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In the News (Fri 11 Dec 09)

  
  MSF Access Website | The Campaign | About MSF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
MSF teams travel to places that many people have never heard of, to assist those who have fallen victim to natural or man-made disasters.
MSF volunteers have a story to tell when they return from their missions, and they use their experiences to speak of what they have seen.
MSF offices worldwide facilitate the organisation of gatherings, for individuals and groups who want to speak in their home communities.
www.accessmed-msf.org /campaign/about.shtm   (418 words)

  
 Médecins Sans Frontières: A lawsuit sheds light on ransom (copie 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
MSF is concerned about the impact of the court case on the ability of humanitarian organisations to provide assistance in conflict areas.
MSF is in court instead of the perpetrators of Arjan’s kidnapping.
MSF believes that the Dutch government uses this court case to publicly uphold their policy of non-negotiation and non-payment, and to avoid political debate.
www.msf.ch /index.php?id=441   (908 words)

  
 Médecins Sans Frontières - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MSF volunteers revealed many personal accounts of the horrors they had witnessed, including tortures, mass executions, cannibalism, and large-scale starvation and disease, and in 1989 two volunteers were killed when their plane was shot down.
MSF was forced to leave the area in 1995, when the Bosnian Serb Army captured the town, deported the majority of the inhabitants, and killed approximately 8,000.
MSF first set up a field mission in Côte d'Ivoire in 1990, but ongoing violence and the 2002 division of the country by rebel groups and the government led to several massacres, and MSF teams have even begun to suspect that an ethnic cleansing is occurring.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res   (6245 words)

  
 MSF UAE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
MSF decided to contact its donors, asking their permission to derestrict their donations so that they could be used for other emergencies and forgotten crises.
MSF is extremely grateful to its donors for their spontaneous donations following the tsunami and will continue to use their money to provide medical care in the regions affected by the disaster as well as in other emergencies and forgotten crises.
MSF has been providing medical care, surgery, pediatric and maternal care in Adré hospital, which is accessible to the refugees, as well as food and shelter in four camps.
www.msfuae.ae /en/files/press/details.asp?ID=40   (3192 words)

  
 Medecins Sans Frontieres Greece - Γιατροί Χωρίς Σύνορα - Ελληνικό Τμήμα
In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existent, MSF collaborates with authorities such as the Ministry of Health to provide assistance.
MSF works in rehabilitation of hospitals and dispensaries, vaccination programmes and water and sanitation projects.
MSF also works in remote health care centres, slum areas and provides training of local personnel.
www.msf.gr /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=476&Itemid=154   (213 words)

  
 Médecins Sans Frontières International Homepage
MSF has just learnt of the judgement handed down by the Court of First Instance of the Republic and Canton of Geneva concerning the case brought against the organisation by the Netherlands Government.
While relief agencies are present in its capital Goz Beida, MSF is being overwhelmed by the huge demand in the border and rural areas of the region, where MSF is, in many places, the only aid actor reaching out to thousands of people.
MSF responds to meningitis epidemic in the West Nile region of northern Uganda
www.msf.org   (974 words)

  
 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) U.S. Web Site
One of the MSF teams is conducting an assessment of the situation in the eastern coastal town of Batticaloa, where the United Nations estimates that more that 650 people have died and 40,000 more have been left homeless.
An MSF team is conducting an assessment in Chennai, the capital city of India's Tamil Nadu state, and further south to Nagapattinam district and the city of Pondicherry.
MSF has sent a team to evaluate the situation in the coastal areas between Myeik and Kawthong in the far southeast of Myanmar/Burma.
www.kintera.org /atf/cf/{A54B526F-06CB-4D53-8A37-C33976730CAB}/dwb.htm   (882 words)

  
 MSF - United Kingdom | Donations
MSF relies on donations from the public for two key reasons: to ensure the freedom to provide humanitarian assistance whenever and wherever it is needed, and to remain independent from political, religious and economic interests.
People are raising money for MSF in all sorts of ways – from weddings to memorials – and many choose to do it the easy way: on the Internet.
Leaving a legacy to MSF is a unique commitment to a cause that makes a real difference to people’s lives.
www.uk2.msf.org /donations   (544 words)

  
 MSF Hong Kong - Working in the field
As an MSF volunteer, you need to respect the views of local health care professionals, and remember that they have lived through the same trauma as the patients, and it is they who will remain after you are gone.
MSF commits to nurture expertise and leadership among its volunteers through training to encourage volunteers to continue to work with the organization beyond their first missions.
Normally those qualified as specialists seek to work with MSF in the area of their specialty, in which case the requirement is for two years' experience in that specialty.
www.msf.org.hk /working/index1.htm   (2818 words)

  
 Press Releases: Bolivia: Floods - Jan 2004, Nearly 40,000 people affected by floods in Bolivia
The MSF team is working closely with local health authorities to strengthen the epidemiological surveillance network, as the risk of epidemic outbreaks of diseases such as dengue fever is high.
MSF: Trinidad (Bolivia)/Barcelona - About 12,000 people are in need of urgent assistance after torrential rains flooded the town of Trinidad, capital of the Beni Province (Bolivia) on January 9, according to the international medical humanitarian organisation, Mandeacute;decins Sans Frontiandegrave;res (MSF).
After a first assessment of the situation, MSF is working in the affected area, providing assistance, such as water and sanitation-related activities, to the people evacuated living in shelters.
www.reliefweb.int /w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/f3c5eb08011adc65c1256e1d003af9f0?OpenDocument   (490 words)

  
 MSF: Welcome
MSF is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex; and raising awareness of the plight of the people we help.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency medical aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 75 countries.
MSF is calling on WHO, UNAIDS, governments, and other international bodies to denounce Abbott's move.
www.msf.ie   (425 words)

  
 International Business School -> Programs -> MSF
The MSF is a primarily a part-time, evening program for experienced professionals seeking expertise in finance, although there is also a full-time option.
The MSF degree is rapidly gaining popularity in the US and abroad because it is shorter than the MBA (10 courses instead of the typical 16) and provides greater depth in finance.
In planning their programs, full time MSF students should probably start in either the summer or the fall, taking at least two courses during the summer, four in the fall and four in the spring.
www.brandeis.edu /global/programs_msf.php   (643 words)

  
 Médecins Sans Frontières: 'Netherlands would pay part of the ransom' - MSF certain in ransom affair Arjan Erkel
Today, the Netherlands and MSF are still arguing about the 1 million Euros ransom payment that was paid for his release.
Steve Cornish was the head of the Swiss mission of MSF in Moscow during the kidnap of Arjan Erkel (from August 2002 to April 2004).
An MSF proposal to pay half of the amount was refused by the Dutch government.
www.msf.ch /index.php?id=377&L=0   (861 words)

  
 Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Microsoft Solutions Framework   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The MSF philosophy holds that there is no single structure or process that optimally applies to the requirements and environments for all projects.
MSF guidance focuses on managing the "people and process." Because the needs and practices of software development teams are constantly evolving, the materials gathered into MSF are continually changing and expanding to keep pace.
MSF uses this pool of real-world best practices, which have been proved both internally and externally, and simplifies, consolidates, and verifies them for easier understanding and adoption by partners and customers.
msdn.microsoft.com /library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvsent/html/vsts-msf.asp   (2406 words)

  
 Microsoft TechNet - Microsoft Solutions Framework
MSF is a deliberate and disciplined approach to technology projects based on a defined set of principles, models, disciplines, concepts, guidelines, and proven practices from Microsoft.
MSF recognizes that change and the resulting uncertainty are inherent aspects of the IT lifecycle.
MSF has a distributed team approach to project management that improves accountability and allows for a great range of scalability from small projects up to very large, complex projects.
www.microsoft.com /technet/solutionaccelerators/msf/default.mspx   (583 words)

  
 Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
MSF has completed a mass meningitis-vaccination campaign in two districts of the West Nile region of Uganda, supervising the vaccination of 291,000 people and assisting with the vaccination of 333,000 more...
MSF decided to open the project because there were no other health facilities in the whole neighbourhood.
In September 2006 MSF was obliged to close a medical programme in Point Pedro Hospital in the north of the country due to visa restrictions and false accusations leveled against MSF in the media.
www.msf.org.au   (1150 words)

  
 NPL Time Metrology
The MSF signal is the principal means of disseminating the UK national standards of time and frequency which are maintained by the National Physical Laboratory.
The MSF 60 kHz standard time and frequency service is funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as part of its provision of time and frequency measurement standards in the UK.
If your MSF clock or watch is not working as expected, have a look here to see if there is an easy solution.
www.npl.co.uk /time/msf   (688 words)

  
 MSF Access Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
MSF notes that the use of compulsory licenses to improve access to essential medicines is consistent with international laws, and is concerned that patients will bear the brunt of Abbott's harsh decision.
MSF presented a study of 352 adult patients from 50 MSF-supported ART projects in 22 countries who had been on first-line treatment for at least six months and then needed to switch to a second-line regimen either because of a drop in CD4 count or a clinical event.
MSF doctors have been struggling to treat TB with the tools available today, a matter which is exacerbated by the HIV pandemic.
www.accessmed-msf.org   (3655 words)

  
 MSF Home :: Publications :: Articles :: Examining the Safety of Aspartame
The message is attributed to "Nancy Merkle," yet no one by that name is known to exist, nor has anyone come forward claiming to be the author.
This hoax first came to the attention of the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation in 1998, when those circulating it added the false claim that the MSF was suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to halt the sale and use of aspartame.
The MSF neither condemns nor endorses aspartame, and has never filed suit against the FDA.
www.msfocus.org /publications/pub_articles_aspart.html   (738 words)

  
 Microsoft Solutions Framework: an introduction
MSF is a flexible, interrelated series of models that can guide an organization through assembling the resources, people, and techniques needed to bring technology infrastructure in line with business objectives.
The purpose of the process model is to provide a framework that will assist organizations to successfully implement technology solutions that meet or exceed the predefined vision and business objectives.
The MSF Team Model focuses on staffing, competency, management, responsibility, and quality in complex projects.
www.echoes.com /msf/index.html   (485 words)

  
 MSF Program, Interested?
The MSF is for students who want an edge in the rapidly changing world of finance.
Graduates of Seattle University's MSF program generally consider career options in financial analysis, security analysis, banking, capital budgeting, portfolio management, international finance, real estate, insurance, personal financial planning, corporate financial management and small business finance.
MSF classes are available in Seattle and Bellevue.
www.seattleu.edu /asbe/finc/AdMSF.asp   (489 words)

  
 Yarn Harlot: TSF FAQ
MSF is a medical relief organization dedicated to bringing help to people in the worst circumstances in the world.
MSF is transparent and neutral without any political or religious affiliations, and does not accept donations from Pharmaceutical companies or companies that make Tobacco or Alcohol.
MSF helps all persons who need them, regardless of their race, religion, politics or gender.
www.yarnharlot.ca /blog/tsffaq.html   (531 words)

  
 MSF - Nyheder
MSF volunteers have been moving back to work in the Panshir Valley, held by the Northern Alliance forces near the front line with the Taleban.
Afghan refugees who have struggled to the borders are also getting medical care, water and sanitation from MSF teams continuing the work in the big Jalozai camp near Peshawar and now in the new Killi Faizo settlement to the south near Chaman.
In the camp, MSF is doing vaccinations and providing basic healthcare and sanitation for some 2,200 people.
www.msf.dk /view.asp?NewsID=180   (564 words)

  
 MSF Home :: About Us :: About MSF
The MSF, a publicly funded 501(c)(3) organization, was established in 1986.
With national headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the MSF employs the concept of utilizing a centralized location to serve the nation.
All MSF services, as well as information, literature and subscriptions to our publications are provided free of charge.
www.msfacts.org /about_us/au_msf.html   (312 words)

  
 www.msf.fr - Médecins Sans Frontières   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Le gouvernement des Pays-Bas, qui réclamait à MSF le remboursement de la rançon qu'il avait versée en avril 2004 pour la libération d'Arjan Erkel, a été débouté de sa demande par le tribunal suisse chargé de l'affaire.
Dans la capitale du Sud-Soudan, MSF a commencé le 14 mars à vacciner la population.
Après plus de deux mois d'interruption forcée, MSF a finalement obtenu l'autorisation de revenir travailler dans des zones touchées par la guerre.
www.msf.fr   (534 words)

  
 360days: MSF nutritional care
9 & 10 October, second part of the trip in Mali with MSF this time in the North around Tombouctou, where an exploration mission is monitoring the population for serious malnutrition.
While the MSF team is screening children for severe malnutrition, Ann-Sophie is negotiating the urgent transfer of a baby to the feeding center.
MSF rapidly took care of bringing drinkable water in quantity.
www.mediapiculture.net /360days/msf/57/msf-malnutrition   (943 words)

  
 Msf - Manage MSF Projects with BrightWork & SharePoint | Web Parts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
MSF promises that all donations received for emergency appeals will go to provide MSF is a neutral and independent international medical organisation.
The MSF is a Biomolecular Resource Facility at the University of California, The MSF is a non-profit facility and operates on a fee-for-service basis.
MSF Luxembourg missions in Mali, a qtvr account of Malnutrion and Malaria in Mali.
bytevista.com /?q=msf   (389 words)

  
 Médicos Sin Fronteras - Sede
Detrás de cada proyecto de MSF hay un enorme trabajo de análisis, gestión, coordinación, logística, financiación y administración, reclutamiento y formación de recursos humanos, captación de fondos y comunicación, que se lleva a cabo a través de sus 19 secciones en todo el mundo.
Realizar entrevistas en profundidad a los coordinadores generales (máximos representantes de MSF en un país y responsables de los proyectos) antes de su salida y después de su llegada.
Experiencia MSF mínima de 2 años como Logísta, incluyendo experiencia de 1 año como Coordinador Técnico Logístico.
www.msf.es /trabajar/sede/index.asp   (5727 words)

  
 MSF Luxembourg | Travailler avec MSF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Defining and reviewing the MSF country health policy in partnership with the mission co-ordination team.
Representation of the MSF for the authorities at project level.
MSF thanks all the candidates but only those selected will be contacted.
www.msf.lu /travailler/pp180405A.php   (239 words)

  
 Support MSF - Legacy or Insurance Beneficiary
Leaving a legacy to MSF, no matter large or small, helps us to continue to bring necessary medical assistance to the people who are suffering from armed conflicts, epidemics outbreak, natural and man-made disasters, and to speak out whenever people cannot access to humanitarian relief, long in the future.
Whenever I learn from the media of the latest humanitarian crisis to emerge, it is always the MSF doctors who are at the forefront, risking their own lives, to bring basic medical services to save the lives of the poor deprived victims of each disaster.
Donating a legacy to MSF under my will, when the money is no longer needed as insurance against my own ill health, is a simple and rewarding arrangement to ultimately support the activities of this wonderful organization.
www.msf.org.hk /support/index8.htm   (1026 words)

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