethiopia
26 June 2008 Martissant, Haiti: “Most of the people we see in our emergency room are civilians”
24 June 2008 MSF provides relief items to flood victims in southern China
24 June 2008 Yemen: War in Saada, renders access to injured impossible…
20 June 2008 MSF: Nothing to Celebrate on World Refugee Day in South Africa
20 June 2008 Kenya - Mount Elgon: Does anybody care?
16 June 2008 Displaced foreign nationals left in the cold: One month on
13 June 2008 An honorary doctorate for Dr Eric Goemaere
12 June 2008 Ethiopia: “Right now, the food is simply not there”
10 June 2008 MSF hiring and training national staff for emergency response in Myanmar
10June 2008 Critical needs continue to face a traumatised people in Myanmar
09 June 2008 Interview with Vincent Hoedt, Emergency Co-ordinator, in Delta
05 June 2008 “Life is a daily struggle but for many people this year that struggle became too much to bear”
04 June 2008 One month after Cyclone Nargis – Overview of the situation in the most affected areas
02 June 2008 On the boat in Nargis
30 May 2008 Conditions of displaced population deteriorate in South Africa
30 May 2008 MSF teams focusing on mental health, shelter, and basic relief items in China
27 May 2008 MSF nutritional intervention in the Oromiya region of Ethiopia
27 May 2008 Thousands in Myanmar still have received no aid three weeks after Cyclone Nargis
26 May 2008 A race against time: Getting aid to Myanmar’s cyclone survivors
20 May 2008 MSF responds to outbreaks of violence in Johannesburg
19 May 2008 MSF teams respond to needs in China’s quake-hit areas
15 May 2008 MSF teams working in China’s quake-hit areas
14 May 2008 MSF begins assessment in China’s quake-hit areas
14 May 2008 Interview with MSF Emergency Co-ordinator in Yangon, Myanmar
14 May 2008 Myanmar update: Interview with Michel Becks, MSF-H Wat-san advisor
13 May 2008 First MSF team heading to quake-stricken area in southwest China
12 May 2008 First MSF Cargo plane delivers medical and logistical material in Myanmar (Burma)
09 May 2008 MSF provides medical care, food and improves access to clean water in some of the worst affected areas of Myanmar’s (Burma) Irrawaddy Delta
08 May 2008 MSF teams intensify activities in most affected areas in Myanmar (Burma)
06 May 2008 Myanmar cyclone
05 May 2008 Nutritional situation in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Southern Sudan
05 May 2008 MSF has treated 850 people wounded in Mogadishu fighting since January 2008
25 April 2008 MDR-TB treatment in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
25 April 2008 End of cholera emergency in Katanga, DRC: for how long?
25 April 2008 Death from malaria is no longer inevitable
25 April 2008 Meet two of Sierra Leone's malaria community health volunteers
25 April 2008 Why are so many people still dying from malaria in Sierra Leone?
25 April 2008 Refusing to accept the inevitability of malaria in Mali: putting effective measures in place
25 April 2008 Advances in treating malaria - but more challenges remain
25 April 2008 Meet two of Sierra Leone's malaria Community Health Volunteers
21 April 2008 Working amid ongoing insecurity in Southern Sudan
17 April 2008 MSF colleague disappears in Goma plane crash in DR Congo
16 April 2008 Birth is a deadly business in Southern Sudan
16 April 2008 Stories they need to tell - Supporting survivors of sexual violence in Liberia
09 April 2008 MSF Treats Wounded amid Demonstrations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
08 April 2008 A TB awareness campaign in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
04 April 2008 Almost 300,000 children already vaccinated against measles in Niger
04 April 2008 Attacks by bandits block civilian access to humanitarian assistance in Bocaranga, CAR
02 April 2008 MSF provides essential health care to Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa
28March 2008 Human suffering in the shadows of Darfur
25March 2008 The spread of TB is as easy as breathing
25March 2008 Tuberculosis: new priorities, new challenges
25March 2008 Georgia-Abkhazia: Home-care for patients suffering from multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis
25March 2008 An MDR-TB patient in Georgia ...
21March 2008 MSF treats wounded during outbreak of violence in Bas-Congo, western DRC
20 March 2008 Hepatitis E outbreak in Northern Uganda
19 March 2008 Refugees in Birak, Chad, provide details of the violence in Darfur
18 March 2008 Major measles vaccination campaign in Oromiya, the largest region of Ethiopia
13 March 2008 MSF worker wounded in Somalia
06 March 2008 MSF provide emergency care in Complexo do Alemão, a deprived neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
03 March 2008 MSF reopens its clinic to treat wounded patients in Gaza City
29 February 2008 “Luckily she is a very strong person” – HIV/AIDS treatment in Myanmar
27 February 2008 MSF responds to the ongoing needs in Kenya
22 February 2008 Task shifting for antiretroviral treatment delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: not a panacea
22 February 2008 Treating a Neglected Disease in Bihar, India
21 February 2008 Kenya, when the situation seems quiet
20 February 2008 Cholera, "the poor man’s disease", strikes the mining town of Likasi in the Democratic Republic of Congo
19 February 2008 A difficult choice for refugees in Chad
19 February 2008 Temporary Camps for Displaced Persons in Kenya
17 February 2008 Mozambique: Cholera threatens families relocated after the floods
06 February 2008 MSF responds to ongoing violence in Kenya
04 February 2008 As MSF treats wounded in N'djamena, Chad, tens of thousands of people flee the city
04 February 2008 Slideshow: Fighting to save children from malaria in Sierra Leone
04 February 2008 In Memorium: The Tragic Loss of Our Three Colleagues in Kismayo, Somalia
01 February 2008 Three MSF staff killed in Somalia: Biographies - Victor Okumu, Damien Le Halle and Mohamed Abdi Ali
01 February 2008 Treating the Wounded in Nakuru and Naivasha
 
23 January 2008 Cholera in Sekong province, in southern Laos
22 January 2008 MSF provides medical and shelter support to people displaced by floods in Zambezi Basin in Mozambique
21 January 2008 In North Kivu, MSF attempts to reach those trapped in the conflict
18 January 2008 MSF treats new wounded in Nairobi
14 January 2008 “The machete wounds have caused near amputations.”
10 January 2008 Maaike van Rijn, a midwife working for MSF in Darfur: Read Maaike's stories..
09 January 2008 MSF offers continued HIV care and assists the displaced population in Kenya
09 January 2008 MSF assists people displaced by violence in Kenya
08 January 2008 Still a struggle for survival
08 January 2008 MSF ends emergency intervention in areas affected by cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh
21 December 2007 Mobile health care in one of India’s hidden wars - Striving to assist both sides of the conflict
20 December 2007 Top International Ten Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007
20 December 2007 Migrant Workers in Thailand
20 December 2007 Testimonies from Migrant workers in Thailand
20 December 2007 Coping with violence in Mogadishu: The mental health consequences for children and their mothers
16 December 2007 Swaibu Amazed Us All
14 December 2007 DRC- Congo: The country of ongoing emergencies
14 December 2007 The Pastor Is Gone
12 December 2007 In the High Risk Zone
12 December 2007 Oppressive uncertainty for displaced people of South Darfur
09 December 2007 Aid has now reached most of the people MSF is assisting in Bangladesh in cyclone-hit areas
08 December 2007 No One Shakes Hands because of Ebola in Uganda
07 December 2007 MSF was the only NGO that stood beside us
26 November 2007 MSF increases assistance in North Kivu
26 November 2007 MSF completes hand-over of activities in the earthquake affected region of Kashmir
26 November 2007 “More than 50% of our patients are younger than 12 years.”
23 November 2007 MSF assisting people in Bangladesh’s remote coastal areas affected by Cyclone Sidr
13 November 2007 New Displacement in the Rutshuru Area Adds to the Vulnerability of Civilians
12 November 2007 Medical consultations and distribution of material at Mexico flood scenes
07 November 2007 When Epidemics Collide Tackling HIV and Drug-Resistant TB in Kenyan Slums
07 November 2007 The crisis is not over in Malawi!
31 October 2007 First MSF patient completes treatment for drug-resistant TB in Armenian capital
30 October 2007 India: Child malnutrition is a priority in the intervention launched in the aftermath of the floods
26 October 2007 MSF: Ebola work in DRC coming to an end
26 October 2007 Darfur has become an even greater challenge for humanitarian action
16 October 2007 Attacks on Muhajariya: MSF national staff continue to treat 100 patients every day
09 October 2007 Fighting forces Médecins Sans Frontières teams to evacuate from Muhajariya, Darfur
03 October 2007 Desperate Somalis on the wild sea
25 September 2007 Iraq: Surgical assistance for victims of war
25 September 2007 Iraq: “Let the world know what is happening”
20 September 2007 Relief effort after Sumatra earthquake must be boosted
19 September 2007 Diary of Zoe Young, water and sanitation specialist with MSF
14 September 2007 DRC: MSF specialists and material arrive in area of Ebola outbreak
14 September 2007 MSF offers relief items and psychosocial support to earthquake survivors in Sumatra
13 September 2007 Ebola: No antidote, No cure, all emphasis on isolating the infected
13 September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes: Two MSF Emergency Teams reviewing the needs
12 September 2007 Vulnerable Women in Nepal
12 September 2007 Victim of sexual violence: Sonia’s Story
12 September 2007 A Mother of five stillborn babies
7 September 2007 The hidden crisis of Mount Elgon in Kenya: "We eat from the hands of others"
7 September 2007 Médecins Sans Frontières inthe Prefecture of Ilia, Greece
6 September 2007 DR Congo: MSF treats patients at the Masisi hospital, North Kivu
6 September 2007 MSF in Ivory Coast
5 September 2007 Earthquake in Peru: A Diary of An Aid Worker
3 September 2007 MSF increases assistance in post-earthquake region of Peru
31 August 2007 MSF sends a surgical team and medical material to the Masisi hospital in North Kivu
27 August 2007 Burmese refugees – caught between a crocodile and a snake
27 August 2007 “When will we be able to live normal lives?”
21 August 2007 Earthquake in Peru
21 August 2007 Migrant workers confront deadly diseases in Ethiopia’s north-western region
13 August 2007 Floods in South Asia: overview of MSF activities
30 July 2007 Chad's rainy season, with ongoing violence and displacement, brings the health situation closer to emergency levels
03 July 2007 MSF makes itself at home in South Africa: Establishing a South African chapter of MSF
27 June 2007 HIV prevention, care and treatment in two prisons in Thailand
19 June 2007 DRC - Katanga: Emergencies in the "Town of Stones"
11 June 2007 Voices from Somalia: stories of people who fled Mogadishu
24 May 2007 HELP WANTED: Health worker shortage limits access to HIV/AIDS treatment in southern Africa
23 May 2007 Katanga, DRC: The trauma is not over yet
16 May 2007 As violence climbs in Iraq, the need for some kind of humanitarian action re-surfaces
13 April 2007 The second-line AIDS crisis: Condemned to repeat?
28 August 2006 Increasing numbers attend the ‘one-stop' Simelela Centre for Rape victims in Khayelitsha
12 May 2006 Abbott Laboratories only fulfils partial order for MSF of crucial new AIDS drug after two months of delays
22 December 2005 Nolist - surviving AIDS and TB in South Africa
5 December 2005 The TB/HIV time bomb: A dual epidemic explodes in South Africa
5 December 2005 South Africa: From patient to employee
6 December 2004 South Africa: Treating AIDS patients at the heart of the problem
11 July 2004 Second-line ARV treatment: Unaffordable luxury?
29 April 2004 Khayelitsha 2001-2004: Celebrating 1,000 people on antiretrovirals
15 December 2003 We Are Alive - Mandela inaugurates ART site near his birthplace
4 November 2003 Many children report to new MSF post-rape centre in Khayelitsha

 










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