2003 Report: Burkina Faso | Doctors Without Borders

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Publications International Activity Report 2003 Burkina Faso MSF in Burkina Faso, 2003 MSF Activity Reports on Burkina Faso: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006/2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 Recent update: Mali: Refugees in a Vulnerable Situation All articles on Burkina Faso » International staff: 10 National staff: 84 MSF has been active in Burkina Faso since 1995 This year, MSF added antiretroviral therapy to its HIV/AIDS program in the urban district of Pissy, north of the capital Ouagadougou. Around 600 people get regular follow-up, including treatment of opportunistic infections, and around 100 more have begun ARV treatment since April 2003; 700 people are followed in the program as a whole. MSF offers them comprehensive care, including home-based care, voluntary HIV counseling and testing and prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Medical and psychosocial health care to street children continues in the capital. Support to rural health centers is ongoing in Sindou, near the borders with Mali and Côte d'Ivoire. In October 2002, to prepare for a possible influx of refugees fleeing civil war in Côte d'Ivoire, MSF sent medicines to Banfora, Bobo, Yendéré and Koupela, and implemented a preparedness plan in the capital with the capacity to support up to 10,000 people. Recent updates on Burkina Faso: Mali: Refugees in a Vulnerable Situation All articles on Burkina Faso »	International Activity Report 2003 Humanitarian Medicine, One Person At a Time by Thomas Nierle, MD, Director of Operations, MSF-Switzerland Not So Benign: when lofty political goals have bad humanitarian consequences by Nicolas de Torrenté, General Director, MSF-United States The Year in Review Dr. Morten Rostrup President, MSF International Council Rafael Vilasanjuan MSF Secretary General Invisible: Do sick people with no money need to become rich before we see that we can keep them alive? by Jean-Hervé Bradol, MD, President, MSF-France Enough is Enough: Why Sexual Violence Demands a Humanitarian Response by Tine Dusauchoit, MD, General Director, MSF Operational Center Brussels MSF Projects 2003
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