Kyrgyzstan
International Activity Report, 2007
Tuberculosis is a burden for the crippled healthcare system of Kyrgyzstan, a small landlocked republic in central Asia. the country has one of the world's largest prison population rates and MSF has found the prevalence of tuberculosis in the country's rickety penal system to be 25 times higher than in the civilian sector. The rapidly growing number of people with drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), which is very difficult and expensive to treat, is cause for alarm.
The penitentiary system cannot provide quick, reliable diagnosis or proper separation of infectious patients with TB. Overcrowded cells, lack of light and fresh air, and poor rations have created a breeding ground for TB. In...
08 July 2011
Kyrgyzstan, TB
08 April 2010
Hundreds of wounded arrived in Bishkek hospitals on April 7, following violent confrontations between armed forces and protesters in the streets of Kyrgyzstan’s capital. Médecins Sans Frontières’s team in Kyrgyzstan immediately responded yesterday by providing the National Hospital and the main ambulance station with emergency medical supplies and drugs – bandages and other sterile material, intravenous injection sets, antibiotics and painkillers. More material and drugs are to be donated today by MSF to three health structures in the capital city.
In coordination with ICRC, MSF staff in Bishkek are visiting hospitals and meeting health authorities today to further assess needs in terms of...
18 June 2010
A week after massive and violent inter-ethnic clashes erupted in the South of Kyrgyzstan, Médecins Sans Frontières teams are providing medical care and assistance to the victims. The medical humanitarian organization plans to rapidly increase the level of its aid efforts, with more humanitarian workers dispatched to the field and with tons of medical and logistic material for the displaced being flown in from Europe.
Reaching out to victims in Osh and Jalalabad
“Our medical teams based in the cities of Osh and Jalalabad report there is still a high level of tension there, and huge humanitarian needs”, says Alexandre Baillat, MSF’s Head of Mission in Kyrgyzstan. “On Wednesday, for instance...
20 July 2010
SF calls for impartial access to health care
22 July 2010
Kyrgyzstan - Tension Remains High
22 July 2010
Tension and violence continue in south Kyrgyzstan
09 August 2010
As the situation remains tense in Southern Kyrgyzstan, MSF teams are providing medical care and assistance to victims of violence in the cities of Osh, Jalal-Abad and Bazar-Korgon. MSF’s strategy is first to address the immediate medical needs of the population. The international medical humanitarian organisation is running mobile clinics in areas where people are still too scared to venture out of their communities, giving consultations to 250 to 300 people every week.
“We hope this situation will improve in the coming days. One positive sign is that armed personnel present in and around medical facilities in Osh have been removed on 2nd of August. That will hopefully bring back trust in people who were reluctant...
