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Afghanistan
On 26 January, a bomb blasted in the northern Kunduz province, MSF received 22 patients in its surgical hospital. Apart from Kunduz, MSF also works in Helmand and Khost provinces.The Democratic Republic of Congo
From 26 December 2012 to 19 January 2013, MSF teams vaccinated 65,082 children, aged 6 months to 15 years, against measles in the region of Bunyakiri in South Kivu.
2-7 | Greater protection needed for vulnerable communities and threatened staff – MSF
Eight months since deadly communal clashes first broke out in Rakhine state, Myanmar - tens of thousands of people are still unable to access urgently needed medical care. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on government authorities and community leaders to ensure that all people of Rakhine can live without fear of violence, abuse and harassment, and that humanitarian organisations can assist those most in need.
11-30 | This year the World AIDS Day theme remains the same as that of 2011, "Getting to zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths". And the same, big question hangs over it: “Is this too ambitious?”
The latest UNAIDS report[1] gives encouraging news that a 50% reduction in the rate of new HIV infections (HIV incidence) has been achieved in 25 low and middle-income countries – more than half in Africa, the region most affected by HIV – between 2001 and 2011. Africa has cut AIDS-related deaths by one third in the past six years.
11-5 | Scale up in provision of medical care urgently neededAs Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams work to reach communities affected by the violence in Rakhine State they face ongoing antagonism generated by deep ethnic divisions. In addition thousands of patients benefiting from longer-term primary health care programmes are cut off from medical services as many of MSF’s activities have been suspended since June.
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Congo: Yaws in the forest
Niger: Malaria & Malnutrition, the double sentence
Sri Lanka: End of mission
Novartis: Court case in India begins