http://www.msf.org.ukAll the latest news from around the world from the MSF UK web site.Copyright 2008 MSF. All rights reserved.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 http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Water_and_sanitation_experts_join_250strong_MSF_team_20080515.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Water_and_sanitation_experts_join_250strong_MSF_team_20080515.newsThu, 15 May 2008 11:07:47 GMTWe have a pool of people who are very skilled at setting up this kind of equipment in a very short space of time, and then making sure that it runs correctly. Keeping the equipment running is actually more of a challenge than setting it up in the first place.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Michel_Becks_explains_need_for_Watsan_20080515.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Michel_Becks_explains_need_for_Watsan_20080515.newsThu, 15 May 2008 09:36:27 GMTListen to MSF doctor Asis Min give an eyewitness account of the logistical challenge facing MSF teams in the most devastated region of the country.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/a_complete_abyss_20080513.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/a_complete_abyss_20080513.newsTue, 13 May 2008 17:23:18 GMTMSF mobilises medical aid following what Chinese state media are calling the most devastating eartquake in 30 years.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_team_react_to_china_quake_20080513.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_team_react_to_china_quake_20080513.newsTue, 13 May 2008 11:00:10 GMTJuli Niebuhr is MSF Deputy Country Manager in Myanmar. In this podcast, she describes the desperate situation MSF teams face in storm-affected areas of Myanmar (Burma).http://www.msf.org.uk:80/frontline_report_myanmar_cyclose_aftermath_20080512.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/frontline_report_myanmar_cyclose_aftermath_20080512.newsMon, 12 May 2008 16:08:13 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/First_MSF_Cargo_Plane_Delivers_in_Myanmar_20080512.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/First_MSF_Cargo_Plane_Delivers_in_Myanmar_20080512.newsMon, 12 May 2008 10:25:19 GMTOn the Bassein River, MSF teams are using two boats to reach the most affected areas on both sides.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/supplie_delivered_by_boat_20080509.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/supplie_delivered_by_boat_20080509.newsSat, 10 May 2008 02:37:00 GMTAs MSF scales up its operations, there is a need for more technical experts and further supplies in the coming days. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/first_relief_plane_permission_to_land_20080509.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/first_relief_plane_permission_to_land_20080509.newsFri, 09 May 2008 13:55:07 GMTJoe Belliveau, MSF Operations Manager, answers your frequently asked questions on Cyclone Nargis and MSF's aid efforts on the ground.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/myanmar_cyclone_faqs_20080509.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/myanmar_cyclone_faqs_20080509.newsFri, 09 May 2008 10:42:37 GMTPrior to the cyclone, about 180,000 people lived in the Irrawady Delta in Myanmar. MSF teams observed "95% destruction" of homes and everything else.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Reaches_Worst_Hit_Areas_in_Myanmar_20080508.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Reaches_Worst_Hit_Areas_in_Myanmar_20080508.newsThu, 08 May 2008 18:42:23 GMTOne man, a sailor, told us his village had been completely destroyed. He said he had no news of the 4,000 inhabitants of a neighbouring village, which is to this day still under water.  People tell stories of spending the night of the cyclone hanging on to trees all night long, while watching their villages being destroyed.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Villages_Still_Under_Water_20080507.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Villages_Still_Under_Water_20080507.newsWed, 07 May 2008 18:25:57 GMT"...it is essential that emergency visas are issued and that relief shipments are allowed to arrive. MSF teams have been on standby for 48 hours waiting to come to help us in the Delta...." says Souheil Reiche, Head of MSF Operations in Yangon http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_assists_Myanmar_cyclone_victims_20080507.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_assists_Myanmar_cyclone_victims_20080507.newsWed, 07 May 2008 14:43:33 GMTThe Nargis cyclone has caused the death of at least 10,000 people along with severe material and structural damage.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/myanmar_cyclone_20080506.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/myanmar_cyclone_20080506.newsTue, 06 May 2008 10:04:15 GMTMore than 150 countries, meeting at a UN health research and development (R&D) summit in Geneva this week, must grab the opportunity to right a terrible wrong.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/health_of_millions_at_stake_20080428.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/health_of_millions_at_stake_20080428.newsMon, 28 Apr 2008 16:36:46 GMTMSF denounces the effects of the embargo on humanitarian medical aid.  http://www.msf.org.uk:80/fuel_crisis_in_gaza_20080425.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/fuel_crisis_in_gaza_20080425.newsFri, 25 Apr 2008 10:06:29 GMTIn 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.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/world_malaria_day_240408_20080423.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/world_malaria_day_240408_20080423.newsThu, 24 Apr 2008 18:00:00 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the launch in Brazil of a new drug against P. Falciparum, the most dangerous type of malaria. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/new_fixed_dose_treatment_for_malaria_20080424.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/new_fixed_dose_treatment_for_malaria_20080424.newsThu, 24 Apr 2008 17:00:00 GMTMeet the volunteers providing malaria diagnosis and treatment in their communities in Bo, Sierra Leone.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/profilecommunity_health_volunteers_20080423.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/profilecommunity_health_volunteers_20080423.newsWed, 23 Apr 2008 15:46:02 GMTPrudence Hamade, Head of MSF’s Malaria Working Group talks about the state of malaria today.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/malaria_day_2008_opinion_piece_230408_20080423.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/malaria_day_2008_opinion_piece_230408_20080423.newsWed, 23 Apr 2008 02:41:00 GMTFriends and colleagues mourn the loss of Gigi Baguma, an MSF logistician lost in the Goma plane crash. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_colleague_disappears_goma_plane_crash_170408_20080418.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_colleague_disappears_goma_plane_crash_170408_20080418.newsThu, 17 Apr 2008 01:35:00 GMTOne of the groups most affected by these crises will undoubtedly be the 1.8 million Zimbabweans living with HIV/AIDS.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/zimbabwe_hiv_project_110408_20080411.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/zimbabwe_hiv_project_110408_20080411.newsFri, 11 Apr 2008 11:10:09 GMTMSF teams have treated more than 31 wounded patients, including 15 gunshot wounds in the Haitian capital city, Port-au-Prince.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/haiti_demos_100408_20080410.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/haiti_demos_100408_20080410.newsThu, 10 Apr 2008 15:09:24 GMTFor the ninth time in a decade DRC and Colombia feature in the 'Top Ten Underreported Humanitarian Stories' list. Every year MSF publishes this list to spotlight ten humanitarian crises that have received little or no attention from the world's media. The 2007 list also features countries such as Myanmar and Sri Lanka and issues of tuberculosis infection and malnutrition.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/top_ten_unreported_2007_20080410.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/top_ten_unreported_2007_20080410.newsThu, 10 Apr 2008 13:46:03 GMTHealth facilities in the Gaza Strip have become extremely fragile. Once the current crisis passes and is off the media's agenda, the situation will continue to worsen, MSF warns. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/gazasituationworsening_20080408.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/gazasituationworsening_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 17:33:51 GMTLiberia's president visited an MSF-supported Paediatric Hospital. The President was shown the children's hospital, which admits over 1,000 patients monthly.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/liberiahospitalcare_20080408.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/liberiahospitalcare_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 17:18:21 GMTA visit to this region is like travelling far back in time, to the point when civilisation first began.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/darfursuffering_20080408.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/darfursuffering_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 16:34:05 GMTIn southern Sudan, thousands of families displaced by the recent armed conflict in the oil-rich region of Abyei are in need of emergency assistance. This is occurring in a region where resources are already extremely depleted.  http://www.msf.org.uk:80/peacesudan_20080408.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/peacesudan_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 16:19:00 GMT"This has been an extremely difficult decision to make," said MSF's Director of Operations for Somalia. "But we cannot continue working in a place where our staff have been deliberately targeted and brutally murdered."http://www.msf.org.uk:80/somaliaclosing_20080408.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/somaliaclosing_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 16:14:36 GMTMalnutrition and measles combined are extremely serious for young children as it leaves them more vulnerable to infectious diseases such as measles, and children with measles are more susceptible to malnutrition.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/nigervaccination_20080408.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/nigervaccination_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 12:51:38 GMTIn December 2007, MSF began providing essential health care to Zimbabwean migrants, estimated beyond the one million mark, in South Africa.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/zimbabweanmigrants_20080408.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/zimbabweanmigrants_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 12:31:26 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Geneva_Court_Rules_in_Favor_of_MSF_in_Dutch_Government_Case_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Geneva_Court_Rules_in_Favor_of_MSF_in_Dutch_Government_Case_20080313.newsWed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTStuck in a highly volatile security context Sudanese refugees who have recently arrived just over the border in Birak Chad are in an extremely worrying situation. With ongoing combat a few kilometers away from their settlement the lives of the refugeehttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_Sudanese_Refugees_in_Birak_Region_Under_Threat_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_Sudanese_Refugees_in_Birak_Region_Under_Threat_20080313.newsSat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTWhile many peopled have already returned to NDjamena further aid is reaching the thousands of refugees that still remain in the border town of Kousseri in Cameroon.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Crisis_in_Chad_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Crisis_in_Chad_20080313.newsFri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Darfur_Aerial_Bombings_and_Attacks_Lead_Thousands_of_Civilians_to_Flee_to_Chad_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Darfur_Aerial_Bombings_and_Attacks_Lead_Thousands_of_Civilians_to_Flee_to_Chad_20080313.newsWed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTCholera cases are still on the rise in Katanga province in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC. Since late September a total of 4029 cases have been reported by MSF emergency teams in the cities of Lubumbashi and Likasi. At least 97http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Treats_More_Than_4000_for_Cholera_in_DRCs_Katanga_Province_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Treats_More_Than_4000_for_Cholera_in_DRCs_Katanga_Province_20080313.newsWed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTOne week after the fighting ended things are slowly getting back to normal in NDjamena. The streets are starting to fill again even if many shops in the town center remain closed. In the hospitals too the worst of the crisis has passed. While a good nhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/As_Calm_Returns_to_NDjamena_Thousands_of_Refugees__Lead_Precarious_Existence_in__20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/As_Calm_Returns_to_NDjamena_Thousands_of_Refugees__Lead_Precarious_Existence_in__20080313.newsTue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTDoctors Without BordersMeacutedecins Sans Frontiegraveres MSF continues to provide medical assistance to civilians affected by recent fighting in NDjamena Chads capital city as well as to refugees who have fled the combat to Cameroon and displhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_MSF_Teams_Treating_Wounded_and_Assisting_Refugees_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_MSF_Teams_Treating_Wounded_and_Assisting_Refugees_20080313.newsFri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTOver a month after Kenyas disputed election the repercussions continue to be felt throughout the country. According to the Kenyan Red Cross more than 1000 people are thought to have been killed and 300000 displaced. Doctors Without BordersMeacutedhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Responding_to_Kenyas_PostElection_Violence_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Responding_to_Kenyas_PostElection_Violence_20080313.newsWed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTDoctors Without BordersMeacutedecins Sans Frontiegraveres MSF continues to provide medical assistance to civilians affected by recent fighting in NDjamena Chads capital city as well as refugees who have fled the combat to Cameroon and displacehttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_MSF_Responds_to_Fighting_in_NDjamena_and_Fleeing_Refugees__20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_MSF_Responds_to_Fighting_in_NDjamena_and_Fleeing_Refugees__20080313.newsWed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTMSF treated 70 wounded in NDjamena the Chad capital over the weekend but many hundreds of other wounded are reported to be in other hospitals in the city. Over the weekend access to hospitals was limited due to the ongoing fighting. MSF has been unabhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_MSF_Treating_Wounded_in_NDjamena_and_Eastern_Chad_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_MSF_Treating_Wounded_in_NDjamena_and_Eastern_Chad_20080313.newsMon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTSince fighting broke out in the Chadian capital NDjamena on February 2 Doctors BordersMeacutedecins Sans Frontiegraveres MSF has treated 50 wounded people referred by the Chadian Red Cross to the hospital where MSF is working. Most of the woundedhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_Fifty_Wounded_Treated_by_MSF_Teams_in_NDjamena_Since_February_2_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_Fifty_Wounded_Treated_by_MSF_Teams_in_NDjamena_Since_February_2_20080313.newsSun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_is_Shocked_and_Outraged_by_Attack_on_our_Team_in_Somalia_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_is_Shocked_and_Outraged_by_Attack_on_our_Team_in_Somalia_20080313.newsFri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTOn January 25 an MSF mobile team had been out for ten minutes when they had to return to base due to fighting and rioting in the streets. Later that day the team was able to get to the hospital and found that 116 people needed surgical care.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_Treating_the_Wounded_in_Nakuru_and_Naivasha__20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_Treating_the_Wounded_in_Nakuru_and_Naivasha__20080313.newsFri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/DR_Congo_Cholera_spreads_in_several_cities_in_Katanga_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/DR_Congo_Cholera_spreads_in_several_cities_in_Katanga_20080313.newsWed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTIn a move that could have major implications on access to a cornerstone HIVAIDS medicine across the developing world the U.S. Patent Trademark Office on January 23 2008 revoked four key patents held by the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences on thhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Patent_revoked_on_Tenofovir_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Patent_revoked_on_Tenofovir_20080313.newsTue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Three_MSF_Aid_Workers_Killed_in_Serious_Incident_in_Kismayo_Somalia_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Three_MSF_Aid_Workers_Killed_in_Serious_Incident_in_Kismayo_Somalia_20080313.newsMon, 28 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMTIn Sri Lanka Doctors Without BordersMdecins Sans Frontires MSF teams are present at Point Pedro in the Jaffna Peninsula where the population is still isolated by the conflict. In spite of restrictions imposed by the governmental authorities MSF phttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Sri_Lanka_Conflict_Isolates_MSFAssisted_Population_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Sri_Lanka_Conflict_Isolates_MSFAssisted_Population_20080313.newsMon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTDespite the signing of a peace agreement between North and South Sudan on January 9 2005 which ended decades of civil war medical needs in southern Sudan remain overwhelming. Outbreaks of disease and violence continue while many people still do not hahttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Southern_Sudan_Still_a_Struggle_for_Survival_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Southern_Sudan_Still_a_Struggle_for_Survival_20080313.newsMon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTThere has been a serious car incident involving several staff members from the medical humanitarian organization Mdecins Sans Frontires MSF. The incident occurred in the Somali town of Kismayo.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_aid_workers_involved_in_serious_incident_in_Kismayo_Somalia__20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_aid_workers_involved_in_serious_incident_in_Kismayo_Somalia__20080311.newsMon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTIt is not uncommon for people living with advanced HIVAIDS in Southeast Asia to go completely blind mysteriously and in a very short period of time. In fact these irreversible cases of blindness are caused by Cytomegalovirus CMV a member of the herhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/CMV_Retinitis_Neglected_Disease_of_the_AIDS_Pandemic_Causing_Blindness_in_Southeast_Asia__20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/CMV_Retinitis_Neglected_Disease_of_the_AIDS_Pandemic_Causing_Blindness_in_Southeast_Asia__20080311.newsThu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTIn response to the violence that has hit Nairobi in the last few days Doctors Without BordersMdecins Sans Frontires MSF has provided care to wounded people in health centers as well as in referral hospitals. Filipe Ribeiro and Rmi Carrier respectivhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_Severe_Violence_in_Nairobi_Slums__20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_Severe_Violence_in_Nairobi_Slums__20080311.newsWed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Uganda_Ebola_Epidemic_in_Bundibugyo_Ends_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Uganda_Ebola_Epidemic_in_Bundibugyo_Ends_20080311.newsWed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTA collection of the latest field reports from MSF in Kenya where violence erupted after the December 27 presidential elections leaving hundreds dead so far and many more wounded and displaced. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/PostElection_Violence_in_Kenya_Brings_Displacement_and_Pain_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/PostElection_Violence_in_Kenya_Brings_Displacement_and_Pain_20080311.newsWed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTAs protests continue throughout Kenya Doctors Without BordersMdecins Sans Frontires MSF teams respond to the additional needs created by the violence of recent weeks. In Nairobi where MSF has provided HIVAIDS and tuberculosis TB care in the slumhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/The_Effects_of_Violence_in_Kenya_Continue__20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/The_Effects_of_Violence_in_Kenya_Continue__20080311.newsTue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe tightened blockade in recent days has sharply restricted resupplying activities in the Gaza Strip. Doctors Without BordersMdecins Sans Frontires MSF teams are continuing aid activities on site but are concerned about shortages of medicine problhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip___20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip___20080311.newsTue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Attempting_to_Reach_Those_Trapped_in_the_North_Kivu_Conflict_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Attempting_to_Reach_Those_Trapped_in_the_North_Kivu_Conflict_20080311.newsMon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTBetween January 16 and January 18 MSF medical teams have treated 34 wounded in the Kibera and Mathare slums of Kenyas capital Nairobi where the organization runs HIVAIDS and TB treatment programs. Additional MSF teams are working in western Kenya rehttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Treats_New_Wounded_in_Nairobi_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Treats_New_Wounded_in_Nairobi_20080311.newsFri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Lancet_Series_on_Undernutrition_Off_Target_To_Save_the_Lives_of_Millions_of_Maln_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Lancet_Series_on_Undernutrition_Off_Target_To_Save_the_Lives_of_Millions_of_Maln_20080313.newsWed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTOn January 2 an MSF team of one nurse and one logistician went to Eldoret a Kenyan town 250 km 155 miles northwest of the capital Nairobi. In the wake of the violence that erupted after elections in December the town was faced with a large influx ofhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_Assisting_the_most_vulnerable_in_Eldoret__20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_Assisting_the_most_vulnerable_in_Eldoret__20080311.newsFri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTDoctors Without BordersMeacutedecins Sans Frontiegraveres MSF is working in Eldoret a town about 155 miles northwest of Nairobi where thousands of people have congregated to escape the violence following the December elections. Many of them now hhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_My_house_has_been_burned_but_I_want_to_go_back_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_My_house_has_been_burned_but_I_want_to_go_back_20080311.newsFri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTUganda is one of the African countries that boasts of being at the forefront in the fight against AIDS. The country has initiated the decentralization of HIVAIDS care in a plan to get all Ugandans living with HIV on effective antiretroviral ARV treatmehttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Arua_Uganda_A_Difficult_Decentralization_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Arua_Uganda_A_Difficult_Decentralization_20080311.newsWed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTEight additional MSF international staff have arrived in Kenya to help assess and respond to the needs created by the violence and insecurity that have rocked the country since December 29. As well as continuing to provide HIVAIDS and tuberculosis TB chttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_MSF_Ramps_Up_Presence_as_Violence_Continues__20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Kenya_MSF_Ramps_Up_Presence_as_Violence_Continues__20080311.newsWed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Two_Doctors_Without_Borders_Aid_Workers_Freed_in_Bossaso_Somalia_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Two_Doctors_Without_Borders_Aid_Workers_Freed_in_Bossaso_Somalia_20080313.newsWed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia_MSF_Demands_Access_to_the_Area_Where_Two_Expatriates_Are_Still_in_Captiv_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia_MSF_Demands_Access_to_the_Area_Where_Two_Expatriates_Are_Still_in_Captiv_20080313.newsFri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Asks_Somali_Authorities_for_Safe_and_Immediate_Release_of_Two_Staff_Members_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Asks_Somali_Authorities_for_Safe_and_Immediate_Release_of_Two_Staff_Members_20080313.newsWed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT In the heart of India clashes between Naxalitesthe local Maoistsand the Indian government have displaced tens of thousands of people. The fighting which affects large swaths of Chhattisgarh state flared up in 2005 and since then an estimated 56000http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Reaching_victims_of_Indias_hidden_war_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Reaching_victims_of_Indias_hidden_war_20080311.newsFri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_releases_Tenth_Annual_Top_Ten_Most_Underreported_Humanita.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_releases_Tenth_Annual_Top_Ten_Most_Underreported_Humanita.newsThu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Doctors_Without_Borders_Releases_Tenth_Annual_Top_Ten_Most_Underreported_Humanit_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Doctors_Without_Borders_Releases_Tenth_Annual_Top_Ten_Most_Underreported_Humanit_20080313.newsThu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Humanitarian_situation_is_deteriorating_in_North_Kivu_DRC_warns_MSF.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Humanitarian_situation_is_deteriorating_in_North_Kivu_DRC_warns_MSF.newsWed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Dozens_of_Dead_Discovered_on_Shores_of_Yemen_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Dozens_of_Dead_Discovered_on_Shores_of_Yemen_20080313.newsMon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTSince October 2007 MSF teams present in Western Kasaa Congolese province bordering Angolahave collected 100 testimonies among expelled Congolese women. These women report abuse detention rapes and beatings by the Angolan military before being expellhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ten_women_tell_of_their_Angolan_ordeal_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ten_women_tell_of_their_Angolan_ordeal_20080313.newsThu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia_Displaced_Fleeing_War_in_Mogadishu_Face_Humanitarian_Crisis_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia_Displaced_Fleeing_War_in_Mogadishu_Face_Humanitarian_Crisis_20080313.newsTue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_raises_the_alarm_over_the_dramatic_situation_faced_by.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_raises_the_alarm_over_the_dramatic_situation_faced_by.newsTue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Uganda_MSF_Teams_Confront_Ebola_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Uganda_MSF_Teams_Confront_Ebola_20080313.newsFri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_denounces_Angolan_armys_systematic_rape_of_Congolese_migrants.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_denounces_Angolan_armys_systematic_rape_of_Congolese_migrants.newsWed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTDue to difficult access to the isolated islands off the coast of Bangladesh some communities have still received little aid. Maria Teresa de Magalahaes is part of the MSF emergency team sent to assess the situation and identify villages in need of assisthttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Bangladesh_Emergency_Team_Assesses_Remote_Areas_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Bangladesh_Emergency_Team_Assesses_Remote_Areas_20080311.newsTue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTLaboratory tests have confirmed the presence of the Ebola virus in samples collected in western Uganda on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the Ugandan Ministry of Health a total of 64 suspected cases and 21 deaths have beenhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ebola_Epidemic_Hits_Western_Uganda_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ebola_Epidemic_Hits_Western_Uganda_20080311.newsTue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTTwo MSF mobile clinics are now providing medical assistance to victims in Mathbaria. The teams have carried out more than 350 consultations in and around the villages of Sapelzehat 45000 inhabitants and Betemore 28000 inhabitants so far. The medicahttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Bangladesh_People_Desperate_for_PostCyclone_Medical_Care_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Bangladesh_People_Desperate_for_PostCyclone_Medical_Care_20080311.newsTue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTIt is with great sadness that we announce the death of our much respected Sudanese colleague James Agut. James was among four people who were beaten to death in the Doctors Without BordersMdecins Sans Frontires MSF compound in Bor South Sudan whilehttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/In_Memoriam_James_Agut_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/In_Memoriam_James_Agut_20080311.newsFri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMTOn Saturday night a group of armed men broke into the Doctors Without BordersMdecins Sans Frontires MSF compound in Koukou a town which lies 180 kilometers 110 miles south of Abeche in eastern Chad. The armed men used their weapons to threaten thhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_MSF_team_attacked_in_Koukou_eastern_Chad_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chad_MSF_team_attacked_in_Koukou_eastern_Chad_20080311.newsThu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMTCyclone Sidr which struck southern Bangladesh on November 15 killed more than 3000 people and made hundreds of thousands homeless according to the latest figures from the government of Bangladesh. Doctors Without BordersMdecins Sans Frontires MSFhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Assisting_People_Affected_by_Cyclone_in_Bangladesh_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Assisting_People_Affected_by_Cyclone_in_Bangladesh_20080311.newsWed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMTAs fighting continues between various armed groups in North Kivu province Democratic Republic of Congo DRC MSF teams are increasing their assistance to people who have been displaced and the host populations that are supporting them. The conflict has http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_North_Kivu_Operational_Update_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_North_Kivu_Operational_Update_20080313.newsTue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMTDoctors Without BordersMdecins Sans Frontires MSF has concluded its operations on behalf of populations affected by the early November 2007 floods in the state of Tabasco Mexico. The emergency team left the country early in the week.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Concludes_Emergency_Operations_in_Mexico_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Concludes_Emergency_Operations_in_Mexico_20080311.newsFri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMTAfter a cyclone hit Bangladesh on November 15 Doctors Without BordersMdecins Sans Frontires MSF dispatched three teams to assess the most affected areas. About 15 people including medical and logistical staff are currently in Bohla Patuakhali Jhhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_brings_help_to_cyclonestricken_Bangladesh_20080311.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_brings_help_to_cyclonestricken_Bangladesh_20080311.newsFri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/UN_health_talks_could_lead_to_new_ways_of_developing_urgently_needed_drugs_and_d.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/UN_health_talks_could_lead_to_new_ways_of_developing_urgently_needed_drugs_and_d.newsMon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/New_MSF_report_In_Ituri_DRC_civilian_populations_are_still_subjected_to_sexual_v.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/New_MSF_report_In_Ituri_DRC_civilian_populations_are_still_subjected_to_sexual_v.newsWed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Following_armed_attack_Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_halts_activities_in_Dabaga_Nig.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Following_armed_attack_Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_halts_activities_in_Dabaga_Nig.newsWed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Warns_More_Food_Will_Not_Save_Malnourished_Children.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Warns_More_Food_Will_Not_Save_Malnourished_Children.newsWed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Violence_in_DRC_Assistance_severely_hampered_in_North_Kivu.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Violence_in_DRC_Assistance_severely_hampered_in_North_Kivu.newsFri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMTAn outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in West Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF is reinforcing its emergency team on the ground by sending in a team of specialists.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ebola_virus_confirmed_in_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo__MSF_sending_in_specialist.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ebola_virus_confirmed_in_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo__MSF_sending_in_specialist.newsWed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMTMSF URGES ALL PARTIES TO ALLOW MEDICAL STAFF TO WORK UNHINDERED AND TO GRANT PATIENTS UNIMPEDED ACCESS TO CAREhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/ACCESS_TO_MEDICAL_CARE_DANGEROUSLY_SCARCE_IN_AND_AROUND_MOGADISHU_SOMALIA_NEEDS_.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/ACCESS_TO_MEDICAL_CARE_DANGEROUSLY_SCARCE_IN_AND_AROUND_MOGADISHU_SOMALIA_NEEDS_.newsMon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMTMSF asks company not to pursue casehttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/After_Indian_court_ruling_MSF_hands_over_petition_with_420000_signatures_to_Nova.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/After_Indian_court_ruling_MSF_hands_over_petition_with_420000_signatures_to_Nova.newsWed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Indian_Court_Ruling_in_Novartis_Case_Protects_India_as_the_Pharmacy_of_the_Devel.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Indian_Court_Ruling_in_Novartis_Case_Protects_India_as_the_Pharmacy_of_the_Devel.newsMon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/People_in_Southeast_Asia_Needlessly_Becoming_Blind_Due_to_a_Neglected_Virus.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/People_in_Southeast_Asia_Needlessly_Becoming_Blind_Due_to_a_Neglected_Virus.newsTue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMTMortality rates and the medical and nutritional situation among the Central African refugees that have fled into Cameroon over the last year have exceeded emergency thresholds. In response, MSF has begun 'targeted food distribution' to meet the vital needs of this vulnerable population. Now more than ever, it is essential for humanitarian actors to mobilise as quickly as possible.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Cameroon__Critical_nutritional_situation_for_Central_African_refugees.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Cameroon__Critical_nutritional_situation_for_Central_African_refugees.newsTue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMTMSF suspends all outreach medical work in northwest CAR following death of volunteer aid workerhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ongoing_insecurity_in_Central_African_Republic_threatens_lives_of_civilians_and_.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ongoing_insecurity_in_Central_African_Republic_threatens_lives_of_civilians_and_.newsMon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/An_MSF_Aid_Worker_Has_Been_Killed_in_the_Central_African_Republic.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/An_MSF_Aid_Worker_Has_Been_Killed_in_the_Central_African_Republic.newsMon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Emergency_situation_unfolding_in_eastern_Chad_150000_internally_displaced_people.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Emergency_situation_unfolding_in_eastern_Chad_150000_internally_displaced_people.newsFri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Health_worker_shortage_limits_access_to_HIVAIDS_treatment_in_southern_Africa.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Health_worker_shortage_limits_access_to_HIVAIDS_treatment_in_southern_Africa.newsWed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Wall_Street_bond_manager_Bill_Gross_Historic_Stamps_to_be_sold_for_Charity_in_NY.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Wall_Street_bond_manager_Bill_Gross_Historic_Stamps_to_be_sold_for_Charity_in_NY.newsFri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT