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A female staff member is interviewed by a television crew from the Afghanistan national TV station, Shamshad, outside MSF's maternity hospital in Khost, Afghanistan, 2013.

Browse the latest stories and reports on MSF from various media outlets.

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CNN.com International: Cholera death toll in Haiti rises to more than 3,000

December 31, 2010

In the 10 weeks since an epidemic erupted in Haiti, cholera has killed more than 3,000 people -- partly because the distribution of health supplies remains a logistical nightmare.

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The Guardian: Haiti - where aid failed

December 27, 2010

MSF International President asks "Why have at least 2,500 people died of cholera when there are about 12,000 NGOs in the country?"

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ABC News: Severe Stunting: Twelve Years Old Going on Five

December 14, 2010

Amidst the lush landscape and breathtaking natural beauty of Guatemala, more than half the population lives below the poverty line and suffers from chronic malnutrition.

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MSNBC: Ann Curry’s Haiti tweet ranked most powerful of 2010

December 14, 2010

Twitter announced its list of the Top 10 most powerful tweets of the year on Tuesday, and TODAY show anchor Ann Curry’s 50-character message imploring the Air Force to allow physicians to land in Haiti to administer aid to the injured and dying came in No. 1.

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New York Times: Killings of Afghan Relief Workers Stir Strategy Debate

December 13, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 100 relief workers in Afghanistan have been killed so far this year, far more than in any previous year, prompting a debate within humanitarian organizations about whether American military strategy is putting them and the Afghans they serve at unnecessary risk.

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New York Times: Letter - AIDS in South Africa

November 29, 2010

The recent report on AIDS in South Africa, where Doctors Without Borders has been providing AIDS treatment for 10 years, lays out stark policy choices its government must make in order to reduce AIDS deaths and avert millions of infections in the next 20 years.

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PLoS Blog: Emergency Cholera Response in Haiti and Beyond

November 23, 2010

Guest blog by David M. Olson, MD, Medical Advisor, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), New York, NY, USA. This week I have been called back to Haiti because of the cholera epidemic that first hit in late October and which continues to have a devastating effect. At the time of writing this post, more than 1,100 people have died and over 18,000 hospitalizations due to cholera have been reported throughout the country. 
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MSF-USA Executive Director Sophie Delaunay discusses the cholera crisis on NPR's "Tell Me More"

November 22, 2010

With less than a week to go before presidential elections in Haiti, aid agencies are struggling to contain a growing cholera epidemic on the island. At least 1,250 Haitians have now died of cholera and thousands more are infected with the disease, which is spreading through the capital Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country.
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Al Jazeera - The Riz Khan Show: Aid Under Fire

November 10, 2010

How can aid workers fulfill their humanitarian mission when they themselves are perceived as legitimate targets?

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Foreign Policy: Drowning humanitarian aid

October 27, 2010

Barely hidden beneath the surface of Pakistan's worst flooding in living memory were the geopolitical stakes shaping both the justifications for official Western assistance and how aid was delivered to victims of the disaster. The perverse result may be a further restricting of the ability of humanitarian aid workers to assist the Pakistani population in the most volatile areas of the country.

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