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Water and sanitation experts join 250-strong team

MSF now has more than 250 staff working in the delta area. But getting material from our warehouses in Yangon to the worst affected areas is a logistics challenge. We now have ten boats for distributing aid in the delta and ten trucks are ferrying aid from Yangon to Pathein, a town in the north of the delta. So far MSF teams have managed to distribute 275 tons of aid

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Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Frequently Asked Questions
Joe Belliveau, MSF Operations Manager, answers your frequently asked questions on Cyclone Nargis and MSF's aid efforts on the ground.

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2008 World Malaria Day Special
In Sierra Leone, malaria is rife. It is the biggest killer of children under five and causes a massive burden on families and the country’s barely functioning health system.

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MSF Reaches Worst Hit Areas in Myanmar (Burma)
Prior to the cyclone, about 180,000 people lived in the Irrawady Delta in Myanmar. MSF teams observed "95% destruction" of homes and everything else.

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Fuel Crisis in Gaza  
MSF denounces the effects of the embargo on humanitarian medical aid.  

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