MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 28 February 2015]
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news-stories/press/press-releases
Selected Press Releases/Field News

Press release
MSF Survey Shows High Viral Load in Men and People with CD4 500-75
February 25, 2015
SEATTLE/NEW YORK—Among individuals not receiving antiretroviral treatment, men had twice the level of HIV virus in their blood as women at the same stage in the disease, according to one of the major findings of a three-country Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) population survey presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle Wednesday.

Press release
Preliminary Results of the JIKI Clinical Trial to test the Efficacy of Favipiravir in Reducing Mortality in Individuals Infected by Ebola Virus in Guinea
February 24, 2015
Initial results of a clinical trial of the experimental drug favipiravir suggest that it can reduce mortality among patients with low levels of the Ebola virus in their blood, but is ineffective for patients with high viral loads who are very sick with the disease.

Field news
CAR: Ongoing Violence Means Ongoing Health Needs in Bambari Area
February 25, 2015
The volatile security situation in Bambari, in the Ouaka province of Central African Republic (CAR), is disrupting life for the town’s residents and impeding aid agencies’ efforts to respond to urgent health needs. While the barricades set up in recent days have been dismantled, the atmosphere in the area remains tense, and residents of Bambari live in fear. Violence and the armed robbery of civilians by undisciplined groups are still a daily occurrence.

Field news
CAR: MSF Begins Vaccination Campaign for 18,000 Displaced by Violence
February 25, 2015
This week, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began a campaign to vaccinate at least 18,000 children under 15 years old against measles and polio in and around the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp near Batangafo in northern CAR.