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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) frequently publishes updates, press releases, and other forms of communication about its work in more than 60 countries around the world. See the list below for the most recent updates or search by location, topic, or year.

Press release

Afghans to Lose Vital International Aid at Time of Most Urgent Need

December 18, 2000

Herat/New York, 19 December 2000 — The international medical aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns of a severe deterioration in the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. In view of the proposed additional UN sanctions, UN agencies withdrew their international staff, bringing their vital relief operations almost to a standstill.
Press release

Insufficient Supply of Vaccines for Yellow Fever Epidemic in Guinea

December 17, 2000

Millions in Danger of Contracting Disease
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Malaria Epidemic of Unprecedented Proportion in Burundi

December 11, 2000

MSF Calls for WHO Support for More Effective Treatment
Press release

Cholera and Warfare Endanger Population of Pweto, DRC

December 07, 2000

Kinshasa/Brussels, 8 December 2000 — Due to serious unrest taking place in the town of Pweto, Katanga province, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the civilian population is being exposed to major risks, posed both by the conflict itself and by the major cholera epidemic rampant in the region. Over recent days, the fighting has caused thousands of people to flee toward Zambia, and rendered the town inaccessible to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team.
Press release

Six Months After Durban: Have AIDS Drug Prices for the Poor Really Been 'Slashed'?

November 30, 2000
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MSF Denounces Politics of Terror On Civilian Populations of Chechnya

November 21, 2000

Calls on European Council Member States to Take Issue to the UN Security Council
Transcript

World AIDS Day Teleconference Transcript

November 20, 2000

Asia Russell (Health GAP Coalition):
Ok, I'm going to get things started. As you've learned we're all on this call together, unlike the UNAIDS reporters call that just ended, this is a low tech operation. So I'll run through after I've introduced folks on what the schedule of the conference call is for the next hour.
Press release

Angola: Pretense of Normality Hides Manipulation, Violence, and a Neglected Population

November 08, 2000
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MSF Exploratory Mission Arrives in Gulu

October 18, 2000
Press release

MSF Calls on Public Investment to Support Neglected Disease Research

October 09, 2000

1999 Nobel Peace Prize Money Goes to Research for Treating Diseases of the Poor

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