February 2012
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WatchMSF’s Dr. Greg Elder appeared on CNN to talk about the Syrian regime’s campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them.
While MSF cannot work directly in Syria, it has collected testimonies from wounded patients treated outside the country and from doctors inside Syria. The testimonies, collected from several...
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“In Syria today, wounded patients and doctors are pursued, and risk torture and...”
– Marie-Pierre Allié, MSF president, on the Syrian regime’s campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them.
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More Than 500 People March in Nairobi to Demand...
Like these demonstrators, MSF calls on the Global Fund and donors to immediately raise the resources necessary for the minimum lifeline the Fund has extended to countries otherwise facing disruptions this year, as well as providing a new regular funding opportunity.
“Ten years ago, there was a landmark decision to support the roll out of HIV, TB, and malaria prevention and treatment in countries...
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WatchAl Jazeera hosts a discussion on “Neglected Tropical Diseases” (NTD)
Is private funding of pharmaceutical drugs the only way to ensure access to treatment for the world’s poorest patients?
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“I welcome the continuous donations by the...
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“Over the past few years the sense of urgency which once defined the work of the...”
– Sharonann Lynch, MSF HIV Adviser speaking to the Global Fund regarding it’s legacy and future.
Read the full article from The Guardian here.
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“I am a Kenya[n] currently studying in Canada. When my mother was first diagnosed...”
– Wairimu Gitau from Ottawa
A comment left on the WNYC Leonard Lopate Show website earlier this week from an interview with Michael Neuman. The interview was regarding the new MSF book, Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed: The MSF Experience.
Listen to the archived Leonard Lopate Show interview...
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“The only realistic option for treating sleeping sickness today is to rely on...”
– Dr Unni Karunakara, International President of Medecins Sans Frontieres for Huffington Post— Speaking to the state of the treatment of sleeping sickness
Read the rest of the article here.
Follow Dr Unni Karunakara on Twitter
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January 2012
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At Any Price? Negotiating Access to Crisis Zones →
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Humanitarian negotiations are life-and-death issues for people in need, but they also raise troubling political and ethical dilemmas for the organizations that are engaged in them.
Please join us for a live online discussion of these issues featuring several experienced MSF aid workers,...
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“Patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care, in...”
– MSF general director Christopher Stokes. MSF is suspending operations in detention centers in Misrata, Libya, because detainees are being tortured and denied urgent medical care.
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“If nothing is done, it is highly likely that the 15,000 people currently on the...”
– Anja De Weggheleire, MSF’s medical coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a pull-back by international donors is directly threatening the lives of thousands of people. Learn more.
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“I have worked with HIV-positive patients in many countries in central and...”
– Anja De Weggheleire, MSF’s medical coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the vast majority of people living with the AIDS virus are deprived of lifesaving treatment due to a withdrawal of international donor support and the lack of national prioritization of the crisis.
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“We scattered. They shot me in my thigh and my baby was hanging on my back. I...”
– Civilians continue to bear the brunt of extreme inter-communal violence in Jonglei state in South Sudan. A recurring characteristic of the attacks is their extreme violence.
This woman was treated by MSF in Pibor said she had fled to the bush with her husband, children, and 15 other family...
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“One of my patients was a young boy who had heart problems. He was not long for...”
– MSF nurse Mary Jo Frawley writes about working in Haiti after the earthquake in January 2010.
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“Within an hour, my bag was packed.”
– MSF nurse Mary Jo Frawley writes about being sent to Haiti days after the earthquake.
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