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Georgian woman holding her baby cries at her damaged home in Gori August 10, 2008.

Latest news from the field in Georgia

Following the recent conflict in Georgia, MSF programme manager Filipe Ribero has been evaluating the needs of the people who have fled their homes to several sites in and around Tbilisi and Gori. MSF staff on the ground are seeing a sharp contrast between the massive influx of international aid and limited opportunities, for now, to provide assistance.

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A young child receives treatment for acute malnutrition in an MSF feeding centre. August 2008.

Ethiopia: MSF works to slow rising severe malnutrition rates

With over 16,700 severely malnourished patients, mostly children, having received treatment, MSF is now providing for patients suffering from moderate malnutrition.

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Shaleme's appetite has returned! July 2008

Sheleme's story

Follow the story of Sheleme, a little girl who, suffering from severe acute malnutrition and oedema, was admitted to one of MSF's emergency feeding centres in Oromiya, Ethiopia.

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MSF Counselor Thandiwe Mlala tests a couple for HIV and Syphilis.

Giving babies an HIV free life in Zimbabwe

Many of them say as they come into the testing room that they are more afraid of the needle than the results. But Mlala holds their thumb securely, a quick prick, a drop of blood and it is all over apart from the result.

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