MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 5 April 2014]
Guinea: Mobilization Against Ebola Epidemic
March 31, 2014
With eight confirmed cases of Ebola reported in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is facing an unprecedented epidemic regarding the distribution of the disease, which is present in several locations in Guinea.
To date, Guinean health authorities have recorded 122 suspected patients and 78 deaths. Other cases, suspected or diagnosed, were found in Sierra Leone and Liberia. The outbreak features the Zaire strain of the virus, the most aggressive and deadly. It kills more than nine out of 10 patients. In addition to Conakry, there are cases in Gueckedou, Macenta, Kissidougou, and Nzerekore.
“We are facing an epidemic of a magnitude never before seen in terms of the distribution of cases in the country,” said Mariano Lugli, coordinator of MSF’s project in Conakry…

MSF International ‏@MSF Apr 4
#CARcrisis: “International response has been extremely disheartening”, country still under grip of extreme violence. http://www.msf.org/article/central-african-republic-international-response-conflict-extremely-disheartening …

MSF International ‏@MSF Apr 4
MSF treated over 12,000 people for kala azar in Bihar, #India since July 2007. http://www.msf.org/article/india-access-kala-azar-treatment-public-healthcare-system-needs-be-scaled … #NTDs pic.twitter.com/0oSMAWFIOB

MSF International ‏@MSF Apr 2
MSF releases case studies that reveal the organisation’s internal struggle during the Rwandan genocide. http://speakingout.msf.org/en/the-great-lakes … #Rwanda20yrs
MSF Speaking Out: The Great Lakes of Africa Crises 1994-1997
The first case study: Genocide of Rwandan Tutsis 1994 depicts the MSF reaction when confronted with systematic extermination of Rwandan Tutsis between April and July 1994. The case studies draw from internal field reports, press articles, transcripts from the testimonies of MSF field staff and video footage from MSF and the media. They illuminate the dynamics, dilemmas and disagreements underlying MSF’s humanitarian response to the crisis in Rwanda.
Three more case studies cover the period 1994-1997 when the humanitarian consequences of the genocide affected refugees and host populations. These case studies document the disaster that unfolded in camps in Zaire and Tanzania when over a million people were under the tight control of ‘refugee leaders’ who were also responsible for the genocide, the abuses committed by the new Rwandan regime during and after the genocide, the hunting and killings of the Rwandan refugees in Zaire by the rebel forces supported by the Rwandan army.

MSF International ‏@MSF Apr 1
PRESS RELEASE: #Greece must end systematic and prolonged detention of migrants, says #MSF. http://bit.ly/1gJVEqf