2003 Report: Uganda | Doctors Without Borders

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Publications International Activity Report 2003 Uganda MSF in Uganda, 2003 MSF Activity Reports on Uganda: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006/2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 Recent update: Month in Focus: September 2012 All articles on Uganda » International staff: 28 National staff: 158 MSF began working in Uganda in 1982 In Uganda, MSF treats infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and kala azar. As part of comprehensive care at its HIV/AIDS clinic in Arua, MSF offers antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to 305 people (as of July 2003) and also works to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. At Amudat hospital in Pokot county, MSF's kala azar ward treated 182 patients in 2002. Malaria is the main cause of mortality in this region. In May 2003, MSF began an efficacy study at Amudat hospital comparing three different combination treatments for malaria. MSF is working to introduce the highly effective artemisinincontaining combination therapy (ACT) in all its projects in Africa. In June 2003, MSF assistance to some of the 120,000 displaced people in western Uganda drew to a close. Recent updates on Uganda: Month in Focus: September 2012 All articles on Uganda »	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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