Press Releases
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Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases: What is Still Missing
LONDON, 30 January 2012 – The Gates Foundation-hosted conference held in London today, ‘Uniting To Combat Tropical Diseases’, draws attention to devastating tropical illnesses...
Last updated 30 January 2012
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85% of AIDS patients deprived of treatment in DRC
Kinshasa, 25 January 2012 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is alarmed by the situation of HIV/AIDS patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the lack of priority given...
Last updated 25 January 2012
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MSF holds its first international general assembly, marks fortieth anniversary
Paris/Geneva, 20 January 2011 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) concluded its first ever International General Assembly in Paris over the weekend. Members of MSF gathered from all over...
Last updated 21 December 2011
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East African HIV programmes must wake up to visceral leishmaniasis
With new MSF data showing combination treatments give promising results, diagnosis and treatment of VL should be scaled up South Sudan 2010 © Olga Overbeek ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI, 8 December...
Last updated 8 December 2011
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First-Ever Treatment Guidelines Released for Major Cause of Death of People Living with HIV
MSF study shows cryptococcal meningitis as leading cause of death, but access to best treatment is a major challenge Kenya 2003 © David Levene Addis Ababa, 7 December 2011...
Last updated 7 December 2011
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At African AIDS Conference, MSF Calls For Increased Funding for HIV Treatment
NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 3, 2011 – As Africa’s AIDS Conference convenes in Addis Ababa tomorrow, efforts to combat HIV in sub-Sahara Africa are under serious threat because of a massive...
Last updated 3 December 2011
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MSF response to unprecedented decision to cancel funding round of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria
NOVEMBER 22, 2011 -- Because donor funding for global HIV/AIDS and the Global Fund has been declining, the Fund is in the most dire financial situation it has ever seen since its creation ten years...
Last updated 22 November 2011
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Access to HIV Treatment Must Speed Up to Match Political Promises
Latest UNAIDS treatment numbers show progress, but funding crunch is major threat Uganda 2006 © Jean-Marc Giboux Geneva, 21 November 2011 – The growing number of averted HIV/AIDS...
Last updated 21 November 2011
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Brazilians demand greater access to crucial HIV drug
Civil society files patent opposition to increase access to HIV/AIDS medicines Rio de Janeiro, 10 November 2011 – Brazilian civil society will oppose a patent application today for the key...
Last updated 10 November 2011
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Access to Life-Saving Generic Medicines Threatened by Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement
Japan Must Consider The Impact of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on Access To Medicines In Developing Countries The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement has the potential to greatly diminish...
Last updated 7 November 2011
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