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  In Complexo do Alemão, a poor area of Rio de Janeiro controlled by armed drug-dealers, MSF provides emergency care and psychosocial support to the population trapped by violence.Photo: David Prichard In June, Alagoas state in northern Brazil suffered severe flooding: 34 people died, 54 were reported missing and 25,000 people were displaced from their homes. In the days after the floods, an MSF team found thousands of people crowded into churches, schools and other public buildings. “At one school, nearly one thousand people were sharing six latrines”, said Cristina Sutter, one of the first MSF psychologists to arrive. “The situation was chaotic in the bigger,...
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IRIN/PlusNews: Gilead first to join medicines patent pool

13 July 2011
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Gilead Sciences has become the first pharmaceutical company to sign a licensing agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool to increase access to HIV and Hepatitis B treatment in developing countries... "The licensing agreement is a positive step but we have some reservations; it excludes middle-income countries like Brazil and China, which will now have to issue compulsory licences if they want to manufacture the drugs still in development," Tido von Schoen-Angerer, executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières' Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, told IRIN/PlusNews. In addition, MSF says the licensing agreement limits "price-busting competition" by confining manufacturing to India, meaning...
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India and Brazil take dispute with EU over generic medicines detentions

19 May 2010
India and Brazil take dispute with EU over generic medicines detentions
India and Brazil take dispute with EU over generic medicines detentions
  Watch this animation which explains one of the fatal confusions at the heart of this matter between legitimate generic medicines....and illegal fakes.   The need to end this confusion is also one of the key issues that will be discussed at the forthcoming WHO general assembly.
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Brazil: MSF helps population affected by flooding in Alagoas State

07 July 2010
MSF response focused on mental health and distribution of emergency relief   In June heavy floods hit Alagoas and Pernambuco States in northern Brazil, where the flooding left thousands of houses completely destroyed. The four areas most affected are Branquinha, Santana do Mundau, Uniao dos Palmares and Murici. In some places, the entire population has been affected by the disaster and lots of families have lost all their belongings.   An MSF team of eight is currently providing assistance on the ground and assessing the humanitarian needs together with Brazil’s State Emergency Committee.   At the local health units, the main symptoms people are expressing are anxiety, depression, suicide ideation,...
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MSF activities for flood victims end in Alagoas, Brazil

15 September 2010
MSF activities for flood victims end in Alagoas, Brazil
MSF activities for flood victims end in Alagoas, Brazil
After severe floods struck northern Brazil in June, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) sent a team to help authorities improve conditions for the 25,000 people displaced from their homes in Alagoas state, and to provide counselling for people who had lost everything in the floods. Two months later, MSF is ending its emergency activities and calls on state authorities to find long-term solutions to help the flood victims. Brazilian psychologist Gupi Munhoz in a shelter. Psychological care was the main focus of the project. Photo: Erico Hiller In June, severe flooding hit Alagoas state, in northern Brazil; 34 people died, 54 were reported missing and 25,000 people were displaced from their homes...
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Brazil floods: Médecins Sans Frontières responds to mud slides

18 January 2011
Brazil floods: Médecins Sans Frontières responds to mud slides
Brazil floods: Médecins Sans Frontières responds to mud slides
MSF Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC), Bicentenaire, Port-au-Prince Photo: Erico Hiller / MSF  Since last Tuesday, torrential rains have caused severe flooding in the mountainous region north of Rio de Janeiro. More than 630 people are estimated to have been killed in the flooding and resulting landslides while thousands have been left homeless. After an assessment in the most affected areas, MSF is mobilising two medical teams to run mobile clinics in São José do Vale do Rio Preto and Nova Friburgo. In São José do Vale do Rio Preto, an estimated 10000 people have been affected by the floods and over 1200 people have been displaced. In Nova Friburgo, one of the most affected towns, over 5000 people are...
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