International Activity Report 2004 Niger
International staff: 9
National Staff: 100
Aiding epidemic victims
In the first quarter of 2004, a
measles epidemic occurred in
Niger's capital city, Niamey.
In March and April 2004, MSF, in
cooperation with the ministry of
health, carried out a massive
measles-vaccination campaign
there and in two other districts.
Before the epidemic had ended, more than
30,000 people had contracted the disease,
and MSF had vaccinated 100,000 children
between the ages of six months and five
years. MSF also supplied 500 medical treatments
to Niamey's largest hospital to treat
children suffering from critical complications
related to the disease.
Epidemics have led to an increase in malnutrition
in Niger. Currently, MSF runs an
emergency nutrition program in the eastern
city of Maradi. During 2003, 6,500 children
received high-protein treatment in MSF's
therapeutic feeding center. The objective
of this program is to set up a new approach
to treat severe malnutrition, which consists
of reducing or even eliminating the hospitalization
stage. One-third of the children
admitted to the center and all of those who
are not severely malnourished are treated
as outpatients.
MSF has worked in Niger since 1985.
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The Year in Review Rowan Gilles, M.D., President, MSF International Council Marine Buissonnière, MSF Secretary-General
In Memoriam June 2, 2004
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