6-29 |
Jordan: Syrian patients in Amman hospital
Mali crisis: Desert refugees
Nigeria : Lead poisoning
Haiti: Severe burns unit
Kenya : Victims of sexual violence
Guinea : Cholera vaccination
5-14 |
An international conference to find solutions to the Zamfara lead poisoning crisis* in Nigeria, of which Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), was the lead organiser concluded on 10th May. The conference delegates endorsed a clear action plan calling for Nigerian government commitment to resolve the crisis.
12-29 | Ivory Coast: Duekoué, after the violencePakistan: A hospital for womenDRC: The displaced people of Lake TanganyikaNigeria: World-class surgeryMadagascar: In the land of the Thorny Bush
1-5 | Among the US government diplomatic cables recently published by the Wikileaks website were details of a meeting between an official from the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, and US Embassy officials in Nigeria in April 2009.At the time of the meeting, Pfizer was in the midst of a legal battle with Nigerian government officials regarding a medically unethical antibiotic clinical trial in children. The clinical trial took place in Kano State in 1996 during a massive meningitis outbreak.
11-12 | MSF teams in Niger are particularly on alert in the period between July and November. Malnourished children are at risk of contracting malaria and many who are already suffering from it become extremely vulnerable as a result of the combination. Malaria further reduces appetite among these children, weakening them further and creating a deadly spiral from which it is difficult to escape. During this period, MSF treated nearly 130,000 children suffering from malaria in the Maradi, Zinder, Tahoua and Agadez regions.