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March 12, 2010People Living with HIV/AIDS: India Must Not Sacrifice Us in Trade Agreement with EuropeGeneva/New Delhi, March 12, 2010 – As the final round of closed-door negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) is about to start this month, people living with HIV/AIDS are protesting to ensure Indian negotiators do not give in to pressure to accept terms that will seriously hamper access to medicines for millions of people living in the developing world. Read more » March 11, 2010NATO Statement Endangers Patients in AfghanistanKabul/NewYork, March 11, 2010 -- MSF today strongly objected to a recent statement by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in which he implied that NGOs should be the “soft power” component to military strategy. Read more » March 11, 2010DRC: Thousands of displaced civilians trapped by conflict, wounded unable to reach hospitals in Hauts Plateaux, South KivuBukavu, DRC / New York, March 11, 2010 - MSF is deeply concerned by the rapidly worsening situation in the isolated area of Hauts Plateaux in the region of Uvira, South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more » March 11, 2010Two Abducted MSF Staff Released in HaitiPort-au-Prince, March 11, 2010 – Two staff members of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), abducted on March 5 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, were safely released today. Read more » March 9, 2010AIDS Care Gap between Wealthy and Developing Countries Risks Becoming a ChasmLondon, March 9, 2010 – AIDS leaders gathering in London today face the daunting challenge of implementing new WHO recommendations for earlier treatment with better AIDS drug cocktails at a time when donors are backing away from the promise of “universal access." Read more » February 24, 2010White House Called on to Expand Global Health InitiativeNew York, February 24, 2010 – The Obama administration’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) does not go far enough in combating the most lethal neglected tropical diseases, which affect an estimated one billion people, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) said today. Read more » February 17, 2010Bangladesh: Ethnic Rohingya People Victims of a Violent CrackdownBangkok/New York, February 18, 2010 -- A violent crackdown against stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh is forcing thousands of people to flee in fear. Read more » February 12, 2010Heat-Stable Ritonavir Approved: Years of medical double standards and stranglehold by Abbott come to an endParis/New York, February 12, 2010—Both the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have recently approved the long-awaited heat-stable 100mg tablet version of ritonavir, the antiretroviral booster drug produced by Abbott Laboratories. Read more » February 9, 2010Indian Court Gives Boost to Access to Medicines as Latest Appeal by Bayer is RejectedIn a welcome move for access to medicines, the Delhi High Court has rejected the appeal filed by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer Corporation against an earlier court order which had rejected the implementation of a drug regulatory system which essentially linked registration of medicines to their patent status. Read more » February 3, 2010Mogadishu: 66 Women And Children Injured By Indiscriminate ShellingNairobi/New York, February 3, 2010—As fierce fighting once again grips Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) admitted 89 people suffering from blast injuries to its hospital in the Daynile area of the city between January 29 and February 2. Of these, 66 were women and children. Read more » February 2, 2010On the Other Side of the Wall: MSF Releases Second Report on Italy’s Detention Centers for MigrantsRome, February 2, 2010 – More than ten years since Italy’s migrant centers were set up, their management still seems to be conditioned by an emergency type approach. Services seem to have been organized to satisfy only the most basic needs, with no regard for creating acceptable conditions for the psychological and physical well-being of detainees. Since the new regulation came into effect extending the maximum period of detention from two to six months, there have been no planned improvements in the distribution of services to migrant populations. Read more » January 26, 2010Pakistan: MSF Shocked by Forced Evacuation of IDPs in North West Frontier ProvinceIslamabad, 26 January, 2010 - MSF deeply shocked by sudden forced evacuation of 7,000 displaced people in the Lower Dir district of North West Frontier Province Read more » January 20, 2010Somalia: Emergency Service Continues Despite ViolenceNairobi, 19 January 2010 - As ongoing fighting in the Hiraan and Galgaduud regions of Somalia takes an ever greater toll on civilians, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has continued to support two hospitals in Guri El and Belet Weyne. Read more » January 19, 2010Doctors Without Borders Plane with Lifesaving Medical Supplies Diverted Again from Landing in HaitiAn MSF cargo plane carrying 12 tons of lifesaving medical supplies has been turned away three times from Port-au-Prince airport since Sunday night, despite assurances of its ability to land. Read more » January 17, 2010Doctors Without Borders Cargo Plane With Full Hospital and Staff Blocked From Landing in Port-au-PrincePort-au-Prince/Paris /New York, 17 January 2009—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges that its cargo planes carrying essential medical and surgical material be allowed to land in Port-au-Prince in order to treat thousands of wounded waiting for vital surgical operations. Priority must be given immediately to planes carrying lifesaving equipment and medical personnel. Read more »
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