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International Activity Report, 2009 MSF is working to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria in the country, and is providing nutritional programmes for malnourished children.   In the West Nile region, in the northern part of the country on the border with Sudan, MSF has provided treatment to more than 16,000 people with HIV/AIDS since 2002. In these northern districts, the healthcare system is slowly being rebuilt after years of conflict in the country. The main challenges are the shortage of trained health staff and an irregular drug supply, especially for HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. In the northwest Arua district MSF provides treatment for patients co-infected with TB, nutritional support for adults and children...
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Global Fund cuts spell more AIDS deaths, more HIV infections, & rationing lifesaving treatment

25 November 2011
South Africa’s Budget Expenditure Monitoring Forum warns *NOTE: The Budget Expenditure Monitoring Forum [BEMF] is a group of civil society organisations concerned with HIV/AIDS funding in South Africa and the Southern African region. BEMF includes SECTION27, the Treatment Action Campaign, Médecins Sans Frontières South Africa, the Centre for Economic Governance and AIDS in Africa, the Free State AIDS Coalition and World Vision.   JOHANNESBURG –The shock announcement by the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria that financial shortfalls forced the cancellation of its Round 11 of new grants threatens to run back the clock on the gains made in the fight against HIV. The Global Fund financial...
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HIV Global Fund: an interview with Dr Unni Karunakara

30 November 2011
antiretroviral treatment
Lusikisiki, South Africa. Patient taking her antiretroviral treatment
In a move that could have a profound impact on patients in developing countries, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has announced it won’t be accepting any grant applications this year to support treatment programmes because of a catastrophic drop in donor funding.  MSF international president, Dr Unni Karunakara The Global Fund, financed largely by governments, was set up ten years ago as a ‘war chest’ to fight the spiralling AIDS pandemic and tackle malaria and TB, the other two infectious diseases that claim millions of lives each year in developing countries. In many countries, MSF works alongside the national health authorities who rely on Global Fund support to...
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Getting Ahead of the Wave: Lessons for the next decade of the AIDS response

12 May 2011
Getting Ahead of the Wave: Lessons for the next decade of the AIDS response
Getting Ahead of the Wave: Lessons for the next decade of the AIDS response
  Open publication - Free publishing - More aids   "Getting Ahead of the Wave: Lessons for the Next Decade of the AIDS Response" details MSF’s experience implementing treatment strategies to improve care and policies needed to make massive scale-up of treatment more affordable. The report also presents results of a survey conducted by MSF teams in 16 countries on progress in implementing WHO treatment guidelines as well as other important strategies to increase access to antiretroviral treatment (ART). While many countries have adopted improved protocols and policies, most HIV-prevalent countries are still struggling to reach more than 50% of people in need of ART or provide ART in more than...
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MSF Report: Fragile progress as several countries upgrade to better AIDS treatment

11 May 2011
Top Donor Countries Oppose Crucial Treatment Target Ahead of UN AIDS Summit   New York, 11 May 2011– A report released today by the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) revealed that several countries hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic are improving HIV treatment to reduce deaths and illness – but a lack of support from donors prevents many from making vital changes.  This fragile progress needs sustained support, but the two biggest AIDS donors, the US and UK, are opposing a critical HIV treatment target ahead of next month’s AIDS Summit in New York at a time when mounting evidence shows that HIV treatment can also prevent HIV infections.   “Our...
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MSF Frontline Reports - Women in Northeastern Uganda pay the price for years of neglect

04 May 2011
Photo: Maimouna Jallow/MSF
MSF Frontline Reports - Women in Northeastern Uganda pay the price for years of neglect
  Chronic violence and neglect in parts of northeastern Uganda's Karamoja region means 70 percent of the population has no access to any kind of health care. This affects women the most - maternal mortality rates here are 75 percent higher than the national average. MSF goals in Karamoja's Kaabong district are to strengthen government health services and to reach people who otherwise can't get to health facilities. 
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Malaria season in Uganda

25 March 2010
Malaria season in Uganda
Malaria season in Uganda
"Right after it rains, after the incubation period, the hospital is full of kids with malaria," says Dr Eamonn Vitt, part of the MSF team in Uganda. This easily-treatable disease kills thousands every year across the world. 
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