MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 19 April 2014]

Field News
Treating Chronic Diseases Among Syrian Refugees
April 16, 2014
Since April 2012, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has managed a chronic disease treatment program in Lebanon to meet the desperate needs of Syrian patients who no longer have access to treatment.
“Nearly 90 percent of our patients arrive with prior diagnoses of chronic disease—typically hypertension and diabetes,” says Dr. Wael Harb, MSF supervisory doctor in the Bekaa Valley.

Field news
CAR: Thousands Flee Fighting in Boguila Town
April 14, 2014
Nearly 7,000 people fled into the bush after fighting erupted in Boguila on the night of April 11, 2014.

MSF International ‏@MSF Apr 18
Everyday 300 South Sudanese are crossing into Uganda escaping insecurity & lack of food, more news here http://www.msf.org/article/uganda-msf-increases-its-capacity-action-aid-refugees-south-sudan#.U1FRlIxCQ8c.twitter …

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MSF UK ‏@MSF_uk Apr 17
Since Dec MSF have performed 207,785 ouptatient exams, 1,572 major surgeries & delivered 4,486 babies in South Sudan pic.twitter.com/gFjAqZUMaF

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MSF Science ‏@MSFsci Apr 14
New @MSF research shows the benefits of community based treatment for DR #TB in a township in #SouthAfrica. http://msf.me/1eB6H6k

MSF International ‏@MSF Apr 13
7000 people flee clashes in Boguila on friday, 30 women & kids flee to MSF hospital to stay overnight #CARcrisis : http://tinyurl.com/ojm5c73