2003 Report: Turkmenistan | Doctors Without Borders

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Publications International Activity Report 2003 Turkmenistan MSF in Turkmenistan, 2003 MSF Activity Reports on Turkmenistan: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006/2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 All articles on Turkmenistan » International staff: 2 National staff: 45 MSF has been in Turkmenistan since 1999 The tuberculosis treatment project carried out by MSF since 1999 targeting Dashoguz province now completely covers this region of 1,040,000 people. At the end of 2002, the program had a success rate (cured and completed) of 85% among new smear-positive TB cases and 80% among TB patients overall. By the end of 2003, MSF plans to hand over all activities of this DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course) program to the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry. The MSF office in Ashgabat remains a vital logistic support to all MSF missions in Central Asia, particularly western and northern Afghanistan.	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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