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All rights reserved.MSF calls for an immediate end to the violence, along with urgent measures by the Government of Bangladesh and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to increase protection to Rohingya seeking asylum in the country. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/rohingya_bangladesh_20100218.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/rohingya_bangladesh_20100218.newsThu, 18 Feb 2010 09:04:06 GMTIn a welcome move for access to medicines, the Delhi High Court has rejected the appeal filed by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer Corporation against an earlier court order which had rejected the implementation of a drug regulatory system which essentially linked registration of medicines to their patent status. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/india_bosst_access_medicines_20100209.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/india_bosst_access_medicines_20100209.newsTue, 09 Feb 2010 17:12:04 GMTMSF calls on all belligerents, including the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the African Union Peacekeeping force (AMISOM) and opposition groups...http://www.msf.org.uk:80/somalia_indiscriminate_shelling_20100203.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/somalia_indiscriminate_shelling_20100203.newsWed, 03 Feb 2010 11:52:05 GMTInternational medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply shocked by the forced evacuation of about 7,000 displaced people from Munda (Lower Dir, North West Frontier Province).http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_shocked_pakistan_20100127.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_shocked_pakistan_20100127.newsTue, 26 Jan 2010 08:44:00 GMTA Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cargo plane carrying 12 tons of medical equipment, including drugs, surgical supplies and two dialysis machines, was turned away three times from Port-au-Prince airport since Sunday night despite repeated assurances of its ability to land there. "Priority must be given to medical supplies entering the country,” says Rosa Crestani, MSF medical coordinator.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/plane_diverted_again_haiti_20100119.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/plane_diverted_again_haiti_20100119.newsTue, 19 Jan 2010 20:34:06 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières cargo plane with full hospital and staff blocked from landing in Port-au-Prince. 1000s of wounded waiting for vital surgical operations.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/demands_deployment_haiti_20100117.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/demands_deployment_haiti_20100117.newsSun, 17 Jan 2010 13:09:24 GMTThe recent violence in Calabria, Southern Italy, has placed the plight of the region’s seasonal migrant workers in the international spotlight. MSF denounces the ongoing neglect and exploitation of this vulnerable group.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/violence_exposes_neglect_italy_20100112.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/violence_exposes_neglect_italy_20100112.newsTue, 12 Jan 2010 13:18:03 GMTDespite urgent health needs MSF stops activities as the last international NGO. The international medical humanitarian organisation, MSF, has closed its medical activities in Turkmenistan after ten years of working in the Central Asian country. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/turkmenistan_programme_closure_20091223.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/turkmenistan_programme_closure_20091223.newsWed, 23 Dec 2009 10:23:58 GMTCivilians attacked and cut off from aid in conflict zones, plus the ongoing neglect of diseases, were among the worst emergencies in 2009, MSF reported this year in its annual list of the "Top Ten" humanitarian crises.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/top_ten_PR_20091218.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/top_ten_PR_20091218.newsMon, 21 Dec 2009 03:23:00 GMTMSF urges European governments to respect life, dignity and healthcare of migrants and asylum seekers http://www.msf.org.uk:80/bearing_brunt_migration_policies_20091217.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/bearing_brunt_migration_policies_20091217.newsThu, 17 Dec 2009 10:58:55 GMTThe people of Southern Sudan are trapped in a worsening crisis, following the most violent year since the 2005 peace agreement that ended more than two decades of civil war with the North. However, the response to the escalating emergency is inadequate, says MSF.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/south_sudan_inadequate_aid_20091214.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/south_sudan_inadequate_aid_20091214.newsMon, 14 Dec 2009 09:12:01 GMTMSF, is ready to set up an emergency medical programme to provide free treatment to patients in Dera Ismael Khan district and is requesting authorisation from the Pakistani authorities to do so.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/pakistan_access_request_20091210.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/pakistan_access_request_20091210.newsThu, 10 Dec 2009 09:54:52 GMTSince the new government policies were implemented earlier this year, many boats carrying migrants have been reportedly intercepted at sea and forced back to Libya. Migrants are being denied the opportunity to land in Europe and receive much-needed humanitarian assistance. They are also exposed once again to the violence and abuse endured while trying to reach Italy.  http://www.msf.org.uk:80/migrants_forced_back_to_libya_20091119.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/migrants_forced_back_to_libya_20091119.newsThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:49:20 GMTCurrently more than 1000 asylum seekers in Brussels have nowhere to go and are surviving on the streets, a crisis which has been dragging out for months and is only getting worse. With winter rapidly approaching, and in the absence of concrete solutions from the authorities, five NGOs, including MSF have decided to build a refugee camp in the heart of Brussels to provide urgently needed care for asylum seekers.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/brussels_camp_20091118.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/brussels_camp_20091118.newsWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:44:06 GMTFunding by rich countries to combat malnutrition has remained flat for seven years, according to a report released today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This barely accounts for three percent of the funds needed to reduce the 3.5 to 5 million annual deaths of children under five attributed to malnutrition. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/rome_food_summit_20091111.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/rome_food_summit_20091111.newsWed, 11 Nov 2009 10:26:15 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières welcomes the decision to close down the detention centre in Mitilini island as a necessary first step towards more humane treatment of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_welcomes_centre_closure_greece_20091106.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_welcomes_centre_closure_greece_20091106.newsFri, 06 Nov 2009 15:34:03 GMTA retreat from international funding commitments for AIDS threatens to undermine the dramatic gains made in reducing AIDS-related illness and death in recent years, according to a new report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).http://www.msf.org.uk:80/aids_punishing_success_20091105.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/aids_punishing_success_20091105.newsThu, 05 Nov 2009 09:14:38 GMTMedical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has treated 12 wounded people since 20th October in its medical facility following clashes near Shangil Tobaya (Northern Darfur), which have led to the displacement of hundreds of families.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/assisting_displaced_sudan_20091103.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/assisting_displaced_sudan_20091103.newsTue, 03 Nov 2009 15:34:48 GMTThe largest European countries are lagging far behind the US in funding of tuberculosis (TB) research and development. As such they bear a responsibility for the painfully slow progress in finding new TB tests and treatments, according to a report released today by the medical humanitarian organisation MSF.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/tb_underfunding_europe_20091021.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/tb_underfunding_europe_20091021.newsWed, 21 Oct 2009 11:01:04 GMTSeven Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) vaccination sites, where thousands of civilians had gathered, came under fire during attacks by the Congolese army against the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) in North Kivu, Congo (DRC). MSF denounces this clearly unacceptable abuse of humanitarian aid for military purposes.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/vaccinations_as_bait_congo_20091106.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/vaccinations_as_bait_congo_20091106.newsSat, 17 Oct 2009 01:21:00 GMTStaff and patients were forced to evacuate the premises the following day despite the many wounded in need of continued medical attention.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/call_for_respect_yemen_20091021.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/call_for_respect_yemen_20091021.newsFri, 16 Oct 2009 09:34:00 GMTHumanitarian organisations have failed to meet the massive needs that have resulted from expanding attacks and clashes  in the rural areas of Haut-Uélé and Bas-Uélé.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/violence_expands_congo_20091013.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/violence_expands_congo_20091013.newsWed, 14 Oct 2009 05:31:00 GMTThe international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on nine of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to help accelerate the availability of new treatments for millions of people living with HIV/AIDS by pooling their patents on a list of key HIV medicines. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/patent_pool_release_20090929.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/patent_pool_release_20090929.newsWed, 30 Sep 2009 02:58:00 GMTMSF calls on donors to raise the quality of food aid programmes for children under two.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/no_milk_for_malnourished_children_20090928.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/no_milk_for_malnourished_children_20090928.newsMon, 28 Sep 2009 10:34:03 GMTMSF is supplying Mosul hospital in northern Iraq with medical emergency material after a bomb attack on the outskirts of the city caused a large number of casualties. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_mosul_hospital__20090810.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_mosul_hospital__20090810.newsFri, 07 Aug 2009 10:48:00 GMTMSF calls on endemic countries to diagnose and treat Chagas patients and demands more research and development of new medicines, rapid diagnosis and cure tests. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chagas_campaign_press_release_20090709.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Chagas_campaign_press_release_20090709.newsThu, 09 Jul 2009 14:52:00 GMTMedecins Sans Frontieres has reached an agreement with the Afghan authorities to set up activities in two hospitals. For its work in Afghanistan, Medecins Sans Frontieres will not accept financial support from any government and chooses to rely solely on private donations, thus safeguarding its independence from political and  military powers.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_in_afghanistan_290609_20090629.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_in_afghanistan_290609_20090629.newsMon, 29 Jun 2009 16:47:12 GMTThousands of unregistered Rohingya refugees living in the Kutupalong makeshift camp, Bangladesh, are being forcibly displaced from their homes, in an act of intimidation and abuse by the local authorities. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Rohingya_20090618.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Rohingya_20090618.newsThu, 18 Jun 2009 18:36:00 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reached the regrettable conclusion that we do not have sufficient security to continue our work in the Bakool region of Somalia.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/leaving_health_centre_somalia_20090617.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/leaving_health_centre_somalia_20090617.newsWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:55:01 GMTItaly invests too little and inefficiently in research for Tuberculosis (TB), malaria and other neglected diseases. This is the conclusion of the report "Tubercolosi: omissione di soccorso - L'impegno per gli investimenti italiani nella ricerca e lo sviluppo di nuove terapie contro una malattia globale"http://www.msf.org.uk:80/italy_cough_up_for_tb_20090616.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/italy_cough_up_for_tb_20090616.newsTue, 16 Jun 2009 17:04:56 GMTViolence, sexual abuse, harassment, appalling living conditions and a serious lack of access to essential healthcare define the desperate lives of thousands of Zimbabweans in South Africa. Today, humanitarian aid agency, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), launches its new report, No refuge, access denied: Medical and humanitarian needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/zimbabwean_neglect_in_south_africa_20090601.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/zimbabwean_neglect_in_south_africa_20090601.newsTue, 02 Jun 2009 08:13:00 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières denounces the growing pressure applied by Thailand’s army to force the 5,000 Hmong refugees living in Huai Nam Khao camp, in northern Thailand, to return to Laos. Increasingly restrictive measures have forced MSF to put a stop to its assistance activities after some four years of presence in the camp.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/hmong_refugees_thailand_20090520.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/hmong_refugees_thailand_20090520.newsWed, 20 May 2009 10:58:04 GMTMSF urges affected countries to scale up diagnosis and treatment on 100th anniversary of the disease’s discoveryhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/wha_sideline_chagas_sufferers_20090519.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/wha_sideline_chagas_sufferers_20090519.newsTue, 19 May 2009 14:31:40 GMTMore than 270,000 refugees who have fled war in Somalia are facing such alarming shortages of food, water, and adequate shelter in severely overcrowded camps in northern Kenya that many are considering returning to the Somali war zone.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/somali_refugees_in_kenya_20090518.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/somali_refugees_in_kenya_20090518.newsMon, 18 May 2009 09:52:06 GMTIn the northern part of Mogadishu, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to close an outpatient clinic in Yaqshid to ensure its medical staff will not be caught in the cross fire.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/clinic_closes_somalia_20090515.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/clinic_closes_somalia_20090515.newsWed, 13 May 2009 04:55:00 GMTMSF forced to reduce its emergency activities in north-western Pakistan as civilians are trapped in crossfire with little chance to get food, water or medical care.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/civilians_trapped_in_pakistan_20090507.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/civilians_trapped_in_pakistan_20090507.newsThu, 07 May 2009 17:33:40 GMTA new escalation of violence between the army and a rebel group in the north of Central African Republic (CAR) has forced thousands of people to flee their homes once again. Médecins Sans Frontières estimates there could be around 8,000 newly displaced in the region of Kabo and Moyen Sido.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/fleeing_violence_in_car_20090430.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/fleeing_violence_in_car_20090430.newsThu, 30 Apr 2009 17:38:47 GMT“The release of our colleagues was made possible through an impressive support of communities and leaders in Bakool and Bay, as well as in other parts of Somalia,” explained MSF head of mission Dag Horntvedt.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_staff_released_in_somalia_20090428.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_staff_released_in_somalia_20090428.newsTue, 28 Apr 2009 15:21:12 GMTMSF found 35 dead refugees during the night of 22nd April in the coastal location of Radah, Yemen. The refugees, of Somali and Ethiopian origin, had fled insecurity or extreme poverty and made the two-day journey from the port of Bosasso in Somalia on smugglers' boats in extremely harsh conditions. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/thirty_five_dead_on_yemen_coast_20090423.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/thirty_five_dead_on_yemen_coast_20090423.newsThu, 23 Apr 2009 17:49:10 GMTIn the last days, between 25,000 - 40,000 people are reported to have now left the conflict area, known as the Vanni, but tens of thousands remain trapped in the middle of fighting between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).  http://www.msf.org.uk:80/hundreds_treated_in_sri_lanka_20090422.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/hundreds_treated_in_sri_lanka_20090422.newsMon, 20 Apr 2009 08:24:00 GMTMSF says new malaria drug subsidy fails to ensure patients receive best treatment options and that the scheme’s procurement policies must change.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/malaria_drug_subsidy_fails_patients_20090415.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/malaria_drug_subsidy_fails_patients_20090415.newsWed, 15 Apr 2009 12:06:38 GMTAs Haiti's prime minister, the UN Secretary General, representatives from more than 30 donor countries, and multilateral agencies convene tomorrow (April 14) in Washington, DC, to fund strategies for Haiti's future economic and social development, they must not neglect the country's immediate public health crisis, said the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).http://www.msf.org.uk:80/hait_public_health_system_failing_20100225.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/hait_public_health_system_failing_20100225.newsTue, 14 Apr 2009 02:48:00 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for minimum standards in the reception of migrants and asylum seekers, as set out in European legislation and denounces the systematic detention of asylum seekers and vulnerable groups of migrants such as pregnant women and children.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/suspension_of_activities_in_malta_20090406.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/suspension_of_activities_in_malta_20090406.newsMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:55:14 GMTMSF strongly protests the expulsion of a second section of the organisation as major medical programmes forced to halt activities in Darfur.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_protests_expulsion_20090305.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_protests_expulsion_20090305.newsThu, 05 Mar 2009 17:58:07 GMTBased on its work in Liberia, Burundi, DRC, South Africa, Colombia and other countries, MSF's report Shattered Lives highlights the need for emergency medical care to be made available to people who have been raped.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/report_shattered_lives_20090305.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/report_shattered_lives_20090305.newsThu, 05 Mar 2009 00:42:08 GMTThe Government of Sudan has today informed the Dutch section of the international organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) that they are expelled from Darfur. The organisation is outraged at the decision.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_teams_expelled_from_Darfur_20090304.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_teams_expelled_from_Darfur_20090304.newsWed, 04 Mar 2009 19:35:40 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières denounces the decision by South African authorities to close the ‘showground’, a large open field in Musina town near the Zimbabwe border, where 3,000 - 4,000 Zimbabweans queue to apply for asylum and seek refuge each night.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/refugee_reception_closed_20090305.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/refugee_reception_closed_20090305.newsWed, 04 Mar 2009 05:25:00 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) successfully hands over HIV/AIDS project in Transnistria and calls on Moldovan authorities and Transnitrian donor community to pay more attention to the health needs of Transnistrian population.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Moldova_transnistria_press_release_20090227.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Moldova_transnistria_press_release_20090227.newsFri, 27 Feb 2009 14:48:40 GMTDRC: Médecins Sans Frontières denounces the lack of protection for victims of violence in north-eastern Congo. Tens of burned villages; hundreds of civilians stabbed or clubbed to death; men, women and children abducted. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/lack_of_protection_in_drc_20090204.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/lack_of_protection_in_drc_20090204.newsWed, 04 Feb 2009 10:10:58 GMTDaily pause in violence insufficient: Other crossing points blocked and civilians remain trapped. The worsening security situation in the Gaza Strip is severely limiting international humanitarian assistance in support of Palestinian emergency medical services, which are trying to cope with thousands of wounded patients. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/medical_personel_unable_to_enter_gaza_20090114.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/medical_personel_unable_to_enter_gaza_20090114.newsWed, 14 Jan 2009 16:41:34 GMT"Guri El  has become a ghost town, as has Dhusa Mareb. We have gone from about 200 children a week to almost no children in our consultation wards, which is extremely  worrying knowing how high the needs are", explains Tom Quinn, MSF coordinator in Somalia.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/more_wounded_due_to_renewed_fighting_20090112.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/more_wounded_due_to_renewed_fighting_20090112.newsTue, 13 Jan 2009 05:50:00 GMTThe military offensive in the Gaza Strip is affecting civilians indiscriminately, while medical teams continue to face serious obstacles to providing assistance, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/temporary_halt_to_bombing_a_paltry_response_20090108.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/temporary_halt_to_bombing_a_paltry_response_20090108.newsWed, 07 Jan 2009 08:54:00 GMTThe 'Top Ten' report records the worst humanitarian and medical emergencies in the world in 2008 as seen by MSF workers in the field.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/top_ten_2008_pr_20081218.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/top_ten_2008_pr_20081218.newsSun, 21 Dec 2008 05:20:00 GMTAs the satsuma eating season rolls into full swing, MSF bears witness to the appalling conditions citrus fruit pickers in Italy are suffering.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/fruit_pickers_intolerable_conditions_20081218.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/fruit_pickers_intolerable_conditions_20081218.newsThu, 18 Dec 2008 11:25:43 GMTThousands of people are needlessly dying due to a severe lack of lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatment in Myanmar, says international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a report released today. 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 ART provision.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/a_preventable_fate_pr_20081125.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/a_preventable_fate_pr_20081125.newsTue, 25 Nov 2008 10:49:52 GMTThe war in DRC has shaped the lives of everyone in the region. Their daily routine has become one of survival amidst violence. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), one of the few humanitarian organisations still working in the  most violent areas of the region, is sounding the alarm with the international campaign Condition: Critical. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/conditio_critical_pr_20081120.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/conditio_critical_pr_20081120.newsThu, 20 Nov 2008 08:36:04 GMTWidely publicized armed convoys of relief assistance to Goma and Rutshuru are an inadequate response to the humanitarian crisis facing the DRC’s troubled North Kivu region, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).http://www.msf.org.uk:80/armed_aid_convoys_inadequate_20081106.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/armed_aid_convoys_inadequate_20081106.newsThu, 06 Nov 2008 09:39:49 GMTA team from the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), assisting refugees in the south of Yemen, found 60 dead bodies on the shore between Friday, October 31 and Sunday, November 2.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/60_dead_on_yemen_coast_20081103.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/60_dead_on_yemen_coast_20081103.newsMon, 03 Nov 2008 15:49:32 GMTTomorrow, Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) medical team ends its activities at the harbour of the Italian island of Lampedusa. MSF has been forced to make this decision after the Italian Interior Ministry  refused  to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding; The Ministry has also failed to provide  the necessary authorization to allow the MSF team to continue working adequately. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_forced_to_leave_lampedusa_20081103.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_forced_to_leave_lampedusa_20081103.newsFri, 31 Oct 2008 03:21:00 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières denounces the inefficiency of emergency response in Gonaïves following the recent flooding.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Press_Release_Haiti_food_shortages_20081013.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Press_Release_Haiti_food_shortages_20081013.newsMon, 13 Oct 2008 17:05:32 GMTIn the most volatile parts of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), violence has reached its highest levels in years. Assistance is scarcely reaching those most in need...http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Press_release_war_north_kivu_20081006.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Press_release_war_north_kivu_20081006.newsMon, 06 Oct 2008 15:27:43 GMTTen weeks after MSF’s authorization to treat malnutrition in the Maradi region was suspended, the French section of Médecins Sans Frontières is no longer providing any medical-nutritional treatment on site there. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Niger_Press_Release_Authorization_suspension_20081003.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Niger_Press_Release_Authorization_suspension_20081003.newsFri, 03 Oct 2008 11:58:16 GMTA month after the last cyclones hit Haiti, MSF medical teams have found a whole village completely submerged and its 2,400 inhabitants stranded with no help.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Haiti_Flooding_Press_Release_20081003.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Haiti_Flooding_Press_Release_20081003.newsFri, 03 Oct 2008 10:13:46 GMTA report published today by MSF says that measures to effectively ensure delivery of tests and drugs to patients must be put into effect immediately.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Malaria_Press_Release_20081001.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Malaria_Press_Release_20081001.newsWed, 01 Oct 2008 09:37:50 GMTA World Health Organisation meeting to develop new recommendations for the treatment of malnutrition will have a far-reaching impact on the quality of food aid and nutrition programmes for infants and young children, according to the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). http://www.msf.org.uk:80/who_malnutrition_consultation_20080929.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/who_malnutrition_consultation_20080929.newsMon, 29 Sep 2008 10:43:56 GMTAt 4.30am, the MSF team was alerted to a new arrival on the coast, the seventh in nine days. When the team reached the beach, they found a group of survivors and 8 dead bodies. The survivors told MSF staff that the boat arrived in the middle of the night and stopped far from the coast, in deep waters. The passengers were forced with extreme violence to jump into the water. Most of the people who died did not know how to swim. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/29_bodies_found_on_yemen_beach_20080910.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/29_bodies_found_on_yemen_beach_20080910.newsWed, 10 Sep 2008 10:26:11 GMTAt least 65 patients were admitted yesterday to the MSF clinic in the camp after shooting early in the morning. More than half of those admitted were women and children.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_evacuates_49_wounded_from_Kalma_Camp_Darfur_20080826.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_evacuates_49_wounded_from_Kalma_Camp_Darfur_20080826.newsTue, 26 Aug 2008 16:03:41 GMTAt this week’s XVII International Aids Conference in Mexico City, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns of the deadly impact that the lack of health care workers is having on AIDS treatment and care in southern Africa. MSF calls for an increase in government and donor commitment to taking immediate concrete steps to retain and support health care workers. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/mind_the_gap_20080804.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/mind_the_gap_20080804.newsMon, 04 Aug 2008 13:54:23 GMTMSF is calling on local authorities to lift the restrictions that have been imposed and allow resumption of vital humanitarian relief in Mount Elgon, Kenya. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_teams_blocked_in_mount_elgon_20080721.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_teams_blocked_in_mount_elgon_20080721.newsMon, 21 Jul 2008 09:51:25 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières makes research accessible to health workers in developing countries through new open-access website.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_research_available_to_all_20080715.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_research_available_to_all_20080715.newsTue, 15 Jul 2008 13:20:31 GMT"Following two rulings in favour of MSF, this judgment is appalling. It obscures the role played by a government that negotiated and paid a ransom, and then passed on the bill to MSF." http://www.msf.org.uk:80/worrying_ruling_in_dutch_court_case_20080715.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/worrying_ruling_in_dutch_court_case_20080715.newsTue, 15 Jul 2008 12:45:12 GMTEU Mediterranean Summit: Médecins sans Frontières calls on EU states to improve the conditions for migrants arriving on the southern shores of Europe.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/eu_states_conditions_for_migrants_20080710.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/eu_states_conditions_for_migrants_20080710.newsFri, 11 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on G8 leaders who will gather next week in Japan to take bold decisions to adequately finance food aid and nutrition programmes directed at young children. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/g8_leaders_must_take_action_20080702.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/g8_leaders_must_take_action_20080702.newsThu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT"We are shocked to find that the authorities are resuming this unacceptable practice, in violation of international as well as South African law" Rachel Cohen, MSFhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/South_African_authorities_must_stop_deporting_Zimbabweans_20080630.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/South_African_authorities_must_stop_deporting_Zimbabweans_20080630.newsMon, 30 Jun 2008 10:55:14 GMTAn estimated 800 ethnic Lao Hmong refugees were forcibly returned to Laos by the Thai government on Sunday, June 22, and the Thai authorities intend to proceed in the coming days with further repatriationshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Thailand_forcibly_returns_hundreds_of_Hmong_refugees_to_Laos_20080625.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Thailand_forcibly_returns_hundreds_of_Hmong_refugees_to_Laos_20080625.newsWed, 25 Jun 2008 17:25:22 GMTThe international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an immediate increase in assistance for the people of Mount Elgon in western Kenya, and an end to the indiscriminate violence they have been enduring for almost two years. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/mount_elgon_does_anybody_care_20080617.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/mount_elgon_does_anybody_care_20080617.newsTue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMTMSF Calls for Reforms to Food Aid and Nutrition Programmes to Save Young Liveshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/un_food_crisis_summit_20080603.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/un_food_crisis_summit_20080603.newsTue, 03 Jun 2008 16:43:52 GMTMSF alarmed by lack of protection of foreign nationals affected by recent violence.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/relocation_trauma_of_displaced_in_south_africa_20080602.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/relocation_trauma_of_displaced_in_south_africa_20080602.newsMon, 02 Jun 2008 16:58:51 GMTThe Dutch government has taken MSF to court in a bid to gain reimbursement for a ransom it paid to free Dutch national Arjan Erkel, MSF head of mission, who was held hostage for 600 days in the Northern Caucasus. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Dutch_Government_Pursues_MSF_in_Swiss_Federal_Court_20080529.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Dutch_Government_Pursues_MSF_in_Swiss_Federal_Court_20080529.newsThu, 29 May 2008 14:29:52 GMTMSF staff have seen government officials and armed police going from tent to tent threatening people and pressuring them to leave. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Witnesses_Forced_Return_and_Resettlement_from_Camp_in_Western_Kenya_20080519.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Witnesses_Forced_Return_and_Resettlement_from_Camp_in_Western_Kenya_20080519.newsMon, 19 May 2008 12:13:26 GMTMSF calls on the Government of Myanmar to allow for an immediate scale-up of the relief effort and free and unhindered access of international humanitarian staff to the affected areas.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_call_for_immediate_escalation_of_relief_operations_20080520.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/msf_call_for_immediate_escalation_of_relief_operations_20080520.newsFri, 16 May 2008 10:08:00 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 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 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 GMTThe Court of Justice of Geneva unequivocally rejected the appeal submitted by the State of the Netherlands against the verdict of the Court of First Instance, which had already dismissed all of the Dutch Government’s claims on March 15, 2007.http://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 kilometres away from their settlement the lives of the refugees and those who remain in targeted areas in Darfur, are still at risk. http://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 south-west 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 97 patients have died.http://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 centre remain closed. In the hospitals too the worst of the crisis has passed. ...but thousands of families do not yet dare to go home, and continue to survive in precarious conditions a few steps away from the border.http://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 Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) continues to provide medical assistance to civilians affected by recent fighting in NDjamena, Chad's capital city, as well as to refugees who have fled the combat to Cameroon. http://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 Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) ), which has worked in Kenya since 1992, flew in emergency staff to help respond to the crisis. http://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 Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) continues to provide medical assistance to civilians affected by recent fighting in NDjamena, Chad's capital city, as well as to refugees, who have fled the combat to Cameroon and displaced populations in the east of the country.http://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 unable to access the other hospitals as the roads are blocked by the masses of people fleeing from the city.http://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 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 GMTMSF is shocked and outraged by attack on our team in Somalia. MSF suspends international staff presence.http://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 GMTCholera hotspots are multiplying in several cities of Katanga, a mining Province in the south west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In Lubumbashi and Likasi, MSF emergency teams are treating patients and providing support to improve the treatment centres’ ability to respond.http://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 the drug tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF).http://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 GMT