MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 12 April 2014]
Ethiopia: Urgent Assistance Needed for South Sudanese Refugees
April 10, 2014
Tens of thousands of refugees who have fled violence and deprivation in South Sudan and sought refuge in camps in Ethiopia’s Gambella region lack water, food, and sanitation and are suffering from emergency medical conditions.
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South Sudan: UN Indifferent to Displaced People
April 09, 2014
NEW YORK—In a shocking display of indifference, senior officials with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have refused to improve living conditions for 21,000 displaced people living in a flood-prone part of a UN peacekeeping base in the capital Juba, where they are exposed to waterborne diseases and potential epidemics, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.
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Press release
MSF Response to the New WHO Guidelines for Hep C Treatment
April 09, 2014
Geneva/New York—Patent barriers and high prices on oral treatments for hepatitis C could make it too expensive for developing countries to scale-up diagnosis and treatment of the disease, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. The warning comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) issued the first-ever guidelines for treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV).
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Greece: MSF Denounces Indefinite Detention of Migrants
April 08, 2014
ATHENS/BRUSSELS/NEW YORK—A decision by Greek authorities to detain migrants indefinitely is an appalling sign of the country’s harsh treatment of migrants, worsening their already desperate situation, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières said today.
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MSF International @MSF 10h
7000 people flee clashes in Boguila on friday, 30 women & kids flee to MSF hospital to stay overnight #CARcrisis : http://tinyurl.com/ojm5c73
MSF International @MSF Apr 11
MSF resumes activities in #Ebola centre in Macenta, southeast #Guinea http://bit.ly/1iDuqQ4
MSF International @MSF Apr 9
Shameful attitude to vulnerable displaced by leadership of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) http://bit.ly/1hrj8BK
MSF International @MSF Apr 8
MSF denounces #Greece ‘s decision to detain migrants indefinitely until they are forcibly returned/voluntarily return http://www.msf.org/article/msf-denounces-greek-authorities%E2%80%99-decision-detain-migrants-indefinitely …