http://www.msf.org.uk/press_archive.aspxReceive all the latest MSF press releases from the MSF UK web site.Copyright 2009 MSF. All rights reserved.The '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 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 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 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 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Three_MSF_Aid_Workers_Killed_in_Serious_Incident_in_Kismayo_Somalia_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Three_MSF_Aid_Workers_Killed_in_Serious_Incident_in_Kismayo_Somalia_20080313.newsMon, 28 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMTDespite the signing of a peace agreement between North and South Sudan on January 9 2005 which ended decades of civil war medical needs in southern Sudan remain overwhelming. Outbreaks of disease and violence continue while many people still do not have access to basic health care, resulting in preventable deaths.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Southern_Sudan_Still_a_Struggle_for_Survival_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Southern_Sudan_Still_a_Struggle_for_Survival_20080313.newsMon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTIn Sri Lanka Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) teams are present at Point Pedro in the Jaffna Peninsula where the population is still isolated by the conflict. In spite of restrictions imposed by the governmental authorities MSF pursues its activities in a region increasingly affected by war.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Sri_Lanka_Conflict_Isolates_MSFAssisted_Population_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Sri_Lanka_Conflict_Isolates_MSFAssisted_Population_20080313.newsMon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTMercedes García and Pilar Bauza, a Spanish doctor and an Argentinian nurse who work for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Somalia, were freed today at 2:30 PM local time.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Two_Doctors_Without_Borders_Aid_Workers_Freed_in_Bossaso_Somalia_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Two_Doctors_Without_Borders_Aid_Workers_Freed_in_Bossaso_Somalia_20080313.newsWed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTMercedes García and Pilar Bauza, a Spanish doctor and an Argentinian nurse, have been in captivity for more than 48 hours in the area of  Bossaso, in Puntland.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia_MSF_Demands_Access_to_the_Area_Where_Two_Expatriates_Are_Still_in_Captiv_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia_MSF_Demands_Access_to_the_Area_Where_Two_Expatriates_Are_Still_in_Captiv_20080313.newsFri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Asks_Somali_Authorities_for_Safe_and_Immediate_Release_of_Two_Staff_Members_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Asks_Somali_Authorities_for_Safe_and_Immediate_Release_of_Two_Staff_Members_20080313.newsWed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Doctors_Without_Borders_Releases_Tenth_Annual_Top_Ten_Most_Underreported_Humanit_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Doctors_Without_Borders_Releases_Tenth_Annual_Top_Ten_Most_Underreported_Humanit_20080313.newsThu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Humanitarian_situation_is_deteriorating_in_North_Kivu_DRC_warns_MSF.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Humanitarian_situation_is_deteriorating_in_North_Kivu_DRC_warns_MSF.newsWed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTAs people flee Somalia and Ethiopia, 56 dead are found on the shores of Yemenhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Dozens_of_Dead_Discovered_on_Shores_of_Yemen_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Dozens_of_Dead_Discovered_on_Shores_of_Yemen_20080313.newsMon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTSince October 2007 MSF teams present in Western Kasaa Congolese province bordering Angola have collected 100 testimonies among expelled Congolese women. These women report abuse detention rapes and beatings by the Angolan military before being expelledhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ten_women_tell_of_their_Angolan_ordeal_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ten_women_tell_of_their_Angolan_ordeal_20080313.newsThu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia_Displaced_Fleeing_War_in_Mogadishu_Face_Humanitarian_Crisis_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia_Displaced_Fleeing_War_in_Mogadishu_Face_Humanitarian_Crisis_20080313.newsTue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_raises_the_alarm_over_the_dramatic_situation_faced_by.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_raises_the_alarm_over_the_dramatic_situation_faced_by.newsTue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Uganda_MSF_Teams_Confront_Ebola_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Uganda_MSF_Teams_Confront_Ebola_20080313.newsFri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_denounces_Angolan_armys_systematic_rape_of_Congolese_migrants.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_denounces_Angolan_armys_systematic_rape_of_Congolese_migrants.newsWed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTAs fighting continues between various armed groups in North Kivu province Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) MSF teams are increasing their assistance to people who have been displaced and the host populations that are supporting them. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_North_Kivu_Operational_Update_20080313.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_North_Kivu_Operational_Update_20080313.newsTue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/UN_health_talks_could_lead_to_new_ways_of_developing_urgently_needed_drugs_and_d.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/UN_health_talks_could_lead_to_new_ways_of_developing_urgently_needed_drugs_and_d.newsMon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/New_MSF_report_In_Ituri_DRC_civilian_populations_are_still_subjected_to_sexual_v.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/New_MSF_report_In_Ituri_DRC_civilian_populations_are_still_subjected_to_sexual_v.newsWed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Following_armed_attack_Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_halts_activities_in_Dabaga_Nig.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Following_armed_attack_Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_halts_activities_in_Dabaga_Nig.newsWed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Warns_More_Food_Will_Not_Save_Malnourished_Children.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Warns_More_Food_Will_Not_Save_Malnourished_Children.newsWed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Violence_in_DRC_Assistance_severely_hampered_in_North_Kivu.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Violence_in_DRC_Assistance_severely_hampered_in_North_Kivu.newsFri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMTAn outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in West Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF is reinforcing its emergency team on the ground by sending in a team of specialists.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ebola_virus_confirmed_in_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo__MSF_sending_in_specialist.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ebola_virus_confirmed_in_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo__MSF_sending_in_specialist.newsWed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMTMSF urges all parties to allow medical staff to work unhindered and to grant patients unimpeded access to carehttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/ACCESS_TO_MEDICAL_CARE_DANGEROUSLY_SCARCE_IN_AND_AROUND_MOGADISHU_SOMALIA_NEEDS_.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/ACCESS_TO_MEDICAL_CARE_DANGEROUSLY_SCARCE_IN_AND_AROUND_MOGADISHU_SOMALIA_NEEDS_.newsMon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMTMSF asks company not to pursue casehttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/After_Indian_court_ruling_MSF_hands_over_petition_with_420000_signatures_to_Nova.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/After_Indian_court_ruling_MSF_hands_over_petition_with_420000_signatures_to_Nova.newsWed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMTThe landmark decision by the High Court in Chennai to uphold India's Patents Act in the face of the challenge by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is a major victory for patients' access to affordable medicines in developing countries,http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Indian_Court_Ruling_in_Novartis_Case_Protects_India_as_the_Pharmacy_of_the_Devel.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Indian_Court_Ruling_in_Novartis_Case_Protects_India_as_the_Pharmacy_of_the_Devel.newsMon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMTFailure to diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMV) in people with AIDS is leading to unnecessary blindness..."We can diagnose CMV retinitis fairly easily and reliably in less than two minutes, and there is an effective, practical treatment,"http://www.msf.org.uk:80/People_in_Southeast_Asia_Needlessly_Becoming_Blind_Due_to_a_Neglected_Virus.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/People_in_Southeast_Asia_Needlessly_Becoming_Blind_Due_to_a_Neglected_Virus.newsTue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMTMortality rates and the medical and nutritional situation among the Central African refugees that have fled into Cameroon over the last year have exceeded emergency thresholds. In response, MSF has begun 'targeted food distribution' to meet the vital needs of this vulnerable population. Now more than ever, it is essential for humanitarian actors to mobilise as quickly as possible.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Cameroon__Critical_nutritional_situation_for_Central_African_refugees.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Cameroon__Critical_nutritional_situation_for_Central_African_refugees.newsTue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMTMSF suspends all outreach medical work in northwest CAR following death of volunteer aid workerhttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ongoing_insecurity_in_Central_African_Republic_threatens_lives_of_civilians_and_.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ongoing_insecurity_in_Central_African_Republic_threatens_lives_of_civilians_and_.newsMon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/An_MSF_Aid_Worker_Has_Been_Killed_in_the_Central_African_Republic.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/An_MSF_Aid_Worker_Has_Been_Killed_in_the_Central_African_Republic.newsMon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Emergency_situation_unfolding_in_eastern_Chad_150000_internally_displaced_people.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Emergency_situation_unfolding_in_eastern_Chad_150000_internally_displaced_people.newsFri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMTThe dire lack of health care workers in southern Africa is threatening efforts to expand access to HIV/AIDS treatment...The shortage is mainly caused by a brain drain of doctors and nurses...http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Health_worker_shortage_limits_access_to_HIVAIDS_treatment_in_southern_Africa.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Health_worker_shortage_limits_access_to_HIVAIDS_treatment_in_southern_Africa.newsWed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Wall_Street_bond_manager_Bill_Gross_Historic_Stamps_to_be_sold_for_Charity_in_NY.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Wall_Street_bond_manager_Bill_Gross_Historic_Stamps_to_be_sold_for_Charity_in_NY.newsFri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 GMTThe web site features information about MSF and its projects in Somalia, all in the Somali language.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_launches_Somali_language_web_site.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_launches_Somali_language_web_site.newsThu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ethiopia_fight_against_HIVAIDS_successful_but_deadly_kala_azar_is_still_forgotte.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ethiopia_fight_against_HIVAIDS_successful_but_deadly_kala_azar_is_still_forgotte.newsMon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ivory_Coast_Increasing_violent_attacks_against_civilians_in_the_former_Zone_of_C.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Ivory_Coast_Increasing_violent_attacks_against_civilians_in_the_former_Zone_of_C.newsWed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTIn the last few weeks, tens of thousands of displaced Somalis have fled Mogadishu following a resurgence of violence...A team of senior MSF Somali staff managed to reach the area on the 17th of April 2007 and supplied medicines to the already existing health facilities.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia__Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_is_extremely_concerned_as_tens_of_thousands_.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Somalia__Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_MSF_is_extremely_concerned_as_tens_of_thousands_.newsTue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTIn the midst of a cholera epidemic and after several weeks of intense violence in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned about the effects of the fighting on the health of the Somali people. http://www.msf.org.uk:80/CHOLERA_OUTBREAK_IN_MOGADISHU.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/CHOLERA_OUTBREAK_IN_MOGADISHU.newsWed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Burkina_Faso_Donors_response_to_meningitis_epidemic_unacceptably_slow.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Burkina_Faso_Donors_response_to_meningitis_epidemic_unacceptably_slow.newsMon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Curfew_and_airport_closure_hamper_emergency_care_in_Guinea.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Curfew_and_airport_closure_hamper_emergency_care_in_Guinea.newsTue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MOZAMBIQUE_A_MONTH_AFTER_THE_INITIAL_FLOODS_THOUSANDS_OF_MOZAMBICANS_IN_REMOTE_A.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MOZAMBIQUE_A_MONTH_AFTER_THE_INITIAL_FLOODS_THOUSANDS_OF_MOZAMBICANS_IN_REMOTE_A.newsThu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_sans_Frontires_welcomes_the_introduction_of_a_new_opensource_userfriendl.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_sans_Frontires_welcomes_the_introduction_of_a_new_opensource_userfriendl.newsThu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Issues_Top_Ten_Most_Underreported_Humanitarian_Stories_of_2006.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Issues_Top_Ten_Most_Underreported_Humanitarian_Stories_of_2006.newsTue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/NorthEast_Kenya_Rift_Valley_Fever_claims_dozens_of_lives_following_floods.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/NorthEast_Kenya_Rift_Valley_Fever_claims_dozens_of_lives_following_floods.newsFri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTHeavy rains in the last few weeks have caused flooding of the Juba and Shebelle rivers in southern Somalia, bringing devastation to much of the surrounding areas and aggravating the humanitarian needs...The greatest need is the lack of drinking water...MSF is preparing response plans, materials and expertise to be rushed to the areas affected by the flooding.http://www.msf.org.uk:80/FLOODING_INCREASES_HUMANITARIAN_NEEDS_IN_SOMALIA.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/FLOODING_INCREASES_HUMANITARIAN_NEEDS_IN_SOMALIA.newsWed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Measles_Vacciations.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Measles_Vacciations.newsWed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Who_is_really_feeling_the_pressure_over_Darfur.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Who_is_really_feeling_the_pressure_over_Darfur.newsMon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Call_for_access_to_the_populations_trapped_by_war_and_respect_of_humanitarian_ai.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Call_for_access_to_the_populations_trapped_by_war_and_respect_of_humanitarian_ai.newsFri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Afghanistan_MSF_staffs_murder_main_suspect_released_on_bail.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Afghanistan_MSF_staffs_murder_main_suspect_released_on_bail.newsTue, 26 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_Continues_to_Provide_Humanitarian_Assistance_Despite_Ban_.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Mdecins_Sans_Frontires_Continues_to_Provide_Humanitarian_Assistance_Despite_Ban_.newsWed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Medical_Assistance_to_Victims_of_Darfur_Conflict_is_Hampered_by_Insecurity.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/MSF_Medical_Assistance_to_Victims_of_Darfur_Conflict_is_Hampered_by_Insecurity.newsThu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTSince June 2nd 2006, medical teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been working hard at providing clinical treatment and monitoring for victims of the pneumonic plague outbreak affecting the health districts of Rethy and Linga in north-eastern DRC. .http://www.msf.org.uk:80/No_end_in_sight_as_pneumonic_plague_outbreak_increases_in_Ituri_DRC.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/No_end_in_sight_as_pneumonic_plague_outbreak_increases_in_Ituri_DRC.newsThu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTMore than 10,000 people have fled violence and insecurity in southeastern Chad and crossed the border to take refuge in Darfur, Sudan, according to the international humanitarian aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).http://www.msf.org.uk:80/Over_10000_people_flee_violence_in_Chad.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Over_10000_people_flee_violence_in_Chad.newsFri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Malnutrition_on_the_rise_in_SouthCentral_Somalia.newshttp://www.msf.org.uk:80/Malnutrition_on_the_rise_in_SouthCentral_Somalia.newsWed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT