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March 16, 2010

Chile: MSF Provides Psychological Support, Workshops, and Training

MSF has made mental health care a priority and is speeding up distribution of sheeting and blankets for people whose homes were damaged Read more »

March 15, 2010

Papua New Guinea: MSF Completes Emergency Cholera Intervention

MSF has completed a seven month-long emergency cholera intervention in Papua New Guinea. Read more »

March 12, 2010 | Press Release

People Living with HIV/AIDS: India Must Not Sacrifice Us in Trade Agreement with Europe

Geneva/New Delhi, March 12, 2010 – As the final round of closed-door negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) is about to start this month, people living with HIV/AIDS are protesting to ensure Indian negotiators do not give in to pressure to accept terms that will seriously hamper access to medicines for millions of people living in the developing world. Read more »

March 12, 2010

Chile: "Houses Were Literally Swallowed by the Tide"

MSF increasing assistance in hard-hit areas, working with local authorities to identify needs and train mental health care-givers Read more »

March 12, 2010

Haiti: Two Months After the Quake, New Services and New Concerns

Two months after the January 12 earthquake, medical needs remain immense in Haiti and living conditions are extremely precarious Read more »

March 11, 2010 | Press Release

NATO Statement Endangers Patients in Afghanistan

Kabul/NewYork, March 11, 2010 -- MSF today strongly objected to a recent statement by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in which he implied that NGOs should be the “soft power” component to military strategy. Read more »

March 11, 2010 | Press Release

DRC: Thousands of displaced civilians trapped by conflict, wounded unable to reach hospitals in Hauts Plateaux, South Kivu

Bukavu, DRC / New York, March 11, 2010 - MSF is deeply concerned by the rapidly worsening situation in the isolated area of Hauts Plateaux in the region of Uvira, South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »

March 11, 2010 | Press Release

Two Abducted MSF Staff Released in Haiti

Port-au-Prince, March 11, 2010 – Two staff members of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), abducted on March 5 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, were safely released today. Read more »

March 9, 2010 | Press Release

AIDS Care Gap between Wealthy and Developing Countries Risks Becoming a Chasm

London, March 9, 2010 – AIDS leaders gathering in London today face the daunting challenge of implementing new WHO recommendations for earlier treatment with better AIDS drug cocktails at a time when donors are backing away from the promise of “universal access." Read more »

March 8, 2010

Republic of Congo: The Forgotten People of the Ubangi River

Tens of thousands of refugee families who fled fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo are now living on the banks of the Ubangi River, enduring shortages of food, shelter and healthcare. Read more »

March 8, 2010

Chile: MSF Supporting Hospitals, Organizing Mobile Clinics, Sending Supplies

Ten days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile, the MSF teams that have travelled through the affected areas are focusing their interventions on the most urgent needs: supporting health structures that are caring for large numbers of patients, re-establishing primary health care services, distributing basic necessities, and offering mental health assistance to the affected population. Read more »

March 5, 2010

Afghanistan: MSF Expanding Services Offered in Eastern Kabul

MSF is looking to expand the services and training it is providing at Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital in Eastern Kabul. Read more »

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