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Publications International Activity Report 2003 China MSF in China, 2003 MSF Activity Reports on China: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006/2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 All articles on China » International staff: 17 National staff: 64 MSF has been working in China since 1988 The opening of an AIDS clinic in Xiangfan city of Hubei province in May 2003 marks a turning point for MSF activities in China. Officially recognized as a pilot project, the program has the potential to be replicated countrywide if it is successful. In addition to treating opportunistic infections related to AIDS, MSF has begun antiretroviral treatment for a handful of patients, hoping to include 500 people in the coming years. After the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in March 2003, MSF provided protection and training in Hong Kong and in two hospitals in Zhangjiakou city in Hebei province on the Mainland. MSF continues to provide medical and psychological care, housing and food to marginalized children and minors of Baoji city in Shaanxi province. In Kashgar Prefecture in Xinjiang province, MSF focuses on hygiene promotion and water sanitation.	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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