Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

#104 A Doctor Returns to Somaliland

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 6 Dec 2011 13:00:00 -0500

After 20 years outside the country, Dr. Sohur Mire came back to Somaliland to work with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Somaliland is a nominally autonomous region of northern Somalia.

#102 Fighting a Deadly Measles Outbreak Amid Insecurity in Somalia

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Measles have hit the displaced population in and around Mogadishu especially hard. MSF teams are working to try to contain the disease despite significant challenges.

#101 Somalia: The Challenges of Providing Humanitarian Aid

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:00:00 -0500

MSF teams are running 13 medical-nutritional programs throughout south and central Somalia, but the intricacies of clan rivalries, the absence of an effective government, and general insecurity make it very difficult to reach the level of assistance that is needed.

#100 Giving the Right Foods in a Nutrition Crisis

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:00:00 -0500

In Turkana, northwestern Kenya, MSF is now able to distribute supplementary nutrient-rich food, which will prevent children from becoming malnourished.

#99 Children With HIV Need More Treatment Options; DNDi Aims To Help Fill The Void

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Without proper treatment, half of the 370,000 children newly infected with HIV last year will die before they reach their second birthday. But very few medicines are designed and adapted specifically for children, and are affordable and practical to use in the places where they live. The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) recently announced a new project to help develop appropriate HIV drugs for children.

#98 DRC: Fighting A Cholera Epidemic

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:00:00 -0500

A cholera epidemic is sweeping down the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originating in the distant centre of the vast central African country it has now reached the capital, Kinshasa, more than 1,000 miles southwest. People are sick and dying and desperate for help. Robin Meldrum went to the town of Mbandaka, where an MSF emergency team is responding to the crisis.

#97 In Aweil Hospital, South Sudan, Focused On The Most At Risk

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 13:00:00 -0500

In the world's newest country, three out of four people have no access to basic health care. Women and children bear the brunt of this neglect: many women do not survive pregnancy or childbirth, and children die from preventable diseases and malnutrition. MSF is running 13 projects focused on these issues.

#96 Inside Somalia: MSF Malnutrition Ward Is "Beyond Full"

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:00:00 -0500

The effects of ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa region have intensified the situation in Somalia, already precarious due to 20 years of violent conflict: food prices have gone up, livestock are dying, and humanitarian aid in the country is scarce. MSF's Marere Hospital in southern Somalia is the only health facility in the area. A Somali nurse from Marere described the current crisis.

#95 In Helmand Province, Treating Diseases Before They Become Deadly

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 13 Jul 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Gunshot wounds and bomb blasts are not the only life-threatening consequences of war in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. Diseases and conditions such as diarrhea and respiratory tract infections can go untreated and become deadly. In MSF's new outpatient department in Boost Hospital, staff are able to focus on these cases and the challenges they bring.

#94 In Former Soviet Bloc Prisons, Controlling TB Proves Challenging

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 8 Jul 2011 13:00:00 -0500

In the former Soviet bloc country of Kyrgyzstan, MSF has been supporting TB care for prisoners since 2005. The aim is to reduce transmission of TB and treat those who have it. But working within the penitentiary system, which has proven to be a fertile breeding ground for the disease, presents some major challenges.

#93 One of the Largest Refugee Camps in the World is Full And Hundreds More Arrive Every Day

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Somali refugees escaping the conflict in their country continue to arrive en masse in Dadaab, Kenya. The three camps are now home to close to four times the number of people they were built for; collectively, they form one of the largest refugee camps in the word. And yet newly arrived families can no longer get inside.

#92 Outside Humanitarian Spotlight, Central African Republic Is Dogged by Conflict

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tues, 14 Jun 2011 13:00:00 -0500

In Central African Republic, one million people are estimated to be affected by the ongoing violence. Particularly since 2008, families have been repeatedly displaced from their villages, forced to flee into the bush, where they remain trapped and unable to return to their homes, with little access any medical care.

#91 HIV Treatment is Also HIV Prevention

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 8 Jun 2011 13:00:00 -0500

New research has proved conclusively that treatment of HIV can reduce the transmission of the disease from one person to another by 96 percent. In other words, HIV treatment is also HIV prevention. The UN Summit on HIV/AIDS starts on June 8 and officials will decide on a blueprint for the next decade of the global response to the epidemic. Will global leaders act now to save millions of lives and prevent millions of new infections?

#90 Sudan: Thousands Displaced After Clashes in Abyei Region

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thur, 2 Jun 2011 13:00:00 -0500

People in Abyei live on the frontlines of an ongoing battle for control. New clashes that began on May 20 have pushed thousands from their homes and made them even more vulnerable to medical complications.

#89 Fleeing North Africa for Italy, Finding More Uncertainty

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 9 May 2011 13:00:00 -0500

More than 27,000 migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa since fighting began in Tunisia and Libya earlier this year. When they arrive, often after fleeing for their lives, they face appalling conditions. MSF has called once again on the Italian government to provide humane conditions for people escaping violence and abuse.

#88 Women Pay the Price for Years of Neglect in NE Uganda

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 4 May 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Chronic violence and neglect in parts of northeastern Uganda's Karamoja region means 70 percent of the population has no access to any kind of health care. This affects women the most - maternal mortality rates here are 75 percent higher than the national average.

#87 A Better Way to Beat Malaria

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:00:00 -0500

For centuries, the drug quinine has been used to treat malaria, a disease that kills close to one million people a year. But now, there’s a new drug - called artesunate - that is more effective, and far simpler and safer to administer than quinine. The WHO has just revised its guidelines calling for artesunate as the treatment of choice for children with severe malaria, and MSF is making the switch. But to save hundreds of thousands more young lives across the continent, the countries where the disease is endemic also need to make the move from quinine to artesunate in their national treatment guidelines. And that won’t happen without the support of the international community.

#86 Female Genital Cutting in Northern Sudan—Breaking A Taboo

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Female genital cutting, or FGC, has a number of negative physical and psychological effects, and can lead to death by severe bleeding. MSF arrived in the Tagadom area of Red Sea State in 2006 to raise awareness about the medical effects of FGC and to offer high-quality, free-of-charge maternity services. First, however, the teams had to begin a very difficult, and ultimately very rewarding process of talking about these and other taboo subjects.

#85 In Libya, Working to Meet the Greatest Medical Needst

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:00:00 -0500

From the onset of the violence in Libya in February, MSF has been working to assist people in areas with the greatest medical needs—in and around the city of Benghazi in the east and in Misrata in the west. Teams are also on the Tunisian border providing support to people who have fled the conflict.

#84 Conditions Worsening in Ivory Coast

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thur, 31 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0500

MSF is responding to the intensifying post-election violence. Insecurity due to the fighting and international sanctions on Ivory Coast have driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and severely hindered access to essential services—including health care.

#83 In Cambodia, Improving TB Care

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Cambodia has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens in the world, according to the WHO. TB and its drug-resistant forms can be extremely difficult to diagnose and treat, especially in resource-poor countries, where the disease takes advantage of immune systems weaken by malnutrition and HIV, and people have limited access to health care. MSF has been working to improve TB diagnosis, treatment, and training in southeastern city of Kampong Cham.

#82 Preventing and treating obstetric fistulas in Nigeria

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 7 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Obstetric fistulas, most often the result of prolonged obstructed labor, is an opening that occurs between the bladder and the vagina, or between the rectum and the vagina and causes a woman to become incontinent, among other devastating medical and social consequences. According to the UN, an estimated two million women live with fistulas today—about half of them in Nigeria.

#80 A New TB Test Brings Hope

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:00:00 -0500

MSF is always evaluating its projects and looking at other areas where our assistance may be needed. This is done through exploratory missions—or explos.

#79 Explos: How MSF decides to open a new project

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:00:00 -0500

MSF is always evaluating its projects and looking at other areas where our assistance may be needed. This is done through exploratory missions—or explos.

#78 Fighting kala azar in southern Sudan

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 9 Feb 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Kala azar—or visceral leishmaniasis—is a treatable but largely neglected disease. Southern Sudan is currently facing a massive kala azar epidemic. This is a region where three-quarters of the population has no access to basic medical care, and the health system is unable to deal with an emergency on this scale.

#77 Survival migrants in Johannesburg try to improve their living conditions

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:00:00 -0500

MSF works in the inner-city slums of Johannesburg, the destination point for many survival migrants. But finding safe shelter here is extremely challenging.

#76 A Year After the Earthquake in Haiti

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:00:00 -0500

After a year of responding to the post-earthquake needs and the cholera epidemic that began in October, MSF has reviewed its own work in Haiti, and speaks out about what we see as the failure of the international aid system to respond adequately to the still enormous needs on the ground.

#75 DRC: MSF Responds to Mass Rape in South Kivu

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:00:00 -0500

On the night of January first, a large number of women were brutally raped by groups of armed, uniformed men in Fizi, a town in South Kivu Province, eastern DRC. By January 3, an MSF mobile team had provided medical care to 33 victims. But the area has become so tense, the team has not been able to return to Fizi since.

#74 Preparing for potential emergencies in southern Sudan

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 28 Dec 2010 13:00:00 -0500

Today, the southern region of Sudan is confronted by constant emergencies: malnutrition is chronic, violence continues to destroy lives and displace the population, and preventable diseases are relentless killers. More than 75 percent of the population has still no access to any form of basic healthcare. In addition to providing a range of medical services in 13 states of Sudan, at this moment MSF is battling to contain the biggest kala azar outbreak in eight years. And, as Sudan is heading towards a referendum on January 9th, MSF teams are preparing for any needs that might arise in addition to the ongoing medical challenges. If emergency needs soar, whether through violence, displacement or outbreak of diseases, MSF needs to be ready.

#73 Meet the first MSF patient to have recovered from XDR-TB

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:00:00 -0500

XDR-TB stands for extensive drug resistant tuberculosis. Drugs for TB have not been improved in four decades; they cause terrible side effects and require the patient to take numerous pills every day for between six months and three years. While one in five patients under treatment for moderately resistant strains of the disease do not survive, patients with extensively resistant cases, if they can get treatment at all, usually must rely on less effective and more toxic medicines, with lower success rates. For these reasons and others, Xoliswa Armans is a remarkable patient.

#72 In Lagos, Nigeria, building a clinic on water to reach an excluded population

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:00:00 -0500

One of many so-called megacities growing at rapid speeds around the world, Lagos attracts a steady flow of people from rural areas of Nigeria and from other countries. MSF is offering free-of-charge medical services in three slum areas of Lagos, including Makoko, where teams are running a clinic on land and constructing a rather unique small clinic on water.

#71 Assisting ever-growing numbers of Somali refugees in Dadaab, Kenya

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:00:00 -0500

Just across the Somali border lies a complex of overcrowded refugee camps filled with shelters made of twigs, reeds, and whatever scraps inhabitants can find. Each month, about 5,000 new people arrive at the camps, and must carve out space outside the official boundaries. Without access to adequate shelter, food, clean water and sanitation, they are exposed and vulnerable.

#70 Giving Children with HIV the Support They Need

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 1 Dec 2010 13:00:00 -0500

Treating children with HIV goes beyond putting them on medication. Patient support specifically targeted to children helps motivate them to stick with their treatment regimen. But there has yet to be a scientific study to help determine the best practices for providing this support.

#69 Preventing mother-to-child HIV in rural Kenya

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:00:00 -0500

In Kenya, more than 22,000 children were infected with HIV in 2009. The district of Homa Bay, in rural western Kenya, has the country's highest HIV prevalence rate. MSF is working to stop the spread of the disease in Homa Bay with its prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program.

#68 Fighting cholera in Haiti

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:00:00 -0500

More than 1,150 MSF staff are responding to the massive cholera outbreak right now, a daunting task given the quickly rising numbers of cases throughout the country.

#67 "Europe! HANDS OFF Our Medicine"

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:00:00 -0500

MSF launched a public campaign to tell Europe to back off its trade policies that could destroy India's generics industry and keep millions of people in developing countries from their urgently needed medicines.

#66 Treating survivors of domestic and sexual violence in PNG

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:00:00 -0500

In Papua New Guinea, 70 percent of women say they've been physically abused by their husbands, and in some parts of the country that number reaches 100 percent, according to the PNG Law Reform Commission. When this kind of violence is so widespread, what kind of a difference can a small MSF project make?

#65 MSF closes a long-running hospital in DRC

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:00:00 -0500

The Bon Marche Hospital in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was started by MSF in 2003 after years of conflict and instability had rendered the national health services almost non-existent. Now, although violence between armed groups in the Congo is still a huge concern, the situation in Bunia itself is significantly calmer. This year MSF handed over medical activites back to the country's ministry of health. Hear about how and why MSF leaves a project.

#64 MSF's Kashmir radio soap opera

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:00:00 -0500

"Alaw Baya Alaw" - Kashmiri for "Hello Brother, Hello" - has been on the air in the Kashmir Valley since 2005. Its purpose is to raise awareness of mental health issues in an entertaining way.

#63 In Kashmir, mental health care during a surge of violence

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:00:00 -0500

The Kashmir Valley has been in the midst of increasing civil unrest since June. Violent, deadly clashes between protestors and security forces have led to strict 24-hour curfews and an even more pronounced military presence on the streets, the combination of which has kept people from accessing much-needed mental health care. MSF has been providing psychological care in Kashmir since 2002 and since June the team has had to adjust its strategy to in order to reach those who need help the most.

#62 Difficulties of treating children with TB

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:00:00 -0500

In Mathare, a poor area on the outskirts of Nairobi, MSF treats children with TB, but just diagnosing them is extremely challenging. Results of the lack of research into TB means the main diagnostic tool for the adult form of the disease is 130 years old and not at all adapted for use with children.

#61 The retreat from funding the fight against AIDS: Part 3 - Sending a message

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0500

Patients who have built up resistance to their first treatment regimen urgently need second- or third-line treatment.

#60 The retreat from funding the fight against AIDS: Part 2 - Better treatment now

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0500

Better drugs, administered sooner to HIV/AIDS patients is better for all parties involved; but donors are focused on short-term costs.

#59 The retreat from funding the fight against AIDS: Part 1 - Changes on the ground

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 14 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0500

The impact of funding shortfalls for HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries is already being seen by MSF teams working in these areas. Patients are suffering and treatment providers are scrambling for supplies. One positive development - patients are making their voices heard.

#58 Treating kala azar in Bangladesh

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0500

The neglected and deadly disease kala azar - also called visceral leishmaniasis - is currently being reported in 45 districts of Bangladesh. MSF is working in two areas of Mymensingh district, which has 60 percent of the country's cases.

#57 Starved for Attention

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0500

How the international food aid system is failing children; and how MSF's multimedia campaign, Starved for Attention, aims to spur public awareness and push international food aid donors to make their food nutritionally adequate for young children.

#56 Preventing mother-to-child HIV in Uganda

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 24 August 2010 10:00:00 -0500

Less than 100 babies contract HIV from their mothers in US every year, while 18,000 known cases occur in Uganda.

#55 Malnutrition Crisis in Chad

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 18 August 2010 16:00:00 -0500

Food insecurity is particularly severe in areas of the Sahel region this year; MSF is conducting emergency nutrition interventions.

#54 Emergency response to floods in Pakistan

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 09 August 2010 15:00:00 -0500

An MSF team conducted a helicopter assessment of areas cut off from aid by destroyed roads and bridges - this is what they saw.

#53 Restarting lives in Sri Lanka

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 03 August 2010 16:00:00 -0500

More than a year after the end of the war in Sri Lanka, people who suffered spinal injuries as a result of the conflict are starting life again. We meet some of the patients at MSF's rehabilitation unit in Pompamadhu Hospital in Vavuniya.

#52 MSF Responds to Victims of Violence in Kyrgyzstan

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 27 July 2010 12:00:00 -0500

In June, violent clashes between Uzbek and Kyrgyz communities left hundreds dead and thousands wounded. MSF is treating victims of the violence and preparing for more.

#51 How a Ugandan doctor began working with MSF

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 21 July 2010 14:00:00 -0500

Only 10 percent of the 27,000 people working for MSF around the world are international field workers; the vast majority are national staff working in their home countries.

#50 Haiti - Six Months After the Earthquake

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 12 July 2010 15:00:00 -0500

The needs for primary health care, as well as obstetric, emergency, and mental health care are still huge.

#49 Lead-poisoning in Nigeria

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 06 July 2010 16:00:00 -0500

For the first time, MSF treats patients for lead-poisoning after a village in Nigeria experiences a number of unexplained child deaths.

MSF Frontline Reports

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:00:00 -0500

Keeping babies alive during the first 28 days of their lives is challenging in some parts of the world, including Aweil, Southern Sudan, where MSF runs a neonatal care program.

MSF Frontline Reports

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:00:00 -0500

The dual HIV-TB epidemics in Swaziland have devastating consequences; MSF uses innovative ways to provide access to care.

MSF Frontline Reports

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:00:00 -0500

While the world's eyes are on South Africa during the World Cup, this is also where the battle against HIV/AIDS is being played out, and patients are in danger of losing.

MSF Frontline Reports

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:00:00 -0500

Troubadours de l'espoir - the troubadours of hope - in Haiti. An MSF psychologist helped found this group of four young musicians who have become an integral part of one of MSF's mental health teams.

MSF Frontline Reports

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:00:00 -0500

MSF is providing mental health care for migrants inside overcrowded, underserviced Greek detention centers.

MSF Frontline Reports - April 2010

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 4 May 2010 16:00:00 -0500

Follow the story of a malnourished child in Bihar State, one of the poorest areas of India. Also: India's generics industry is under threat; MSF treats gunshot victims in Southern Sudan; and alarmingly high numbers of female migrants in Morocco have been victims of sexual violence.

MSF Frontline Reports - March 2010

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:00:00 -0500

In Armenia, patients with drug-resistant strains of TB have to undergo extremely challenging treatment; also - MSF's reaction to NATO's call for NGOs to work alongside military operations; and in Burundi a strategic response to an alarming outbreak of malaria.

MSF Frontline Reports - February 2010

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 26 Feb 2010 16:00:00 -0500

Meet Natacha, a mother in Burkina Faso who struggles for her childrens' survival every year during the hunger gap; hear about MSF's work in some of Zimbabwe's prisons; and get an update on the urgent needs in Haiti.

MSF Frontline Reports - January 2010

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:58:00 -0500

From Port-au-Prince we bring you a report on MSF's emergency response to the Haiti earthquake; in the first three weeks MSF treated more than 11,000 patients. You'll hear from Haitian and international staff, as well as patients, on the ground.

MSF Frontline Reports - December 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 1 Dec 2009 17:30:00 -0500

Hear the song created by an MSF nurse in Central African Republic to raise awareness of sleeping sickness and malaria; MSF helps fight HIV/AIDS in South Africa's Khayelitsha township and addresses the double crises of HIV-TB co-infection in Swaziland.

MSF Frontline Reports - November 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 1 Dec 2009 17:30:00 -0500

In Sierra Leone, a new free health care proposal could save lives; and from Bangladesh, MSF assists Rohingya people struggling to survive; plus, this month's Emergency Updates.

MSF Frontline Reports - October 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0500

From DRC, a story about malnutrition in a land rich for cultivation; and in Uganda, HIV-positive activist patients help MSF provide care; plus, this month's Emergency Updates.

MSF Frontline Reports - September 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:30:00 -0500

We go to northern Nigeria, where MSF provides surgery to women with fistulas; and an MSF aid worker describes working in Burkina Faso during the annual peak in malnutrition. You'll also hear emergency updates from MSF projects around the world.

MSF Frontline Reports - August 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:25:00 -0500

New challenges to the fight against AIDS in the developing world; and in Ingushetia, civilians are suffering from a surge in violence.

MSF Frontline Reports - July 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:25:00 -0500

This month, MSF launches a new podcast format, including a round-up of emergency updates from MSF projects worldwide. In our main reports, hear how MSF's program for victims of sexual violence has helped a 17-year-old patient in Guatemala, and listen to an interview with an MSF water and sanitation specialist just returned from Bangladesh, where survivors of Cyclone Aila are struggling to recover.

MSF Frontline Reports - June 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thur, 2 Jul 2009 11:00:00 -0500

At least 10 percent of the population in Bolivia is believed to be carrying the parasite for Chagas disease. Few people, including medical staff, are aware of its prevalence, but MSF is running a ground-breaking program there. Also hear how MSF is offering mental health care to those affected by continuing violence on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. And learn how MSF is providing health care in Balochistan province in Pakistan, where decades of insecurity has made medical services rare.

MSF Frontline Reports - May 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:00:00 -0500

MSF halts medical activities at a camp for Hmong refugees in northern Thailand after four years as the sole humanitarian organization providing assistance. Also, hear a report from the country of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific, where MSF is helping victims of widespread domestic violence.

MSF Frontline Reports - April 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 1 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500

MSF is carrying out its largest ever vaccination campaign to fight a meningitis epidemic in West Africa. And hear MSF field workers in Haiti describe the overwhelming need for medical care in that country.

MSF Frontline Reports - March 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 3 April 2009 10:00:00 -0500

At least 3 million Zimbabweans are living in South Africa after fleeing a dramatically deteriorating situation in a country in crisis, yet few can find respite. Also in this edition, hear how MSF assists victims of rape in projects around the world.

MSF Frontline Reports - February 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 27 February 2009 10:00:00 -0500

In this edition, hear a report from Haut Uélé Province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where MSF is trying to bring medical care to those injured and displaced by the Lord's Resistance Army. Listen to a report on the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe that has given rise to the recent, ongoing cholera epidemic; and hear a day in the life of an MSF field worker from Texas helping to bring treatment to victims of cholera in Zimbabwe.

MSF Frontline Reports - January 2009

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 30 January 2009 10:00:00 -0500

A report from Gaza and stories about two direly needed MSF maternal health programs in Haiti and Pakistan. Aid groups brought more surgical teams and supplies to Gaza last week, but wounds are still deep in this war-torn area. An MSF hospital for women with complicated pregnancies is thrown into chaos when government hospitals are shut down city-wide. And, a report from Kuchlak, a remote part of Pakistan near the Afghan border, where it is often dangerous to be a pregnant woman.

MSF Frontline Reports - "Top Ten" Humanitarian Crises of 2008

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 30 December 2008 10:00:00 -0500

Three of the urgent crises MSF named in its "Top Ten" of 2008: people's struggle to survive amid the violent chaos in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; the dire need for the international community to adopt proven, lifesaving ready-to-use foods to treat and prevent malnutrition; and a widespread cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe, brought on by the country's downward economic spiral.

MSF Frontline Reports - October 2008

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 29 October 2008 10:00:00 -0500

Listen to reports on new strategies to combat malaria and MSF's response to the devastation wrought by successive hurricanes hitting Haiti. In the top story, hear how thousands of Somalis and Ethiopians fleeing war and destitution are undertaking a perilous journey aboard illegal smugglers' boats to cross the Gulf of Aden.

MSF Frontline Reports - MSF at the International AIDS Conference

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 19 September 2008 10:00:00 -0500

In this special edition, listen to stories from the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico. This August, MSF presented medical data from its HIV/AIDS projects around the world and discussed challenges to providing the best care. You'll hear about two key issues: the shortage of health workers in sub-Saharan Africa that is helping to keep the 70 percent of people living with HIV from receiving the care they desperately need; and the challenges to treating children with HIV.

MSF Frontline Reports - June 2008

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 30 May 2008 10:00:00 -0500

In this edition, listen to stories on why the current global system of pharmaceutical research and development is failing millions of people around the world, how MSF is assisting Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh who for more than a decade have been fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar, and MSF's response to the nutritional emergency in southern Ethiopia.

MSF Frontline Reports - Myanmar Cyclone Emergency II

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 -0500

Myanmar Cyclone Emergency II

MSF Frontline Reports - Myanmar Cyclone Emergency

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 -0500

Myanmar Cyclone Emergency

MSF Frontline Reports - April 2008

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 -0500

Stories on an MSF study on predicting and responding to measles outbreaks in the West African nation of Niger, how a South African mother and her baby daughter fought to survive a deadly form of tuberculosis, and how thousands are still waiting for the promises of peace in southern Sudan.

MSF Frontline Reports - March 2008

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 26 March 2008 16:00:00 -0500

Focus on Darfur

MSF Frontline Reports - February 2008

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 28 February 2008 15:00:00 -0500

In this edition, reports on how a neglected disease continues to cause blindness in people living with HIV/AIDS in Southeast Asia, on India's hidden war in Chhattisgarh state, and on the evolution of MSF's response to post-election violence in Kenya.

MSF Frontline Reports - January 2008

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 31 January 2008 15:00:00 -0500

Reports on three of the most underreported humanitarian stories from the past year, including stories on how MSF is responding to Sri Lanka's rekindled civil war and the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province. The struggle for civilians to survive amid the violence in the Central African Republic is the top story.

MSF Frontline Reports - December 2007

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 27 December 2007 15:00:00 -0500

In this edition, listen to how MSF is responding to the conflict in Iraq and providing health care to vulnerable Burmese migrant workers in southern Thailand. In the top story, a report on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, which has been the setting of chronic fighting for nearly a decade. Since August, clashes between the Congolese army and rebel groups refusing to be integrated into the national army have forced more than 500,000 people to flee, according to the United Nations.

MSF Frontline Reports - October 2007

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 25 October 2007 16:00:00 -0500

In this edition, reports on how an MSF hospital in Haiti is responding to the overwhelming need for maternal health care in country's capital, Port-au-Prince, and the ways MSF is confronting the AIDS pandemic in Cambodia. Plus, a story on MSF's use of lifesaving ready-to-use foods to treat malnourished children in the West African country of Niger.

MSF Frontline Reports - Somalia Alert

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thurs, 6 September 2007 16:00:00 -0500

In this special edition, we focus on the deteriorating situation for civilians and medical workers in Mogadishu, Somalia. Somalia has been wracked by violence for nearly 16 years now. But the past months has seen some of the worst fighting ever in the capital, Mogadishu. Access to medical care and assistance for civilians and displaced persons in and around the war-ravaged Somali capital has decreased alarmingly in the past few months. Kris Torgeson has this report from Nairobi, Kenya, where MSF spoke out against the dire humanitarian situation in Mogadishu. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports August 2007

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 27 August 2007 16:00:00 -0500

In this month's edition, you'll hear how MSF teams are confronting tuberculosis along the Thai-Burmese border and how epidemiological research is guiding some of MSF's most important humanitarian assistance programs. You can also hear firsthand accounts from people who have fled Colombia's civil war. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports June-July 2007

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 06 July 2007 16:00:00 -0500

In this month's edition, you'll hear how the health-care worker crisis in southern Africa is undermining efforts to provide HIV/AIDS treatment and why a man living with AIDS in Thailand needs access to an AIDS medicine produced by an American pharmaceutical company. In our top story, an update on the situation in eastern Chad, where deadly attacks on villages have forced more than 150,000 people to flee their homes. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports May 2007

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 22 May 2007 16:00:00 -0500

In this month's edition, you'll hear stories on how Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is responding to the upsurge of violence in the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka and West Africa's Ivory Coast. And a feature on MSF's reconstructive surgery program in Amman, Jordan, for war-wounded Iraqi civilians. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports April 2007

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 7 May 2007 10:00:00 -0500

In this month's edition, listen to stories on how MSF is treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the former Soviet state of Georgia, responding to the latest outbreaks of violence in the central African nation of Chad, and assisting victims of violence in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta region. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports March 2007

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:00:00 -0500

Listen to reports on current issues affecting access to essential medicines, including a new, easy-to-use treatment for malaria; a court case in India that could prevent millions of people around the world from getting the medicines they need to survive; and on the fight to secure a vital AIDS drug in Thailand. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports February 2007

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:20:00 -0500

Listen to reports on the ongoing violence along the Chad-Sudan border and MSF's response to an epidemic of meningitis in northern Uganda. In addition, a story on the global vaccine shortage for meningitis. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports January 2007

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:20:00 -0500

In this edition, you'll hear reports on an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever, a rare viral disease, in northeastern Kenya, and on HIV/AIDS treatment in Malawi. Plus, learn how MSF is using an outdoor, interactive exhibit to shed light on the plight of the 33 million people worldwide who have been uprooted by war. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports December 2006

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:20:00 -0500

In this edition, a story on the humanitarian situation in Darfur, Sudan, an interview with MSF's international council president on the war-torn region, and a report on the mounting human toll of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports November 2006

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:20:00 -0500

MSF Frontline Reports October 2006

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:20:00 -0500

Includes news about the surge of reported sexual violence cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo; MSF medical teams discuss the challenges of treating HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in one of Kenya's largest slums; and how MSF is using new strategies to combat acute malnutrition in Niger. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:20:00 -0500

Includes stories from the medical frontlines in Haiti and Somalia, and a report on how MSF is bringing HIV/AIDS treatment to the most remote and mountainous areas of Lesotho. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:20:00 -0500

Includes reports from Lebanon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a discussion of how the situation in Northern Uganda has evolved over the past year. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:20:00 -0500

MSF Frontline Reports June 2006 includes a discussion with nutrition specialist Dr. Milton Tectonidis about an innovative strategy for treating acute malnutrition, as well as news from northern Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Palestinian Territories. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.

MSF Frontline Reports

podcast@doctorswithoutborders.org — Tue, 23 May 2006 13:20:00 -0500

May 2006 Frontline Report features news from Sudan and Colombia, and on the fight to access critical new AIDS drugs in developing countries. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org.