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Malnutrition

Knysna Plett Herald: Sedgefield makes good in Somaliland

Garrett Barnwell of Segdefield is currently helping to coordinate Doctors Without Borders medical activities in the autonomous north-western Somaliland region of Somalia.
 Latest News - 10 Nov 2011
 
Malnutrition

Ethiopia: Surge in the number of Somali refugees demands increased capacity

Unless the capacity to deliver aid is rapidly increased, there will be significant problems in meeting the needs of Somalis fleeing to Ethiopia, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said today.
 Press Release - 2 Nov 2011
 
HIV/Aids

Five Lives : How a financial transaction tax could support global health

‘5 Lives’ are the stories of people that MSF works with every day, whose health and lives often hang on a simple medical intervention.
 Briefing Document - 1 Nov 2011
 
HIV/Aids

Antiretroviral treatment outcomes from a decentralised ART programme in rural Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has an adult HIV prevalence of 14.3% and an estimated 582,000 people requiring antiretroviral treatment.
 Briefing Document - 31 Oct 2011
 
HIV/Aids

G20 leaders should bail out global health with a financial transaction tax

The financial transaction tax (FTT), due to be discussed at this week’s G20 Summit in Cannes, could help save millions of lives if a percentage were allocated to global health, according to briefing paper: "Five Lives", an issue brief released by the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
 Press Release - 31 Oct 2011
 
Ethiopia

Dozens displaced in southern Somalia after aerial bombardment

MSF staff in Marere, in Lower Juba Region, southern Somalia, are treating dozens of injured following an aerial bombardment on the town of Jilib that hit a camp for internally-displaced people at around 1.30 pm on Sunday.
 Press Release - 30 Oct 2011
 
Exclusion from Healthcare

Sirte: The integrity of medical facilities must be respected

The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today called on the warring parties in Libya to immediately halt all attacks on and intrusions into medical facilities in the town of Sirte. All wounded patients must have access to care and must be able to receive treatment without discrimination and fear of reprisal.
 Press Release - 19 Oct 2011
 
Cholera

Haitian lives still threatened by inadequate cholera response

One year since the start of the ongoing cholera epidemic in Haiti, people all over the country are still threatened by the deadly disease. Healthcare services and measures to prevent the spread of cholera are still inadequate, medical aid organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned today.
 Press Release - 19 Oct 2011
 

Kenya: MSF seeks swift release of two abducted staff without use of force and continues medical activities to assist Somali population


Following the abduction of two Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff in Dadaab, Kenya, on 13 October, the international medical organisation MSF has no verifiable information on the identity or motives of the abductors.
 Press Release - 18 Oct 2011
 
Humanitarian crisis in Somalia - August 2011
Malnutrition

Food aid system continues to fail malnourished children

Despite some recent gains in the fight against childhood malnutrition, the global food aid system largely continues to provide substandard foods to millions of malnourished children every year.
 Press Release - 14 Oct 2011