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January 30, 2012 | Press Release

New Doctors Without Borders Book Reveals Perils of Negotiating Access to Crisis Zones

The new book Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed takes readers behind the scenes of MSF's humanitarian action. Read more »

January 30, 2012 | Press Release

As Global Fund Turns Ten, Lack of Political Support to Health Threatens Gains Against AIDS, TB, and Malaria

As the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria marks its tenth anniversary, people living with HIV/AIDS and those delivering treatment took to the streets in response to drastic funding shortfalls. Read more »

January 26, 2012

Turkey: Mental Health Support Helps Earthquake Survivors Cope

Three months after two earthquakes hit Van province, MSF is helping survivors cope through a mental health program. Read more »

January 26, 2012 | Press Release

Libya: Detainees Tortured and Denied Medical Care

Because detainees are being tortured and denied urgent medical care, MSF is suspending operations in Misrata's detention centers. Read more »

January 25, 2012 | Press Release

DRC: Majority of People Living with HIV Denied Treatment

The vast majority of people living with the AIDS virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo are deprived of lifesaving treatment. Read more »

January 24, 2012 | Press Release

"Even Running Away Is Not Enough": Attacks in Jonglei, South Sudan, Perpetuate Extreme Violence

Civilians continue to bear the brunt of extreme inter-communal violence in Jonglei state in South Sudan.  Read more »

January 24, 2012

Voice from the Field: South Sudan: "I Don't Even Know What Happened To My Child"

Testimonies given by people who were injured or whose family members were injured, killed, or adbucted during attacks in South Sudan's Jonglei State in December 2011 and January 2012. Read more »

January 19, 2012 | Press Release

MSF Closes Two Large Medical Centers in Mogadishu after Killings of Staff

Following the tragic killings of two staff members in Mogadishu on December 29, 2011, MSF has been forced to end all activities in the Hodan district of the capital. Read more »

January 19, 2012

Voice from the Field: India: Providing Health Care in Chhatisgarh

People living in tribal villages in central India are caught up in the conflict between Maoist rebels and government forces. Dr. Rebecca Cuthbert describes how MSF takes the clinics to them. Read more »

January 13, 2012 | Press Release

South Sudan: MSF Responds to Latest Wave of Violence in Jonglei

Following inter-communal violence on January 11 in northern Jonglei State, South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is treating several people with serious wounds, including women and children.  Read more »

January 11, 2012

Brazil: MSF Provides Humanitarian Aid to Haitian Asylum Seekers

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing humanitarian aid to Haitian asylum seekers in Tabatinga, a town in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.  Read more »

January 10, 2012

Chad: After the Cholera Emergency, Planning for the Next Epidemic

The cholera epidemic that struck Chad in 2011 was the largest in the last 15 years. MSF responded by treating more than 12,700 patients, or around 75 percent of all cases reported in the country. Read more »

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