Posted on 30 March, 2011
2010
Earthquake in Haiti
After a massive earthquake hits Haiti on January 12, MSF launches one of its largest ever interventions, expanding its projects in the country from 3 to a high of 26, treating more than 173,757 patients, and performing more than 11,748 surgeries in the five months that follow.
Learn more about MSF’s history at our website.
Photo: Haiti 2010 © Julie Remy
At a Crossroads: AIDS Treatment Under Threat at a Time of Immense Promise
Join MSF staff for the latest field update on the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 8:00 PM
During this live webcast, MSF staff will give you an insider’s look at how threats to funding come just at the moment that new technology, innovations, treatment models, and “game changers,” have the potential to possibly break the back of the epidemic by getting ahead of the wave of new infections. Participants will have a chance to ask* about the promising innovations in HIV/AIDS treatment and what’s at stake if funding cuts for HIV/AIDS treatment continue.
*Questions may be submitted during the event
through a live chat feature on the broadcast website.
The live panel discussion will feature:
* Dr. Gilles van Cutsem, Medical Coordinator, Lesotho and South Africa, who has worked with MSF for the past decade in HIV and TB programs
and
* Sharonann Lynch, HIV policy advisor for MSF, who has worked extensively on issues related to access to medicines, and spent several years working in HIV and TB projects in South Africa and Lesotho.
The webcast will last approximately 90 minutes. Register here.
2010
Flooding Submerges Pakistan
MSF responds to massive floods in Pakistan by expanding existing programs and establishing new ones in areas the organization hadn’t worked previously. By December, teams had tended to more than 80,000 patients and distributed nearly 2 million liters of clean water, along with almost 65,000 relief kits.
Learn more about MSF’s history at our website.
Photo: Pakistan 2010 © Andrew McConnell