Doctors Without Borders USA

Severe Increase in Malnutrition in Mazlakh Camp, Afghanistan
06 Feb 02 | A nutritional survey conducted by the international medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders/M‚decins Sans FrontiŠres (MSF) in Mazlakh camp, near the Western Afghan city of Herat, shows a severe increase in malnutrition among thousands of ...

MSF Issues Top Ten List of the Year's Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories
05 Feb 02 | The international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M‚decins Sans FrontiŠres (MSF) today issued its fourth annual list of what it considers to be the most underreported humanitarian stories of the year. The current war has yielded...

Generic AIDS Drugs Offer New Lease on Life to South Africans
29 Jan 02 | Yesterday, three members of the Treatment Action Campaign, (TAC) returned to South Africa from Brazil carrying generic drugs manufactured for use in an AIDS treatment program in Khayelitsha. The South African government should pursue compulsory ...

MSF Expands Emergency Medical Relief to Congolese Displaced by Volcanic Eruption
19 Jan 02 | The international medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders/M‚decins Sans FrontiŠres (MSF) today expanded its operations in western Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in order to assist the population displaced by the eruption ...

Food Crisis Worsening in Northern Afghanistan
18 Jan 02 | A nutritional survey conducted by Doctors Without Borders/M‚decins Sans FrontiŠres (MSF) over the past two weeks in the Karai valley, in Faryab province, northern Afghanistan, shows that 1 out of 7 children under five is malnourished. An MSF ...

Civilians Continue to Flee Violence in Chechnya
16 Jan 02 | The international medical relief organization Doctors Without Borders/M‚decins Sans FrontiŠres (MSF) today called upon Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to ensure that living conditions improve for displaced Chechens in ...