January 2011
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“One year after the catastrophe, it’s important to look back on what has been...”
– Dr. Unni Karunakara, President of the International Council of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Haiti One Year After report that MSF released earlier this month.
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“There is a clear link between access to healthcare and acute malnutrition being...”
– Patrick Barbier, MSF Head of Mission in Niger, in the Voice of America article Aid Agencies Call for Preventative Action to Fight Niger Malnutrition
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“We are extremely concerned about the fate of civilians in this area—normal...”
– Annemarie Loof, MSF head of mission in South Kivu, on the multiple instances of mass rape that occurred between January 19 and 21 in South Kivu Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Learn more.
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Women, men, and children victimized by another...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided specialized care to 53 women, men, and children who were raped in a series of incidents that occurred between January 19 and 21 in South Kivu Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Most of the rape survivors MSF treated yesterday said they were ambushed on January 19 around the village of Nakatete, as...
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“No human being should be subjected to such treatment. Every day we are seeing...”
– Ioanna Pertsinidou, MSF’s emergency coordinator on the unbearable and inhumane conditions of migrants detained in Greece. Learn more.
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“…despite the presence of hundreds of NGOs in the country, there are few...”
– An op-ed on Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel by Michiel Hofman, who recently completed a two-year assignment in Kabul as country representative for MSF in Afghanistan.
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LIVE NOW: Doctors Without Borders answers... →
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“For many years south Sudan has been confronting a humanitarian and medical...”
– Laurent Ligozat, Doctors Without Borders deputy director of operations in Southern Sudan
Read more: Sudan: Access to Care Remains Priority in Abyei
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Doctors Without Borders Haiti webcast tonight at...
Tonight some of our aid workers and staff will be discussing the reality on the ground in Haiti, how decisions were made, and how donations have been used. Register to join us here: http://bit.ly/fbPXMZ
Do you have a question about our work in Haiti?
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“MSF wishes to acknowledge the suffering of the Haitian people, who have endured...”
– Haiti One Year After: Looking Ahead
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“International agencies must live up to the commitments they have made to the...”
– Dr. Unni Karunakara, MSF International President
Read the report he references here: Haiti One Year After
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“MSF received massive financial support for the Haiti emergency from hundreds of...”
– A report we released yesterday on the emergency response in Haiti. Haiti One Year After: Financial Accountability
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“…MSF’s role is crucial: to provide aid and medical care to Sudanese in...”
– Laurent Ligozat, recently returned MSF deputy director of operations in Southern Sudan, gives his thoughts on the situation there: Sudan: Access to Care Remains Priority in Abyei
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“South Sudan is emerging from 40 years of almost uninterrupted conflict. In this...”
– Laurent Ligozat, recently returned MSF deputy director of operations in Southern Sudan, gives his thoughts on the situation there: Sudan: Access to Care Remains Priority in Abyei
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A Year of Action: Doctors Without Borders answers...
WHEN: Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 8:00 PM
Join Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff for a panel discussion via live online webcast. MSF will answer your questions about the organization’s massive medical response in Haiti since the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
MSF medical aid workers and headquarters staff will discuss:
- the reality on the ground after the...
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“We are all very concerned about the returnees who are coming back to their...”
– Jane Boggini, MSF’s medical team leader in Southern Sudan in the article Kala Azar in Southern Sudan: “We Are Concerned About The Returnees”
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Haiti: MSF Further Bolsters Cholera Response →
By the numbers:
50: number of Cholera Treatment Centers and Cholera Treatment Units MSF is operating or supporting in Haiti
84,500: people suffering from cholera that have been treated in MSF or MSF-supported structures.
147,787: patients that have contracted cholera since the outbreak began last October
(based on the latest figures provided by Haiti’s Ministry of Health)
3,330: people have...
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“Haiti should be an unlikely backdrop for the latest failure of the humanitarian...”
– Dr. Unni Karunakara, President of the International Council of MSF, in the Guardian article Haiti: where aid failed
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“It’s frustrating to see measles outbreaks that could and should have been...”
– Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Executive Director, MSF’s Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines in the MSF special report Ten Stories That Mattered in Access to Medicines in 2010
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“We now have the proof that fewer children will die from severe malaria when we...”
– Dr. Martin De Smet, Coordinator of MSF’s Malaria Working Group in the MSF special report Ten Stories That Mattered in Access to Medicines in 2010
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“Relying on measures that only enforce intellectual property is a poor framework...”
– Michelle Childs, Director of Policy/Advocacy, MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines in the MSF special report Ten Stories That Mattered in Access to Medicines in 2010
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“A decade ago, people wouldn’t even bother getting tested for AIDS because they...”
– Dr. Peter Saranchuk, HIV doctor for MSF in South Africa in the MSF special report Ten Stories That Mattered in Access to Medicines in 2010
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“Today, international donors expect doctors to tell patients to come back for...”
– Dr. Eric Goemaere, Medical Coordinator for MSF in South Africa in the MSF special report Ten Stories That Mattered in Access to Medicines in 2010
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“Foods we would never give our own children are being sent overseas as food aid...”
– Dr. Unni Karunakara, MSF International Council President in the MSF special report Ten Stories That Mattered in Access to Medicines in 2010