Reports

2010 reports

Giving developing countries the best shot: An overview of vaccine access and R&D
11th April, 2010

MSF and Oxfam show how access to newer vaccines and the development of products for developing countries is faltering and failing to provide life-saving vaccines to children in developing countries.

Shattered lives: Immediate medical care for victims of sexual violence
12th April, 2010

The people of Turkmenistan are being failed by their healthcare system, by their government, and by the international community. The system that is supposed to ensure their health is instead designed to conceal problems. This is not a case of individual practitioners failing to do their jobs but one that is far more systematic.

Sexual violence and migration
25th March, 2010

This briefing paper highlights the problem of sexual violence against Sub-Saharan migrant women, who arrive in Morocco on their way to Europe. Through the data and testimonies gathered in its medical-humanitarian projects, Médecins Sans Frontières hopes to contribute to finding a comprehensive answer to this problem, which increasingly affects more, and younger, women.

2009 reports

	HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries: The battle for long-term survival has just begun 20th July, 2009 Over three million people living with HIV/AIDS in the developing world receive antiretroviral treatment. However, the medicines and diagnostic tools available are inadequate to respond fully to their needs. It is now time to invest in improving the public health approach.
	Shattered lives: Immediate medical care for victims of sexual violence 12th July, 2009 Through this report MSF shares its experience in providing medical care, counseling and other forms of support to thousands of victims of sexual violence in many countries around the world. MSF hopes it will inform and inspire health officials, aid workers and others who should be involved in providing such support.
	Chagas: It's time to break the silence 7th July, 2009 One hundred years since its discovery, many of those infected with Chagas disease are still unaware that they are sick. For one hundred years, Chagas disease has been a silent illness. The time has come to break the silence.
	Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers: Vulnerable people at Europe's doorstep 6th July, 2009 The fact that MSF needs to be present at the entry points to Europe is a telling indication of the lack of adequate medical assistance currently available for the vulnerable populations arriving at its doorstep.
	No refuge, access denied: Medical and humanitarian needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa 2nd June, 2009 This report highlights the plight of Zimbabweans seeking refuge in South Africa, the appalling conditions in which they live and their ongoing lack of adequate protection, shelter and basic services, particularly healthcare, in South Africa.
	Hidden behind barbed wire: Plight of Hmong refugees held in detention camp in northern Thailand ignored amid ongoing deportations to Laos 20th May, 2009 Over the past four months, the Thai military has used heightened restrictions and coercive tactics to pressure some 4,700 ethnic Lao Hmong refugees to renounce their claims for protection and accept a forced return to Laos.
	Tuberculosis: New faces of an old disease 23rd March, 2009 TB is a deadly killer, responsible for 1.7 million deaths in 2006. The vast majority of cases occur in developing countries. Worse, this ‘disease of the past’ has returned with new faces that are stretching our capacities to breaking point.
	"No food or medicines here until you die": MSF exposes emergency nutritional and medical needs in Guinean prisons 23rd February, 2009 Based on observations from our work in Guéckédou and beyond, MSF concludes that the appalling conditions observed in Guéckédou prison are unfortunately not an isolated case.
	Beyond cholera: Zimbabwe's worsening crisis 17th February, 2009 This report discusses the worsening health crisis emerging in Zimbabwe in the wake of the country's political and economic breakdown.
	One crisis may hide another: Food price crises masked deadly childhood nutrition 23rd January, 2009 This report looks at what has been achieved since the establishment in April 2008 of a Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis, composed of the heads of the UN specialised agencies, funds and programmes, the IMF and World Bank.

2008

Starved for attention: Wake up to the crisis of malnutrition
18th December, 2008

Without access to a wide range of essential nutrients, nine children will continue to die every minute of causes related to malnutrition. MSF calls for food aid to change and for a nutrient rich diet to be made available to children to save millions of lives.

A preventable fate: The failure of ART scale-up in Myanmar
25th November, 2008

Unable to continue shouldering the primary responsibility for responding to one of Asia’s worst HIV crises, MSF insists that the government of Myanmar and international organisations
urgently and rapidly scale-up antiretroviral treatment provision.

Cough up for TB! The Underfunding of research for tuberculosis and other neglected diseases by the European Commission
12th November, 2008

This report examines the contributions of the European Commission to the funding of research for TB, malaria and other neglected diseases.

Full prescription: Better malaria treatment for more people, MSF's experience
30th September, 2008

The purpose of this document is to share MSF’s experience in increasing access to quality malaria treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. The results obtained show that it is possible to reduce the suffering caused by malaria.

A perilous journey: The obstacles to safe delivery for vulnerable women in Port-au-Prince
20th August, 2008

After two years of providing emergency obstetric care to this most marginalised population, MSF feels compelled to share its experience and to raise awareness about the desperate situation of vulnerable pregnant women in Port-au Prince.

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (Eleventh Edition)
5th August, 2008

The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the eleventh edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.

Running in place: Too many patients still in urgent need of HIV/AIDS treatment
3rd August, 2008

In conjunction with the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, this document presents MSF’s current 'state of play' in providing quality care to people living with HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings.

No choice: Somali and Ethiopian refugees, asylum seekers and migrants crossing the Gulf of Aden
26th June, 2008

Thousands of people risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden. This report documents the medical and humanitarian consequences of this perilous journey, in particular the abuses by the smugglers.

Fearing a forced return: The situation of the Lao Hmong refugees in Petchabun, Thailand
22nd May, 2008

Out of grave concern for their safety and well-being, MSF is calling upon the governments of Thailand and Laos to immediately stop the forced repatriation of Lao Hmong refugees without independent monitoring and guarantees for their safety.

Mount Elgon: Does anybody care? MSF takes stock after one year in the heart of the crisis in Mount Elgon
1st May, 2008

Over the past year, MSF has repeatedly sought to draw attention to the escalating violent crisis in Mount Elgon district, Kenya, and its humanitarian consequences for the civilians— but with little success.

Putting patients' needs first: New directions in medical innovation - Interviews and essays
29th April, 2008

Our doctors speak in this booklet of how they are unable to provide good care for people with tuberculosis, due to the lack of good diagnostic tools and drug regimens that everyday lose yet more of their effectiveness.

Greater Upper Nile, Southern Sudan: Immediate health needs remain amid a precarious peace
1st March, 2008

More than three years after the signing of the comprehensive peace agreement, medical needs remain critical in the Greater Upper Nile region of Sudan, and simmering tensions create a precarious security situation.

2007

The situation of the Lao Hmong refugees in Petchabun, Thailand
31st October, 2007

MSF is calling upon the government of Thailand to halt forced repatriation proceedings against 7,500 ethnic Hmong refugees from Laos who are currently confined to a camp controlled by the Thai military in the northern village of Huai Nam Khao.

Ituri: "Civilians still the first victims" - Permanence of sexual violence and impact of military operations
24th October, 2007

This report focuses on violence of a sexual nature and the consequences of recent military operations in Ituri, which our medical teams have observed directly during the period 2003 to 2007.

Food is not enough: Without essential nutrients millions of children will die
10th October, 2007

'Food is not enough', MSF’s new malnutrition campaign, advocates for a global scale-up of therapeutic ready-to-use food for the most at risk children.

Reaching out: Médecins Sans Frontières in Somalia
13th August, 2007

This document provides a closer look at MSF’s efforts to alleviate the desperate medical situation Somalis continue to endure. It provides a comprehensive overview of MSF’s activities in Somalia in 2006 and early 2007.

MSF fact sheet - Pediatric AIDS treatment information
6th July, 2007

Every minute of every day, a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV. AIDS kills 1,400 children every single day, and claims more than half a million young lives every year.

Tal makeshift camp: No one should have to live like this - The Rohingya people from Myanmar seeking refuge in Bangladesh
19th July, 2007

This paper documents MSF’s concerns about the Rohingyas’ living conditions in the Teknaf area with a particular focus on the Tal makeshift camp. It aims to highlight the impact of these conditions on the people’ physical and mental health.

Help wanted: Confronting the health care worker crisis to expand access to HIVAIDS treatment
18th May, 2007

This report focuses on the impact of human resource shortages witnessed by MSF teams in four southern African countries: Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.

From emergency relief to development: No cheap solution for healthcare in Liberia
9th February, 2007

MSF has decided to continue work in Liberia at least until the end of 2008. The basis for this is our belief that, if we leave now, patients will not be able to find a decent and accessible alternative in Ministry of Health facilities, even at a minimal level.

2006

Exploring the time to intervene with a reactive mass vaccination campaign in measles epidemics
15th November, 2006

MSF explored the time available for intervention during two recent epidemics. In this article in the Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, MSF discuss how our analysis suggests that the spread of measles in African urban settings may not be as fast as expected.

Human African Trypanosomiasis - Facing the challenges caused by neglect: The need for new treatment and diagnostics
15th November, 2006

This report provides an overview of the current issues surrounding the control of sleeping sickness. It is meant for both medical and non-medical readers, and presents overall global trends as well as MSF's perspective on the current situation.

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (9th Edition)
13th August, 2006

The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the ninth edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.

Food, nutrition and mortality situation of IDPs in Dubie, Katanga, March 2006
30th March, 2006

Due to decreasing food security in Dubie, DR Congo MSF conducted a nutrition and mortality survey among 563 households. The survey was complemented with 15 household interviews. Data from the WFP food distributions was also reviewed.

2005

Access to healthcare, mortality and violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo
14th November, 2005

This report presents the findings of a series of epidemiological surveys carried out by MSF in early 2005 in five health zones: Kilwa, Inongo, Basankusu, Lubutu and Bunyeka.

Democratic Republic of Congo - Nothing new in Ituri: The violence continues
10th August, 2005

With this report MSF aims to describe the situation surrounding the populations in Ituri and the difficulties involved with providing them humanitarian assistance.

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (8th Edition)
28th June, 2005

The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the eighth edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.

MSF fact sheet - Paediatric HIV/AIDS
21st June, 2005

Every minute of every day, a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV. AIDS kills 1,400 children every single day, and claims more than half a million young lives every year.

Running out of breath: TB care in the 21st century
15th March, 2005

This paper takes a critical look at current TB control efforts: programme strategy (DOTS), diagnostic tools and treatments, as well as research and development (R&D) needs.

The crushing burden of rape: Sexual violence in Darfur
8th March, 2005

These stories of rape survivors give a horrific illustration of the daily reality of people in Darfur and especially of women and young girls, the primary victims of this form of violence. It has to stop.

2004

The trauma of ongoing war in Chechnya: Quantitative assessment of living conditions, and psychosocial and general health status among war displaced in Chechnya and Ingushetia
10th August, 2004

This report presents the findings of two quantitative surveys conducted by MSF among the displaced populations in Ingushetia and Chechnya to gain information on living conditions and health status.

Emergency in Darfur, Sudan: No relief in sight
24th July, 2004

After a killing spree from September 2003 until February 2004, there is continued violence and severe aid shortages in Darfur, Sudan. Current relief operations fall dramatically short of the massive needs and will not prevent an entirely man-made famine.

Health assessment in emergencies: Murnei and Zalingei, West Darfur, Sudan
15th June, 2004

This report documents two population surveys carried out in April-May 2004 in Zalingei and Murnei camps, covering retrospective mortality, conditions of displacement, access to food/non-food items, and nutritional and measles vaccination status in children.

Access to medicines at risk across the globe: What to watch out for in free trade agreements with the United States
10th May, 2004

The purpose of this paper is to point out what to look out for in 'free trade' agreements, to explain what the USA is seeking and show what the impact will be.

Access to health care in Burundi: Results of three epidemiological surveys
15th April, 2004

This report documents a nationwide retrospective epidemological survey conducted by MSF in November 2003 to January 2004 which focused on mortality rates and financial access to, as well as utilisation of, primary healthcare centres in Burundi.

"I have no joy, no peace of mind": Medical, psychosocial and socio-economic consequences of sexual violence in eastern DRC
6th April, 2004

This report aims to bring greater attention to the terrible medical, psychosocial, and socio-economic consequences of sexual violence in eastern DRC.

2003

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs for developing countries (5th Edition)
1st December, 2003

The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the fifth edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.

Doha derailed: A progress report on TRIPS and Access to Medicines
15th August, 2003

In this report MSF assesses the progress and setbacks on the realisation of the 'Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health', and outlines the next steps for members to meet Doha obligations to "promote access to medicines for all."

Trading away health: Intellectual property and access to medicines in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement
1st August, 2003

MSF calls on countries of the Americas to exclude intellectual property provisions from the FTAA agreement altogether. New tougher intellectual property rules proposed in the agreement will be bad for the health of people in the region.

“Ça va un peu, maintenant”: The collapse of healthcare, malnutrition, violence and displacement in western Ivory Coast
25th July, 2003

This report is a synopsis of what MSF have witnessed during their brief encounter with the population of the Ivory Coast, as they treated their wounds and diseases and listened to their harrowing stories.

Ituri: Unkept promises? A pretense of protection and inadequate assistance
25th July, 2003

This report emphasises that recent military deployments have failed to provide Ituri’s civilians with real protection and that aid in the region is inadequate.

Highlights of drug patents under the spotlight
22nd May, 2003

In publishing this report, MSF hopes to help others make sense of the often complicated field of drug patents by listing and discussing patent data on 18 drugs in 29 countries.

ACT now to get malaria treatment that works to Africa
10th April, 2003

ACT Now. This is an urgent call to international donors to join African countries in implementing WHO treatment guidelines for malaria.

Left without a choice: Chechens forced to return to Chechnya
1st April, 2003

This report documents the findings of a survey to identify families in the tent camps in need of alternative shelter in Ingushetia and to select the most vulnerable families who could first benefit from the MSF shelter programme.

Surmounting challenges: Procurement of antiretroviral medicines in low- and middle-income countries
5th March, 2003

In this report, on the request of the WHO, MSF documents its procurement experiences in the 10 countries where it has antiretroviral treatment programmes, so that others can benefit from what has been learnt.

2002

"The war was following me" - DR Congo: Ten years of violence, conflict and human suffering
10th December, 2002

This book is the result of wanting to do more in the DR Congo. To bear witness to the human suffering that has been going on for 10 years in the DRC, but also to bear witness to the courage of the people re-building their lives over and over again.

Part 1

Part 2

Abkhazia: Old and frail in the shadow of the embargo
10th December, 2002

This report describes the living conditions of the indigent people in Abkhazia and their emergency needs. It is based on the experiences, as well as the social and medical data, collected by MSF teams.

Angola: Sacrifice of a people
20th October, 2002

The testimonies in this report document how during fighting between 1998-2002 both UNITA and the government of Angola carried out deliberate acts of violence against civilians, in clear violation of international humanitarian law.

Angola: After the war, abandonment - A collection of témoignages from Angola
10th August, 2002

This report describes the situation of the Angolan population living in the areas of Cuando Cubango province that have recently been made accessible, as well as the difficult conditions that marked the end of the Angolan conflict.

Palestinian chronicles: Trapped by war
10th July, 2002

This collection of articles tells the story of MSF physician-psychologist teams and offers testimony to the day-to-day reality of a people trapped by war and suffering in ways that are generally unacknowledged.

From Durban to Barcelona: Overcoming the treatment deficit
10th July, 2002

This document outlines recommendations to increase access to treatment for people with HIV/AIDS so that they can live longer healthier lives.

Violence, health and access to aid in Unity state, western Upper Nile, Sudan
12th April, 2002

This report is based on the information collected and reported by the MSF field teams working in the western Upper Nile area since 1988. It is also based on over 100 interviews with displaced people in eight locations during late 2001 and early 2002.

Srebrenica: Questions for the future
4th April, 2002

The purpose of this report is to demand total disclosure of the facts on the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995, the deportations and the executions. MSF was the only international aid organisation with international staff in the enclave at that time.

Ten years for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Past, present and future
10th March, 2002

The year 2002 marks the 10th anniversary of the flight of the Rohingya refugees from Rakhine state, Myanmar to Bangladesh. The purpose of this report is to provide an understanding of the condition of the Rohingya refugee now and over the last decade.

Chechnya/Ingushetia: A deliberate strategy of non-assistance to people in crisis
15th February, 2002

In 2001 MSF staff assisting displaced Chechens in Ingushetia listened to and recorded dozens of testimonies, and carried out a survey on the living conditions of displaced persons in Ingushetia.

2001

A matter of life and death: The role of patents in access to essential medicines
15th November, 2001

After more than two years campaigning for improved access to essential medicines for patients in poor countries, MSF’s involvement in patent issues at times still elicits surprise: why does MSF care about intellectual property rights?

Fatal imbalance: The crisis in research and development for drugs for neglected diseases
2nd September, 2001

This report seeks to explore the lack of research and development (R&D) into drugs to treat the diseases of the poor.

2000

Chechnya: The politics of terror
22nd November, 2000

This reports provides witness accounts - of medical personnel, residents, the sick and the wounded - gathered by MSF teams between August and November 2000, during their relief work in Chechnya.

Angola: Behind the facade of ‘normalization’ - Manipulation, violence and abandoned populations
9th November, 2000

This report provides a blunt, realistic account of the situation in the provinces of Angola, based on medical and health data and on the stories of ordinary Angolans assisted by MSF.

	Starved for attention: Wake up to the crisis of malnutrition 18th December, 2008 Without access to a wide range of essential nutrients, nine children will continue to die every minute of causes related to malnutrition. MSF calls for food aid to change and for a nutrient rich diet to be made available to children to save millions of lives.
	A preventable fate: The failure of ART scale-up in Myanmar 25th November, 2008 Unable to continue shouldering the primary responsibility for responding to one of Asia’s worst HIV crises, MSF insists that the government of Myanmar and international organisations urgently and rapidly scale-up antiretroviral treatment provision.
	Cough up for TB! The Underfunding of research for tuberculosis and other neglected diseases by the European Commission 12th November, 2008 This report examines the contributions of the European Commission to the funding of research for TB, malaria and other neglected diseases.
	Full prescription: Better malaria treatment for more people, MSF's experience 30th September, 2008 The purpose of this document is to share MSF’s experience in increasing access to quality malaria treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. The results obtained show that it is possible to reduce the suffering caused by malaria.
	A perilous journey: The obstacles to safe delivery for vulnerable women in Port-au-Prince 20th August, 2008 After two years of providing emergency obstetric care to this most marginalised population, MSF feels compelled to share its experience and to raise awareness about the desperate situation of vulnerable pregnant women in Port-au Prince.
	Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (Eleventh Edition) 5th August, 2008 The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the eleventh edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.
	Running in place: Too many patients still in urgent need of HIV/AIDS treatment 3rd August, 2008 In conjunction with the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, this document presents MSF’s current 'state of play' in providing quality care to people living with HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings.
	No choice: Somali and Ethiopian refugees, asylum seekers and migrants crossing the Gulf of Aden 26th June, 2008 Thousands of people risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden. This report documents the medical and humanitarian consequences of this perilous journey, in particular the abuses by the smugglers.
	Fearing a forced return: The situation of the Lao Hmong refugees in Petchabun, Thailand 22nd May, 2008 Out of grave concern for their safety and well-being, MSF is calling upon the governments of Thailand and Laos to immediately stop the forced repatriation of Lao Hmong refugees without independent monitoring and guarantees for their safety.
	Mount Elgon: Does anybody care? MSF takes stock after one year in the heart of the crisis in Mount Elgon 1st May, 2008 Over the past year, MSF has repeatedly sought to draw attention to the escalating violent crisis in Mount Elgon district, Kenya, and its humanitarian consequences for the civilians— but with little success.
	Putting patients' needs first: New directions in medical innovation - Interviews and essays 29th April, 2008 Our doctors speak in this booklet of how they are unable to provide good care for people with tuberculosis, due to the lack of good diagnostic tools and drug regimens that everyday lose yet more of their effectiveness.
	Greater Upper Nile, Southern Sudan: Immediate health needs remain amid a precarious peace 1st March, 2008 More than three years after the signing of the comprehensive peace agreement, medical needs remain critical in the Greater Upper Nile region of Sudan, and simmering tensions create a precarious security situation.

	The situation of the Lao Hmong refugees in Petchabun, Thailand 31st October, 2007 MSF is calling upon the government of Thailand to halt forced repatriation proceedings against 7,500 ethnic Hmong refugees from Laos who are currently confined to a camp controlled by the Thai military in the northern village of Huai Nam Khao.
	Ituri: "Civilians still the first victims" - Permanence of sexual violence and impact of military operations 24th October, 2007 This report focuses on violence of a sexual nature and the consequences of recent military operations in Ituri, which our medical teams have observed directly during the period 2003 to 2007.
	Food is not enough: Without essential nutrients millions of children will die 10th October, 2007 'Food is not enough', MSF’s new malnutrition campaign, advocates for a global scale-up of therapeutic ready-to-use food for the most at risk children.
	Reaching out: Médecins Sans Frontières in Somalia 13th August, 2007 This document provides a closer look at MSF’s efforts to alleviate the desperate medical situation Somalis continue to endure. It provides a comprehensive overview of MSF’s activities in Somalia in 2006 and early 2007.
	MSF fact sheet - Pediatric AIDS treatment information 6th July, 2007 Every minute of every day, a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV. AIDS kills 1,400 children every single day, and claims more than half a million young lives every year.
	Tal makeshift camp: No one should have to live like this - The Rohingya people from Myanmar seeking refuge in Bangladesh 19th July, 2007 This paper documents MSF’s concerns about the Rohingyas’ living conditions in the Teknaf area with a particular focus on the Tal makeshift camp. It aims to highlight the impact of these conditions on the people’ physical and mental health.
	Help wanted: Confronting the health care worker crisis to expand access to HIVAIDS treatment 18th May, 2007 This report focuses on the impact of human resource shortages witnessed by MSF teams in four southern African countries: Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.
	From emergency relief to development: No cheap solution for healthcare in Liberia 9th February, 2007 MSF has decided to continue work in Liberia at least until the end of 2008. The basis for this is our belief that, if we leave now, patients will not be able to find a decent and accessible alternative in Ministry of Health facilities, even at a minimal level.

	Exploring the time to intervene with a reactive mass vaccination campaign in measles epidemics 15th November, 2006 *MSF explored the time available for intervention during two recent epidemics. In this article in the Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, MSF discuss how* our analysis suggests that the spread of measles in African urban settings may not be as fast as expected.
	Human African Trypanosomiasis - Facing the challenges caused by neglect: The need for new treatment and diagnostics 15th November, 2006 This report provides an overview of the current issues surrounding the control of sleeping sickness. It is meant for both medical and non-medical readers, and presents overall global trends as well as MSF's perspective on the current situation.
	Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (9th Edition) 13th August, 2006 The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the ninth edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.
	Food, nutrition and mortality situation of IDPs in Dubie, Katanga, March 2006 30th March, 2006 Due to decreasing food security in Dubie, DR Congo MSF conducted a nutrition and mortality survey among 563 households. The survey was complemented with 15 household interviews. Data from the WFP food distributions was also reviewed.

	Access to healthcare, mortality and violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo 14th November, 2005 This report presents the findings of a series of epidemiological surveys carried out by MSF in early 2005 in five health zones: Kilwa, Inongo, Basankusu, Lubutu and Bunyeka.
	Democratic Republic of Congo - Nothing new in Ituri: The violence continues 10th August, 2005 With this report MSF aims to describe the situation surrounding the populations in Ituri and the difficulties involved with providing them humanitarian assistance.
	Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (8th Edition) 28th June, 2005 The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the eighth edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.
	MSF fact sheet - Paediatric HIV/AIDS 21st June, 2005 Every minute of every day, a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV. AIDS kills 1,400 children every single day, and claims more than half a million young lives every year.
	Running out of breath: TB care in the 21st century 15th March, 2005 This paper takes a critical look at current TB control efforts: programme strategy (DOTS), diagnostic tools and treatments, as well as research and development (R&D) needs.
	The crushing burden of rape: Sexual violence in Darfur 8th March, 2005 These stories of rape survivors give a horrific illustration of the daily reality of people in Darfur and especially of women and young girls, the primary victims of this form of violence. It has to stop.

	The trauma of ongoing war in Chechnya: Quantitative assessment of living conditions, and psychosocial and general health status among war displaced in Chechnya and Ingushetia 10th August, 2004 This report presents the findings of two quantitative surveys conducted by MSF among the displaced populations in Ingushetia and Chechnya to gain information on living conditions and health status.
	Emergency in Darfur, Sudan: No relief in sight 24th July, 2004 After a killing spree from September 2003 until February 2004, there is continued violence and severe aid shortages in Darfur, Sudan. Current relief operations fall dramatically short of the massive needs and will not prevent an entirely man-made famine.
	Health assessment in emergencies: Murnei and Zalingei, West Darfur, Sudan 15th June, 2004 This report documents two population surveys carried out in April-May 2004 in Zalingei and Murnei camps, covering retrospective mortality, conditions of displacement, access to food/non-food items, and nutritional and measles vaccination status in children.
	Access to medicines at risk across the globe: What to watch out for in free trade agreements with the United States 10th May, 2004 The purpose of this paper is to point out what to look out for in 'free trade' agreements, to explain what the USA is seeking and show what the impact will be.
	Access to health care in Burundi: Results of three epidemiological surveys 15th April, 2004 This report documents a nationwide retrospective epidemological survey conducted by MSF in November 2003 to January 2004 which focused on mortality rates and financial access to, as well as utilisation of, primary healthcare centres in Burundi.
	"I have no joy, no peace of mind": Medical, psychosocial and socio-economic consequences of sexual violence in eastern DRC 6th April, 2004 This report aims to bring greater attention to the terrible medical, psychosocial, and socio-economic consequences of sexual violence in eastern DRC.

	Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs for developing countries (5th Edition) 1st December, 2003 The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the fifth edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.
	Doha derailed: A progress report on TRIPS and Access to Medicines 15th August, 2003 In this report MSF assesses the progress and setbacks on the realisation of the 'Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health', and outlines the next steps for members to meet Doha obligations to "promote access to medicines for all."
	Trading away health: Intellectual property and access to medicines in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement 1st August, 2003 MSF calls on countries of the Americas to exclude intellectual property provisions from the FTAA agreement altogether. New tougher intellectual property rules proposed in the agreement will be bad for the health of people in the region.
	“Ça va un peu, maintenant”: The collapse of healthcare, malnutrition, violence and displacement in western Ivory Coast 25th July, 2003 This report is a synopsis of what MSF have witnessed during their brief encounter with the population of the Ivory Coast, as they treated their wounds and diseases and listened to their harrowing stories.
	Ituri: Unkept promises? A pretense of protection and inadequate assistance 25th July, 2003 This report emphasises that recent military deployments have failed to provide Ituri’s civilians with real protection and that aid in the region is inadequate.
	Highlights of drug patents under the spotlight 22nd May, 2003 In publishing this report, MSF hopes to help others make sense of the often complicated field of drug patents by listing and discussing patent data on 18 drugs in 29 countries.
	ACT now to get malaria treatment that works to Africa 10th April, 2003 ACT Now. This is an urgent call to international donors to join African countries in implementing WHO treatment guidelines for malaria.
	Left without a choice: Chechens forced to return to Chechnya 1st April, 2003 This report documents the findings of a survey to identify families in the tent camps in need of alternative shelter in Ingushetia and to select the most vulnerable families who could first benefit from the MSF shelter programme.
	Surmounting challenges: Procurement of antiretroviral medicines in low- and middle-income countries 5th March, 2003 In this report, on the request of the WHO, MSF documents its procurement experiences in the 10 countries where it has antiretroviral treatment programmes, so that others can benefit from what has been learnt.

	"The war was following me" - DR Congo: Ten years of violence, conflict and human suffering 10th December, 2002 This book is the result of wanting to do more in the DR Congo. To bear witness to the human suffering that has been going on for 10 years in the DRC, but also to bear witness to the courage of the people re-building their lives over and over again. Part 1 Part 2
	Abkhazia: Old and frail in the shadow of the embargo 10th December, 2002 This report describes the living conditions of the indigent people in Abkhazia and their emergency needs. It is based on the experiences, as well as the social and medical data, collected by MSF teams.
	Angola: Sacrifice of a people 20th October, 2002 The testimonies in this report document how during fighting between 1998-2002 both UNITA and the government of Angola carried out deliberate acts of violence against civilians, in clear violation of international humanitarian law.
	Angola: After the war, abandonment - A collection of témoignages from Angola 10th August, 2002 This report describes the situation of the Angolan population living in the areas of Cuando Cubango province that have recently been made accessible, as well as the difficult conditions that marked the end of the Angolan conflict.
	Palestinian chronicles: Trapped by war 10th July, 2002 This collection of articles tells the story of MSF physician-psychologist teams and offers testimony to the day-to-day reality of a people trapped by war and suffering in ways that are generally unacknowledged.
	From Durban to Barcelona: Overcoming the treatment deficit 10th July, 2002 This document outlines recommendations to increase access to treatment for people with HIV/AIDS so that they can live longer healthier lives.
	Violence, health and access to aid in Unity state, western Upper Nile, Sudan 12th April, 2002 This report is based on the information collected and reported by the MSF field teams working in the western Upper Nile area since 1988. It is also based on over 100 interviews with displaced people in eight locations during late 2001 and early 2002.
	Srebrenica: Questions for the future 4th April, 2002 The purpose of this report is to demand total disclosure of the facts on the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995, the deportations and the executions. MSF was the only international aid organisation with international staff in the enclave at that time.
	Ten years for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Past, present and future 10th March, 2002 The year 2002 marks the 10th anniversary of the flight of the Rohingya refugees from Rakhine state, Myanmar to Bangladesh. The purpose of this report is to provide an understanding of the condition of the Rohingya refugee now and over the last decade.
	Chechnya/Ingushetia: A deliberate strategy of non-assistance to people in crisis 15th February, 2002 In 2001 MSF staff assisting displaced Chechens in Ingushetia listened to and recorded dozens of testimonies, and carried out a survey on the living conditions of displaced persons in Ingushetia.

Reports

Giving developing countries the best shot: An overview of vaccine access and R&D11th April, 2010

MSF and Oxfam show how access to newer vaccines and the development of products for developing countries is faltering and failing to provide life-saving vaccines to children in developing countries.

Shattered lives: Immediate medical care for victims of sexual violence12th April, 2010

Sexual violence and migration25th March, 2010

HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries: The battle for long-term survival has just begun20th July, 2009

Over three million people living with HIV/AIDS in the developing world receive antiretroviral treatment. However, the medicines and diagnostic tools available are inadequate to respond fully to their needs. It is now time to invest in improving the public health approach.

Shattered lives: Immediate medical care for victims of sexual violence12th July, 2009

Chagas: It's time to break the silence7th July, 2009

One hundred years since its discovery, many of those infected with Chagas disease are still unaware that they are sick. For one hundred years, Chagas disease has been a silent illness. The time has come to break the silence.

Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers: Vulnerable people at Europe's doorstep6th July, 2009

The fact that MSF needs to be present at the entry points to Europe is a telling indication of the lack of adequate medical assistance currently available for the vulnerable populations arriving at its doorstep.

No refuge, access denied: Medical and humanitarian needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa2nd June, 2009

This report highlights the plight of Zimbabweans seeking refuge in South Africa, the appalling conditions in which they live and their ongoing lack of adequate protection, shelter and basic services, particularly healthcare, in South Africa.

Hidden behind barbed wire: Plight of Hmong refugees held in detention camp in northern Thailand ignored amid ongoing deportations to Laos20th May, 2009

Over the past four months, the Thai military has used heightened restrictions and coercive tactics to pressure some 4,700 ethnic Lao Hmong refugees to renounce their claims for protection and accept a forced return to Laos.

"No food or medicines here until you die": MSF exposes emergency nutritional and medical needs in Guinean prisons23rd February, 2009

Based on observations from our work in Guéckédou and beyond, MSF concludes that the appalling conditions observed in Guéckédou prison are unfortunately not an isolated case.

Beyond cholera: Zimbabwe's worsening crisis17th February, 2009

This report discusses the worsening health crisis emerging in Zimbabwe in the wake of the country's political and economic breakdown.

One crisis may hide another: Food price crises masked deadly childhood nutrition23rd January, 2009

This report looks at what has been achieved since the establishment in April 2008 of a Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis, composed of the heads of the UN specialised agencies, funds and programmes, the IMF and World Bank.

Starved for attention: Wake up to the crisis of malnutrition 18th December, 2008

Without access to a wide range of essential nutrients, nine children will continue to die every minute of causes related to malnutrition. MSF calls for food aid to change and for a nutrient rich diet to be made available to children to save millions of lives.

A preventable fate: The failure of ART scale-up in Myanmar25th November, 2008

Unable to continue shouldering the primary responsibility for responding to one of Asia’s worst HIV crises, MSF insists that the government of Myanmar and international organisationsurgently and rapidly scale-up antiretroviral treatment provision.

Cough up for TB! The Underfunding of research for tuberculosis and other neglected diseases by the European Commission12th November, 2008

This report examines the contributions of the European Commission to the funding of research for TB, malaria and other neglected diseases.

Full prescription: Better malaria treatment for more people, MSF's experience30th September, 2008

The purpose of this document is to share MSF’s experience in increasing access to quality malaria treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. The results obtained show that it is possible to reduce the suffering caused by malaria.

A perilous journey: The obstacles to safe delivery for vulnerable women in Port-au-Prince20th August, 2008

After two years of providing emergency obstetric care to this most marginalised population, MSF feels compelled to share its experience and to raise awareness about the desperate situation of vulnerable pregnant women in Port-au Prince.

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (Eleventh Edition)5th August, 2008

The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the eleventh edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.

Running in place: Too many patients still in urgent need of HIV/AIDS treatment3rd August, 2008

In conjunction with the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, this document presents MSF’s current 'state of play' in providing quality care to people living with HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings.

No choice: Somali and Ethiopian refugees, asylum seekers and migrants crossing the Gulf of Aden26th June, 2008

Thousands of people risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden. This report documents the medical and humanitarian consequences of this perilous journey, in particular the abuses by the smugglers.

Fearing a forced return: The situation of the Lao Hmong refugees in Petchabun, Thailand22nd May, 2008

Out of grave concern for their safety and well-being, MSF is calling upon the governments of Thailand and Laos to immediately stop the forced repatriation of Lao Hmong refugees without independent monitoring and guarantees for their safety.

Mount Elgon: Does anybody care? MSF takes stock after one year in the heart of the crisis in Mount Elgon1st May, 2008

Over the past year, MSF has repeatedly sought to draw attention to the escalating violent crisis in Mount Elgon district, Kenya, and its humanitarian consequences for the civilians— but with little success.

Putting patients' needs first: New directions in medical innovation - Interviews and essays29th April, 2008

Our doctors speak in this booklet of how they are unable to provide good care for people with tuberculosis, due to the lack of good diagnostic tools and drug regimens that everyday lose yet more of their effectiveness.

Greater Upper Nile, Southern Sudan: Immediate health needs remain amid a precarious peace1st March, 2008

More than three years after the signing of the comprehensive peace agreement, medical needs remain critical in the Greater Upper Nile region of Sudan, and simmering tensions create a precarious security situation.

The situation of the Lao Hmong refugees in Petchabun, Thailand31st October, 2007

MSF is calling upon the government of Thailand to halt forced repatriation proceedings against 7,500 ethnic Hmong refugees from Laos who are currently confined to a camp controlled by the Thai military in the northern village of Huai Nam Khao.

Ituri: "Civilians still the first victims" - Permanence of sexual violence and impact of military operations24th October, 2007

This report focuses on violence of a sexual nature and the consequences of recent military operations in Ituri, which our medical teams have observed directly during the period 2003 to 2007.

Food is not enough: Without essential nutrients millions of children will die10th October, 2007

'Food is not enough', MSF’s new malnutrition campaign, advocates for a global scale-up of therapeutic ready-to-use food for the most at risk children.

Reaching out: Médecins Sans Frontières in Somalia13th August, 2007

This document provides a closer look at MSF’s efforts to alleviate the desperate medical situation Somalis continue to endure. It provides a comprehensive overview of MSF’s activities in Somalia in 2006 and early 2007.

MSF fact sheet - Pediatric AIDS treatment information6th July, 2007

Every minute of every day, a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV. AIDS kills 1,400 children every single day, and claims more than half a million young lives every year.

Tal makeshift camp: No one should have to live like this - The Rohingya people from Myanmar seeking refuge in Bangladesh19th July, 2007

This paper documents MSF’s concerns about the Rohingyas’ living conditions in the Teknaf area with a particular focus on the Tal makeshift camp. It aims to highlight the impact of these conditions on the people’ physical and mental health.

Help wanted: Confronting the health care worker crisis to expand access to HIVAIDS treatment18th May, 2007

This report focuses on the impact of human resource shortages witnessed by MSF teams in four southern African countries: Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.

From emergency relief to development: No cheap solution for healthcare in Liberia9th February, 2007

MSF has decided to continue work in Liberia at least until the end of 2008. The basis for this is our belief that, if we leave now, patients will not be able to find a decent and accessible alternative in Ministry of Health facilities, even at a minimal level.

2006

Exploring the time to intervene with a reactive mass vaccination campaign in measles epidemics15th November, 2006

MSF explored the time available for intervention during two recent epidemics. In this article in the Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, MSF discuss how our analysis suggests that the spread of measles in African urban settings may not be as fast as expected.

Human African Trypanosomiasis - Facing the challenges caused by neglect: The need for new treatment and diagnostics15th November, 2006

This report provides an overview of the current issues surrounding the control of sleeping sickness. It is meant for both medical and non-medical readers, and presents overall global trends as well as MSF's perspective on the current situation.

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (9th Edition)13th August, 2006

The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the ninth edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.

Food, nutrition and mortality situation of IDPs in Dubie, Katanga, March 200630th March, 2006

Due to decreasing food security in Dubie, DR Congo MSF conducted a nutrition and mortality survey among 563 households. The survey was complemented with 15 household interviews. Data from the WFP food distributions was also reviewed.

Access to healthcare, mortality and violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo14th November, 2005

This report presents the findings of a series of epidemiological surveys carried out by MSF in early 2005 in five health zones: Kilwa, Inongo, Basankusu, Lubutu and Bunyeka.

Democratic Republic of Congo - Nothing new in Ituri: The violence continues10th August, 2005

With this report MSF aims to describe the situation surrounding the populations in Ituri and the difficulties involved with providing them humanitarian assistance.

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (8th Edition)28th June, 2005

The purpose of this document is to provide information on prices and suppliers that will help purchasers make informed decisions when buying antiretrovirals. This is the eighth edition of this report. The report was first published in 2001.

MSF fact sheet - Paediatric HIV/AIDS21st June, 2005

Every minute of every day, a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV. AIDS kills 1,400 children every single day, and claims more than half a million young lives every year.

Running out of breath: TB care in the 21st century15th March, 2005

Giving developing countries the best shot: An overview of vaccine access and R&D
11th April, 2010

Shattered lives: Immediate medical care for victims of sexual violence
12th April, 2010

Sexual violence and migration
25th March, 2010

HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries: The battle for long-term survival has just begun
20th July, 2009

Shattered lives: Immediate medical care for victims of sexual violence
12th July, 2009

Chagas: It's time to break the silence
7th July, 2009

Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers: Vulnerable people at Europe's doorstep
6th July, 2009

No refuge, access denied: Medical and humanitarian needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa
2nd June, 2009

Hidden behind barbed wire: Plight of Hmong refugees held in detention camp in northern Thailand ignored amid ongoing deportations to Laos
20th May, 2009

"No food or medicines here until you die": MSF exposes emergency nutritional and medical needs in Guinean prisons
23rd February, 2009

Beyond cholera: Zimbabwe's worsening crisis
17th February, 2009

One crisis may hide another: Food price crises masked deadly childhood nutrition
23rd January, 2009

Starved for attention: Wake up to the crisis of malnutrition
18th December, 2008

A preventable fate: The failure of ART scale-up in Myanmar
25th November, 2008

Unable to continue shouldering the primary responsibility for responding to one of Asia’s worst HIV crises, MSF insists that the government of Myanmar and international organisations
urgently and rapidly scale-up antiretroviral treatment provision.

Cough up for TB! The Underfunding of research for tuberculosis and other neglected diseases by the European Commission
12th November, 2008

Full prescription: Better malaria treatment for more people, MSF's experience
30th September, 2008

A perilous journey: The obstacles to safe delivery for vulnerable women in Port-au-Prince
20th August, 2008

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (Eleventh Edition)
5th August, 2008

Running in place: Too many patients still in urgent need of HIV/AIDS treatment
3rd August, 2008

No choice: Somali and Ethiopian refugees, asylum seekers and migrants crossing the Gulf of Aden
26th June, 2008

Fearing a forced return: The situation of the Lao Hmong refugees in Petchabun, Thailand
22nd May, 2008

Mount Elgon: Does anybody care? MSF takes stock after one year in the heart of the crisis in Mount Elgon
1st May, 2008

Putting patients' needs first: New directions in medical innovation - Interviews and essays
29th April, 2008

Greater Upper Nile, Southern Sudan: Immediate health needs remain amid a precarious peace
1st March, 2008

The situation of the Lao Hmong refugees in Petchabun, Thailand
31st October, 2007

Ituri: "Civilians still the first victims" - Permanence of sexual violence and impact of military operations
24th October, 2007

Food is not enough: Without essential nutrients millions of children will die
10th October, 2007

Reaching out: Médecins Sans Frontières in Somalia
13th August, 2007

MSF fact sheet - Pediatric AIDS treatment information
6th July, 2007

Tal makeshift camp: No one should have to live like this - The Rohingya people from Myanmar seeking refuge in Bangladesh
19th July, 2007

Help wanted: Confronting the health care worker crisis to expand access to HIVAIDS treatment
18th May, 2007

From emergency relief to development: No cheap solution for healthcare in Liberia
9th February, 2007

Exploring the time to intervene with a reactive mass vaccination campaign in measles epidemics
15th November, 2006

**MSF explored the time available for intervention during two recent epidemics. In this article in the Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, MSF discuss how** our analysis suggests that the spread of measles in African urban settings may not be as fast as expected.

Human African Trypanosomiasis - Facing the challenges caused by neglect: The need for new treatment and diagnostics
15th November, 2006

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (9th Edition)
13th August, 2006

Food, nutrition and mortality situation of IDPs in Dubie, Katanga, March 2006
30th March, 2006

Access to healthcare, mortality and violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo
14th November, 2005

Democratic Republic of Congo - Nothing new in Ituri: The violence continues
10th August, 2005

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs in developing countries (8th Edition)
28th June, 2005

MSF fact sheet - Paediatric HIV/AIDS
21st June, 2005

Running out of breath: TB care in the 21st century
15th March, 2005

The crushing burden of rape: Sexual violence in Darfur
8th March, 2005

The trauma of ongoing war in Chechnya: Quantitative assessment of living conditions, and psychosocial and general health status among war displaced in Chechnya and Ingushetia
10th August, 2004

Emergency in Darfur, Sudan: No relief in sight
24th July, 2004

Health assessment in emergencies: Murnei and Zalingei, West Darfur, Sudan
15th June, 2004

Access to medicines at risk across the globe: What to watch out for in free trade agreements with the United States
10th May, 2004

Access to health care in Burundi: Results of three epidemiological surveys
15th April, 2004

"I have no joy, no peace of mind": Medical, psychosocial and socio-economic consequences of sexual violence in eastern DRC
6th April, 2004

Untangling the web of price reductions: A pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs for developing countries (5th Edition)
1st December, 2003

Doha derailed: A progress report on TRIPS and Access to Medicines
15th August, 2003

Trading away health: Intellectual property and access to medicines in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement
1st August, 2003

“Ça va un peu, maintenant”: The collapse of healthcare, malnutrition, violence and displacement in western Ivory Coast
25th July, 2003

Ituri: Unkept promises? A pretense of protection and inadequate assistance
25th July, 2003

Highlights of drug patents under the spotlight
22nd May, 2003

ACT now to get malaria treatment that works to Africa
10th April, 2003

Left without a choice: Chechens forced to return to Chechnya
1st April, 2003

Surmounting challenges: Procurement of antiretroviral medicines in low- and middle-income countries
5th March, 2003

"The war was following me" - DR Congo: Ten years of violence, conflict and human suffering
10th December, 2002

Abkhazia: Old and frail in the shadow of the embargo
10th December, 2002

Angola: Sacrifice of a people
20th October, 2002

Angola: After the war, abandonment - A collection of témoignages from Angola
10th August, 2002

Palestinian chronicles: Trapped by war
10th July, 2002

From Durban to Barcelona: Overcoming the treatment deficit
10th July, 2002

Violence, health and access to aid in Unity state, western Upper Nile, Sudan
12th April, 2002

Srebrenica: Questions for the future
4th April, 2002

Ten years for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Past, present and future
10th March, 2002

Chechnya/Ingushetia: A deliberate strategy of non-assistance to people in crisis
15th February, 2002

A matter of life and death: The role of patents in access to essential medicines
15th November, 2001

Fatal imbalance: The crisis in research and development for drugs for neglected diseases
2nd September, 2001

Chechnya: The politics of terror
22nd November, 2000