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Rocket hits Medecins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen, killing three: MSF

01/10/2016 majac Your Health Matters

DUBAI (Reuters) – A rocket hit a clinic supported by international medical group Medecins Sans Frontieres (#MSF) in northern Yemen on Sunday, killing three people, the group said. “A rocket landed in MSF supported health center in Razeh, #Saada today. 3 killed 10 injured Saada,” the group wrote on its Twitter account. It did not say who it believed fired the rocket. MSF said Saudi-led air strikes hit another of its health facilities elsewhere in the province in October, wrecking the building and lightly wounding two staff members. (Reporting By Noah Browning, Editing by William Maclean)
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Malaria infections surge in Congo: MSF

04/24/2012 majac Your Health Matters

DAKAR (Reuters) – Malaria cases treated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) more than tripled to 155,000 last year from two years previous, the aid agency said on Tuesday. The increase shows an upsurge in the prevalence of the deadly mosquito-borne parasitic disease, but it was still unclear what was behind the increase in the number, MSF said ahead of world malaria day on Wednesday. “It’s very difficult to give a scientific answer … …

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1,000 women a day die in childbirth, says MSF

03/08/2012 majac Your Health Matters

About 1,000 women die each day in childbirth or from preventable complications related to pregnancy, humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said Thursday.

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MSF: 15,000 Congo AIDS victims likely will die (AP)

01/27/2012 majac Your Health Matters

AP – Some 15,000 AIDS victims in Congo likely will die waiting for lifesaving drugs in the next three years, Doctors Without Borders warned Wednesday in a report describing “horrific” health care access.

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