http://www.msf.org.uk/news.aspxAll the latest news from around the world from the MSF UK web site.Copyright 2008 MSF. All rights reserved.In the 10 camps that MSF has visited so far, hundreds of people are living in public buildings, lacking water and basic sanitation. MSF is providing basic relief supplies and medical care through mobile teams in eight of these camps, serving over 3,200 displaced people and we will continue to visit the other camps in the region. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/assisting_people_displaced_by_georgia_conflict_20080820.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/assisting_people_displaced_by_georgia_conflict_20080820.newsWed, 20 Aug 2008 16:19:13 GMT‘With no rice left the rats got so hungry that they even ate the soap’, one of our local staff members told me.  The rats flourish during the time of Mautam – the local expression for the flowering of the bamboo.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/problem_does_not_end_with_the_rats_20080818.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/problem_does_not_end_with_the_rats_20080818.newsMon, 18 Aug 2008 13:36:43 GMTMore than three months after cyclone Nargis wreaked devastation throughout Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta, many people remain vulnerable and traumatized. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/nargis_three_months_later_20080818.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/nargis_three_months_later_20080818.newsMon, 18 Aug 2008 10:49:45 GMTFollowing 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. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/georgia_interview_20080818.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/georgia_interview_20080818.newsMon, 18 Aug 2008 09:58:47 GMTBandire has come with Keneritu, her one-year old moderately malnourished child. They have gone through the whole process: the waiting area; then the ‘classroom’ where they get basic education about hygiene and how to cook the food rations; then the medical consultation and finally – what they came for – the food.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/food_distribution_ethiopia_20080815.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/food_distribution_ethiopia_20080815.newsFri, 15 Aug 2008 10:21:37 GMTFollowing the outbreak of violence in the breakaway region of South Ossetia and subsequent attacks of the Russian army on the Georgian territory, MSF is preoccupied with the situation of thousands of people who have fled the conflict.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/georgia_emergency_update_20080812.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/georgia_emergency_update_20080812.newsTue, 12 Aug 2008 13:20:09 GMTMany 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.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/giving_babies_an_hiv_free_life_in_zimbabwe_20080811.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/giving_babies_an_hiv_free_life_in_zimbabwe_20080811.newsMon, 11 Aug 2008 11:31:37 GMTIn a situation where health needs are so extensive, MSF has responded in Chechnya with broad medical programmes, including primary care clinics, surgery, TB treatment and mental health support. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/chechnya_programme_update_20080811.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/chechnya_programme_update_20080811.newsFri, 08 Aug 2008 10:14:00 GMTWith over 16,700 severely malnourished patients, mostly children, having received treatment, MSF is now providing for patients suffering from moderate malnutrition.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_treats_moderate_malnourishment_20080805.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_treats_moderate_malnourishment_20080805.newsTue, 05 Aug 2008 10:04:21 GMT“We can expect that populations in the Delta will remain very vulnerable for many months”, says Phillip Humphris, Programme manager for Burma in Geneva. Around three months after cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar/Burma, MSF teams are working hard to ensure that healthcare and clean water are available to the affected people.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_shifts_focus_in_myanmar_20080804.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_shifts_focus_in_myanmar_20080804.newsMon, 04 Aug 2008 16:18:30 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.uk.msf.org:80/mind_the_gap_20080804.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/mind_the_gap_20080804.newsMon, 04 Aug 2008 13:54:23 GMTFollow 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.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/shalemes_story_20080716.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/shalemes_story_20080716.newsWed, 30 Jul 2008 06:22:00 GMTEach year 50,000 people die of kala azar, a tropical disease which is transmitted by sandflies. There are few effective drugs to treat it; those that are available are typically too expensive for people in poorer countries. Without treatment, nine out of ten kala azar sufferers die from the disease.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/kala_azar_in_india_20080729.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/kala_azar_in_india_20080729.newsTue, 29 Jul 2008 16:40:34 GMTWithout a doubt they’re more than a thousand strong today, waiting in throngs in front of the MSF ambulatory centre in Tunto. Hard rain beats down on the crowd....http://www.uk.msf.org:80/hope_in_tunto_20080723.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/hope_in_tunto_20080723.newsWed, 23 Jul 2008 13:12:49 GMTIn this political and economic embroilment, few are interested in bringing to light the fate of Afghan immigrants.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/afghans_in_iran_20080723.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/afghans_in_iran_20080723.newsWed, 23 Jul 2008 12:06:06 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.uk.msf.org:80/msf_teams_blocked_in_mount_elgon_20080721.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_teams_blocked_in_mount_elgon_20080721.newsMon, 21 Jul 2008 09:51:25 GMT11,800 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition have been admitted to MSF programmes in the Oromiya and Southern Nations and Nationalities People’s (SNNP) regions of southern Ethiopia. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/over_10000_malnourished_children_now_treated_20080718.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/over_10000_malnourished_children_now_treated_20080718.newsFri, 18 Jul 2008 09:50:34 GMTAs a first response to yesterday's blasts, MSF today sent medical supplies to Mosul hospitals from Amman, including anesthesia supplies, dressings, and medication. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_supplies_mosul_hospitals_following_attacks_20080717.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_supplies_mosul_hospitals_following_attacks_20080717.newsThu, 17 Jul 2008 16:35:48 GMTMSF release two surveys on Violence, Mortality and Access to Healthcare in the slums of Martissant and Cité Soleil, located in Haiti's beleaguered capital of Port-au-Prince.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_releases_reports_on_violence_in_Haiti_20080715.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_releases_reports_on_violence_in_Haiti_20080715.newsTue, 15 Jul 2008 15:14:45 GMTDoctor Evelyne De Decker tells us about her experiences working as a doctor for MSF in the slums of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's beleaguered capital.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_violence_evelyne_de_decker_interview_20080715.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Haiti_violence_evelyne_de_decker_interview_20080715.newsTue, 15 Jul 2008 13:26:37 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières makes research accessible to health workers in developing countries through new open-access website.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_research_available_to_all_20080715.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org: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.uk.msf.org:80/worrying_ruling_in_dutch_court_case_20080715.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org: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.uk.msf.org:80/eu_states_conditions_for_migrants_20080710.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/eu_states_conditions_for_migrants_20080710.newsFri, 11 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMTMSF is intensifying its emergency activities in southern Ethiopia to respond to the alarming number of malnourished children it is treating there.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_combats_malnutrition_ethiopia_20080711.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_combats_malnutrition_ethiopia_20080711.newsFri, 11 Jul 2008 09:18:27 GMTSince the start of its emergency response two months ago, MSF has reached more than 460,000 people through its emergency aid programme.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/myanmar_cyclone_two_months_on_20080710.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/myanmar_cyclone_two_months_on_20080710.newsThu, 10 Jul 2008 10:28:37 GMTMSF medics and patients come under attack as dozens of young men rampage through the clinic attacking anyone they came across, ransacking and destroying the pharmacy and consultation rooms.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_patients_and_medics_attacked_in_chad_20080710.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_patients_and_medics_attacked_in_chad_20080710.newsThu, 10 Jul 2008 09:21:22 GMTDoctor Wilma Chambí tells us about her experience working on Chagas treatment programmes in her home state of Bolivia.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/bolivia_chagas_wilma_chambi_interview_20080708.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/bolivia_chagas_wilma_chambi_interview_20080708.newsTue, 08 Jul 2008 10:42:40 GMTCases of physical violence have been reported as well as degrading vaginal and anal searches, by Angolan soldiers during the expulsion.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/congolese_expelled_from_angola_20080704.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/congolese_expelled_from_angola_20080704.newsFri, 04 Jul 2008 15:10:01 GMTThis MSF nutritional feeding centre was set up in response to the malnutrition crisis in Ethiopia. Here, children's caretakers describe their struggle over the last few months. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/victims_of_the_food_crisis_20080703.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/victims_of_the_food_crisis_20080703.newsThu, 03 Jul 2008 11:17:11 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.uk.msf.org:80/g8_leaders_must_take_action_20080702.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/g8_leaders_must_take_action_20080702.newsThu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMTMSF teams working in the Sadaa, Yemen, have been evacuated due to heavy fighting. Access to the conflict regions is prohibited and there is no news available on civilian casualties or deaths, but heavy weapons and aerial bombardments are being used. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/war_in_saada_makes_access_impossible_20080702.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/war_in_saada_makes_access_impossible_20080702.newsWed, 02 Jul 2008 10:27:33 GMTWhen MSF first assessed healthcare in Bor in 2005, they found a critical situation. The population of the town had begun to increase rapidly, there was no reliable healthcare, garbage was littering the streets, and people were using the Nile river as a latrine and a place to wash....http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_borhospital_handover_20080701.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_borhospital_handover_20080701.newsTue, 01 Jul 2008 16:51:32 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.uk.msf.org:80/South_African_authorities_must_stop_deporting_Zimbabweans_20080630.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/South_African_authorities_must_stop_deporting_Zimbabweans_20080630.newsMon, 30 Jun 2008 10:55:14 GMTSomalia is no longer on the verge of a catastrophe, the disaster is happening now. Last week alone, over 500 severely malnourished children were admitted in our nutritional programs.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Somalia_the_disaster_is_happening_now_20080626.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Somalia_the_disaster_is_happening_now_20080626.newsThu, 26 Jun 2008 14:56:30 GMTThe levels of severe acute malnutrition in the areas where MSF is working suggests a crisis that is going to get a lot worse.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/malnutrition_crisis_ethiopia_update_20080703.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/malnutrition_crisis_ethiopia_update_20080703.newsThu, 26 Jun 2008 11:07:00 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.uk.msf.org:80/Thailand_forcibly_returns_hundreds_of_Hmong_refugees_to_Laos_20080625.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Thailand_forcibly_returns_hundreds_of_Hmong_refugees_to_Laos_20080625.newsWed, 25 Jun 2008 17:25:22 GMTClinical psychologist Sylvia Wamser talks to us about her work treating people suffering from emotional trauma in the Palestinian Territories.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/gaza_mental_health_interview_20080624.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/gaza_mental_health_interview_20080624.newsTue, 24 Jun 2008 10:32:19 GMTIn its report “No Choice”, MSF documents the conditions of the perilous journey and calls for increased assistance for the thousands of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants fleeing their home countries.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/yemen_no_choice_20080619.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/yemen_no_choice_20080619.newsThu, 19 Jun 2008 11:09:31 GMTAt the height of the violence, the militia were raiding homes at night and the police during the day – there was no respite for the people living in Mount Elgon and tens of thousands have fled in fear. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/mount_elgon_simon_burroughs_interview_20080618.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/mount_elgon_simon_burroughs_interview_20080618.newsWed, 18 Jun 2008 11:36:52 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.uk.msf.org:80/mount_elgon_does_anybody_care_20080617.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/mount_elgon_does_anybody_care_20080617.newsTue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMTMSF report containing first-hand accounts of whole communities living in fear and tens of thousands of people being forced to leave their homes and villages...http://www.uk.msf.org:80/mount_elgon_report_20080616.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/mount_elgon_report_20080616.newsMon, 16 Jun 2008 17:27:38 GMTIf the international community doesn’t respond appropriately and timely - which means now - the situation is going to get much worse and it is already out of hand.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/food_simply_not_there_ethiopia_20080612.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/food_simply_not_there_ethiopia_20080612.newsThu, 12 Jun 2008 14:57:05 GMTA month after Cyclon Nargis hit Myanmar (Burma), addressing the mental and emotional trauma being suffered by victims of the cyclone is increasingly vital.  http://www.uk.msf.org:80/mental_health_support_for_traumatised_cyclone_victims_vitally_needed_20080612.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/mental_health_support_for_traumatised_cyclone_victims_vitally_needed_20080612.newsThu, 12 Jun 2008 11:37:10 GMT"There’s been no rain this year so there’s very little work. Some days we eat, but mostly we go to sleep with no food.”, Jalalo from Ethiopiahttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/malnutrition_worse_this_year_in_ethiopia_20080605.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/malnutrition_worse_this_year_in_ethiopia_20080605.newsThu, 05 Jun 2008 13:53:25 GMTMSF Calls for Reforms to Food Aid and Nutrition Programmes to Save Young Liveshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/un_food_crisis_summit_20080603.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/un_food_crisis_summit_20080603.newsTue, 03 Jun 2008 16:43:52 GMT“People sometimes look for someone to listen to them and other times to help them make a decision”  http://www.uk.msf.org:80/stefan_huber_colombia_interview_20080602.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/stefan_huber_colombia_interview_20080602.newsMon, 02 Jun 2008 17:26:09 GMTMSF alarmed by lack of protection of foreign nationals affected by recent violence.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/relocation_trauma_of_displaced_in_south_africa_20080602.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/relocation_trauma_of_displaced_in_south_africa_20080602.newsMon, 02 Jun 2008 16:58:51 GMT"Many [survivors] are still in shock after the terrible experience of the 'quake. They clearly need psychological support."http://www.uk.msf.org:80/china_quake_situation_20080530.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/china_quake_situation_20080530.newsFri, 30 May 2008 11:48:12 GMTOn the way we would pass dead bodies and animals in the water. In some places bodies were buried  under collapsed houses and the villagers had not yet been able to remove them. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/eyewitness_account_from_myanmar_delta_20080530.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/eyewitness_account_from_myanmar_delta_20080530.newsFri, 30 May 2008 10:55:09 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.uk.msf.org:80/Dutch_Government_Pursues_MSF_in_Swiss_Federal_Court_20080529.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Dutch_Government_Pursues_MSF_in_Swiss_Federal_Court_20080529.newsThu, 29 May 2008 14:29:52 GMTPeople have not only lost houses; they’ve also lost their fishing boats, in some cases shrimp farms and salt plains that they were getting income from.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/interview_vince_hoedt_myanmar_20080603.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/interview_vince_hoedt_myanmar_20080603.newsThu, 29 May 2008 09:36:00 GMTLarge scale meningitis epidemic prevented after 300,000 people are vaccinated in Niger.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/meningitis_vaccination_niger_20080527.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/meningitis_vaccination_niger_20080527.newsTue, 27 May 2008 15:51:06 GMTNeeds in the Delta are beginning to shift away from minor injuries, to issues such as fever, diarrhea and respiratory tract infections.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/medical_needs_changing_in_the_delta_20080527.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/medical_needs_changing_in_the_delta_20080527.newsTue, 27 May 2008 13:53:08 GMTOnly two weeks since MSF set up emergency feeding centres in Ethiopia, over six hundred children are already being treated, with more arriving everyday.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/500_ethiopian_chilrdren_treated_at_msf_nutrition_centres_20080527.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/500_ethiopian_chilrdren_treated_at_msf_nutrition_centres_20080527.newsTue, 27 May 2008 13:08:46 GMTThree weeks after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, many survivors still lack basic supplies needed to survive and the amount of aid entering the affected area remains inadequate.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/cyclone_victims_still_lacking_basic_supplies_20080527.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/cyclone_victims_still_lacking_basic_supplies_20080527.newsTue, 27 May 2008 11:38:46 GMT“The panic was so widespread that no one had time to take anything or to even think of their own family." says Inma Vazquez, MSF Head of Mission in Sudan.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/fighting_in_abyei_sudan_20080522.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/fighting_in_abyei_sudan_20080522.newsThu, 22 May 2008 16:37:58 GMTThis MSF video shows the dreadful conditions in Myanmar following Cyclone Nargis and highlights the problems for people and the MSF teams working in the affected areas. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/big_operation_but_more_help_needed_20080522.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/big_operation_but_more_help_needed_20080522.newsThu, 22 May 2008 12:29:24 GMTMSF is deeply concerned about the safety of displaced migrants and refugees in Johannesburg, who fear for their lives and have nowhere to turn.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/violence_erupts_in_south_africa_20080520.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/violence_erupts_in_south_africa_20080520.newsTue, 20 May 2008 11:18:19 GMTMSF staff have seen government officials and armed police going from tent to tent threatening people and pressuring them to leave. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_Witnesses_Forced_Return_and_Resettlement_from_Camp_in_Western_Kenya_20080519.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org: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.uk.msf.org:80/msf_call_for_immediate_escalation_of_relief_operations_20080520.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_call_for_immediate_escalation_of_relief_operations_20080520.newsFri, 16 May 2008 10:08:00 GMTResults from the initial assessment indicate an urgent need for shelters, drinking water, and medical and sanitation material. Most pharmacies in the area were destroyed by the 'quake, and people are facing a dire shortage of medicines. In Beichuan district alone over 5,000 people are reportedly dead and a further 10,000 are still missing.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_Sending_25_Specialists_To_China_Earthquake_20080516.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_Sending_25_Specialists_To_China_Earthquake_20080516.newsFri, 16 May 2008 08:55:48 GMTMSF now has more than 250 staff working in the delta area. But getting material from our warehouses in Yangon to the worst affected areas is a logistics challenge. We now have ten boats for distributing aid in the delta and ten trucks are ferrying aid from Yangon to Pathein, a town in the north of the delta. So far MSF teams have managed to distribute 275 tons of aid http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Water_and_sanitation_experts_join_250strong_MSF_team_20080515.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Water_and_sanitation_experts_join_250strong_MSF_team_20080515.newsThu, 15 May 2008 11:07:47 GMTWe have a pool of people who are very skilled at setting up this kind of equipment in a very short space of time, and then making sure that it runs correctly. Keeping the equipment running is actually more of a challenge than setting it up in the first place.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Michel_Becks_explains_need_for_Watsan_20080515.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Michel_Becks_explains_need_for_Watsan_20080515.newsThu, 15 May 2008 09:36:27 GMTListen to MSF doctor Asis Min give an eyewitness account of the logistical challenge facing MSF teams in the most devastated region of the country.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/a_complete_abyss_20080513.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/a_complete_abyss_20080513.newsTue, 13 May 2008 17:23:18 GMTMSF mobilises medical aid following what Chinese state media are calling the most devastating earthquake in 30 years.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_team_react_to_china_quake_20080513.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_team_react_to_china_quake_20080513.newsTue, 13 May 2008 11:00:10 GMTJuli Niebuhr is MSF Deputy Country Manager in Myanmar. In this podcast, she describes the desperate situation MSF teams face in storm-affected areas of Myanmar (Burma).http://www.uk.msf.org:80/frontline_report_myanmar_cyclose_aftermath_20080512.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/frontline_report_myanmar_cyclose_aftermath_20080512.newsMon, 12 May 2008 16:08:13 GMThttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/First_MSF_Cargo_Plane_Delivers_in_Myanmar_20080512.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/First_MSF_Cargo_Plane_Delivers_in_Myanmar_20080512.newsMon, 12 May 2008 10:25:19 GMTOn the Bassein River, MSF teams are using two boats to reach the most affected areas on both sides.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/supplie_delivered_by_boat_20080509.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/supplie_delivered_by_boat_20080509.newsSat, 10 May 2008 02:37:00 GMTAs MSF scales up its operations, there is a need for more technical experts and further supplies in the coming days. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/first_relief_plane_permission_to_land_20080509.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/first_relief_plane_permission_to_land_20080509.newsFri, 09 May 2008 13:55:07 GMTJoe Belliveau, MSF Operations Manager, answers your frequently asked questions on Cyclone Nargis and MSF's aid efforts on the ground.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/myanmar_cyclone_faqs_20080509.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/myanmar_cyclone_faqs_20080509.newsFri, 09 May 2008 10:42:37 GMTPrior to the cyclone, about 180,000 people lived in the Irrawady Delta in Myanmar. MSF teams observed "95% destruction" of homes and everything else.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_Reaches_Worst_Hit_Areas_in_Myanmar_20080508.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_Reaches_Worst_Hit_Areas_in_Myanmar_20080508.newsThu, 08 May 2008 18:42:23 GMTOne man, a sailor, told us his village had been completely destroyed. He said he had no news of the 4,000 inhabitants of a neighbouring village, which is to this day still under water.  People tell stories of spending the night of the cyclone hanging on to trees all night long, while watching their villages being destroyed.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Villages_Still_Under_Water_20080507.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Villages_Still_Under_Water_20080507.newsWed, 07 May 2008 18:25:57 GMT"...it is essential that emergency visas are issued and that relief shipments are allowed to arrive. MSF teams have been on standby for 48 hours waiting to come to help us in the Delta...." says Souheil Reiche, Head of MSF Operations in Yangon http://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_assists_Myanmar_cyclone_victims_20080507.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_assists_Myanmar_cyclone_victims_20080507.newsWed, 07 May 2008 14:43:33 GMTThe Nargis cyclone has caused the death of at least 10,000 people along with severe material and structural damage.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/myanmar_cyclone_20080506.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/myanmar_cyclone_20080506.newsTue, 06 May 2008 10:04:15 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.uk.msf.org:80/health_of_millions_at_stake_20080428.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org: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.uk.msf.org:80/fuel_crisis_in_gaza_20080425.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/fuel_crisis_in_gaza_20080425.newsFri, 25 Apr 2008 10:06:29 GMTIn Sierra Leone, malaria is rife. It is the biggest killer of children under five and causes a massive burden on families and the country’s barely functioning health system.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/world_malaria_day_240408_20080423.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/world_malaria_day_240408_20080423.newsThu, 24 Apr 2008 18:00:00 GMTMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the launch in Brazil of a new drug against P. Falciparum, the most dangerous type of malaria. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/new_fixed_dose_treatment_for_malaria_20080424.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/new_fixed_dose_treatment_for_malaria_20080424.newsThu, 24 Apr 2008 17:00:00 GMTMeet the volunteers providing malaria diagnosis and treatment in their communities in Bo, Sierra Leone.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/profilecommunity_health_volunteers_20080423.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/profilecommunity_health_volunteers_20080423.newsWed, 23 Apr 2008 15:46:02 GMTPrudence Hamade, Head of MSF’s Malaria Working Group talks about the state of malaria today.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/malaria_day_2008_opinion_piece_230408_20080423.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/malaria_day_2008_opinion_piece_230408_20080423.newsWed, 23 Apr 2008 02:41:00 GMTFriends and colleagues mourn the loss of Gigi Baguma, an MSF logistician lost in the Goma plane crash. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_colleague_disappears_goma_plane_crash_170408_20080418.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/msf_colleague_disappears_goma_plane_crash_170408_20080418.newsThu, 17 Apr 2008 01:35:00 GMTOne of the groups most affected by these crises will undoubtedly be the 1.8 million Zimbabweans living with HIV/AIDS.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/zimbabwe_hiv_project_110408_20080411.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/zimbabwe_hiv_project_110408_20080411.newsFri, 11 Apr 2008 11:10:09 GMTMSF teams have treated more than 31 wounded patients, including 15 gunshot wounds in the Haitian capital city, Port-au-Prince.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_demos_100408_20080410.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/haiti_demos_100408_20080410.newsThu, 10 Apr 2008 15:09:24 GMTFor the ninth time in a decade DRC and Colombia feature in the 'Top Ten Underreported Humanitarian Stories' list. Every year MSF publishes this list to spotlight ten humanitarian crises that have received little or no attention from the world's media. The 2007 list also features countries such as Myanmar and Sri Lanka and issues of tuberculosis infection and malnutrition.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/top_ten_unreported_2007_20080410.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/top_ten_unreported_2007_20080410.newsThu, 10 Apr 2008 13:46:03 GMTHealth facilities in the Gaza Strip have become extremely fragile. Once the current crisis passes and is off the media's agenda, the situation will continue to worsen, MSF warns. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/gazasituationworsening_20080408.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/gazasituationworsening_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 17:33:51 GMTLiberia's president visited an MSF-supported Paediatric Hospital. The President was shown the children's hospital, which admits over 1,000 patients monthly.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/liberiahospitalcare_20080408.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/liberiahospitalcare_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 17:18:21 GMTA visit to this region is like travelling far back in time, to the point when civilisation first began.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/darfursuffering_20080408.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/darfursuffering_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 16:34:05 GMTIn southern Sudan, thousands of families displaced by the recent armed conflict in the oil-rich region of Abyei are in need of emergency assistance. This is occurring in a region where resources are already extremely depleted.  http://www.uk.msf.org:80/peacesudan_20080408.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/peacesudan_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 16:19:00 GMT"This has been an extremely difficult decision to make," said MSF's Director of Operations for Somalia. "But we cannot continue working in a place where our staff have been deliberately targeted and brutally murdered."http://www.uk.msf.org:80/somaliaclosing_20080408.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/somaliaclosing_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 16:14:36 GMTMalnutrition and measles combined are extremely serious for young children as it leaves them more vulnerable to infectious diseases such as measles, and children with measles are more susceptible to malnutrition.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/nigervaccination_20080408.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/nigervaccination_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 12:51:38 GMTIn December 2007, MSF began providing essential health care to Zimbabwean migrants, estimated beyond the one million mark, in South Africa.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/zimbabweanmigrants_20080408.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/zimbabweanmigrants_20080408.newsTue, 08 Apr 2008 12:31:26 GMTFrequent, violent raids by armed bandit groups in Central African Republic are on the rise. Whilst several thousand people remain displaced with in the country, insecurity prevents many of them from receiving aid. http://www.uk.msf.org:80/bandits_block_assistance_in_CAR_20080717.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/bandits_block_assistance_in_CAR_20080717.newsFri, 04 Apr 2008 12:09:00 GMTThe six members of Raddia's family were registered upon arrival to receive food-aid. Five years later, they are still considered as a family of six people by the World Food Program. But today, they actually number 13 mouths to feed: the two children born in the camp were not taken into account, and the system has included no new-born infants for the last four years.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Fatouma_and_Radia_are_witnesses_of_Zalingei_camps_faltering_aid_system.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Fatouma_and_Radia_are_witnesses_of_Zalingei_camps_faltering_aid_system.newsFri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_continues_range_of_activities_throughout_Kenya.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/MSF_continues_range_of_activities_throughout_Kenya.newsWed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Geneva_Court_Rules_in_Favor_of_MSF_in_Dutch_Government_Case_20080313.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org: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.uk.msf.org:80/Chad_Sudanese_Refugees_in_Birak_Region_Under_Threat_20080313.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Chad_Sudanese_Refugees_in_Birak_Region_Under_Threat_20080313.newsSat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Indonesian_earthquake__first_evaluation.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Indonesian_earthquake__first_evaluation.newsFri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTIn developing countries, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa, the lack of qualifed health workers is recognised as a crisis by the international community.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Task_shifting_for_antiretroviral_treatment_delivery_in_subSaharan_Africa_not_a_p.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Task_shifting_for_antiretroviral_treatment_delivery_in_subSaharan_Africa_not_a_p.newsFri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTLiving without clean drinking water and in bad hygiene conditions, people in the poorer districts of Likasi are facing a cholera epidemic.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Cholera_the_poor_mans_disease_maintains_its_grip_on_the_DRC_mining_town_of_Likas.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Cholera_the_poor_mans_disease_maintains_its_grip_on_the_DRC_mining_town_of_Likas.newsFri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTThousands of people have to choose between going back to N'Djamena and settling in a refugee camp.http://www.uk.msf.org:80/Chad_refugees_must_choose_to_return_or_a_permanent_camp.newshttp://www.uk.msf.org:80/Chad_refugees_must_choose_to_return_or_a_permanent_camp.newsFri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT