2003 Report: Nigeria | Doctors Without Borders

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Publications International Activity Report 2003 Nigeria MSF in Nigeria, 2003 MSF Activity Reports on Nigeria: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006/2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 Recent update: Nigeria: MSF Treats Children for Lead Poisoning After Long Delay in Clean-Up All articles on Nigeria » International staff: 17 National staff: 58 MSF has been working in Nigeria since 1999 Malaria is the main cause of death among children under five years old in the Niger Delta area. Since January 2003, MSF has provided basic health care in three health centers in Bayelsa State and has introduced artemisinin containing combination therapy (ACT) using artesunate-amodiaquine as first-line treatment for malaria patients. A November 2001 study done by MSF showed resistance levels of approximately 40% for the current first-line therapy (chloroquine) and 45% for the second-line treatment (FansidarÂ®) in children aged 6-59 months. In April 2003, MSF began an HIV/AIDS care and support project at Lagos General Hospital. MSF also maintains an emergency preparedness and response project in the capital Abuja. Recent updates on Nigeria: Nigeria: MSF Treats Children for Lead Poisoning After Long Delay in Clean-Up All articles on Nigeria »	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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