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International Activity Report, 2009 In September, government security forces cracked down violently on a large opposition rally in the capital city of Guinea Conakry, leaving 150 people dead and hundreds injured. Political instability remained throughout 2009, and poverty and limited access to quality health services continued to affect the lives of most Guineans. MSF provided medical care, including treatment for HIV/AIDS and paediatric care.   Violence  On September 28, hospitals in Conakry were overwhelmed by hundreds of people that had been wounded in the government repression of the opposition protest. MSF responded by providing local hospitals and health centres with medical material and assisting with the...
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MSF using innovative oral vaccine during cholera outbreak in Guinea

24 April 2012
MSF: oral vaccine during cholera outbreak in Guinea
MSF using innovative oral vaccine during cholera outbreak in Guinea
More than 150,000 people are currently being vaccinated near Conakry, the capital of Guinea, where a cholera epidemic has broken out. Photo: Christelle Ntsama   For the first time, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is responding to a cholera outbreak in Africa by carrying out a mass vaccination campaign. In Guinea, the emergency medical organisation is using an oral vaccine to limit the spread of the disease. The first two phases of this campaign began on April 18 in the Boffa region, near Conakry. "The epidemic in Guinea was declared in February and Boffa Prefecture is currently where we are seeing the largest active outbreak," said Charles Gaudry...
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Guinea: The long road to Gueckedou

15 July 2011
Child under a mosquito net
Photo: Sarah-Eve Hammond, MSF
Last year, MSF adopted a new approach to tackling malaria in the Gueckedou region of Guinea. Patients are given drugs with proven effectiveness, and community health workers raise awareness among the population. Photo: Sara-Eve Hammond, MSF.  |  Child under a mosquito net. Gueckedou is about 700 kilometres from Conakry, the capital of Guinea, and one must travel seven hundred kilometres along a dusty road full of potholes to get there. “We are currently working in the prefecture of Gueckedou (Forested Guinea), where there is a population of 500,000. We are concentrating all our energies on tackling malaria,” says Divin Barutwanayo,...
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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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