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Malnutrition

Humanitarian aid must not be co-opted into Somalia stabilization campaign

Efforts underway at the United Nations to integrate humanitarian assistance into the international military campaign against opponents of Somalia’s government will further threaten the safe delivery of independent and impartial aid to Somalis.
 Press Release - 27 Feb 2013
 
Global Fund Financing Crisis Rally, South Africa
HIV/Aids

Fix patent laws: Activists make concerns heard at African IP Forum

Yesterday, Treatment Action Campaign activists picketed at the Africa Intellectual Property (IP) Forum and handed over a memorandum to Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, before his keynote address. 
 Press Release - 26 Feb 2013
 
Global Fund Financing Crisis Rally, South Africa
Access to medicines

Fix the patent laws: “Patent law reform is long overdue

This week the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sponsors a high-level forum to discuss harnessing intellectual property (IP) to encourage African economic development and prosperity
 Press Release - 25 Feb 2013
 
Lebanon - Syrian refugees, Misery beyond the war zone
Syria

Syria: MSF on stand-by to provide life-saving medical assistance in Damascus

Following the bomb blasts today in Damascus that resulted in dozens of deaths and left several hundred people injured.
 Press Release - 20 Feb 2013
 
Lead poisoning and gold processing in Zamfara state, Nigeria, Ap
Nigeria

MSF welcomes news that remediation work in Bagega has begun

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is encouraged by news that funds to remediate Bagega village, an essential part of the fight against the Zamfara lead poisoning crisis.
 Press Release - 14 Feb 2013
 
Activities in Mogadishu to respond to the needs of IDP's
Somalia

Somalia Crisis - Not Over Yet

Patients describe persistent violence, displacement and hunger in new MSF Report
 Press Release - 13 Feb 2013
 
Malnutrition

Hear my voice: Somalis on living in a humanitarian crisis

In 2011-2012, drought and conflict caused widespread food shortages resulting in a malnutrition peak well above emergency levels in Doctors Without Borders (MSF) programs, and spurred the displacement of tens of thousands of people within south central Somalia and to Ethiopia and Kenya.
 Report - 12 Feb 2013
 
Lebanon - Syrian refugees, Misery beyond the war zone
Refugees

Lebanon: Aid lags far behind as Syrian refugee numbers increase

Press Release - 7 Feb 2013
 
Syria

Misery beyond the war zone: Life for Syrian refugees and displaced populations in Lebanon

The ongoing crisis in Syria is forcing ever more Syrians to flee their homeland in search of safety.
 Report - 6 Feb 2013
 
Limpopo river floods in South Africa - January2013
Malawi

MSF assists in flood-affected areas of Southern Africa - Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Heavy rains in the eastern part of Southern Africa lead to flooding in the area of the Limpopo River last week. At this point, the situation seems most critical in Mozambique, as large areas of Gaza province remain inundated by the Limpopo River and its subsidiaries. An institutional alert was issued on 22nd January. According to official figures, approximately 240,000 people were affected, 146,000 of them displaced to almost 30 temporary shelters and 48 people have died as of January 28.
 Press Release - 31 Jan 2013