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Medecins Sans Frontieres welcomes initiative by UNICEF to make vaccine prices public

Date: 
Tue, 31/05/2011
Spokesperson: 
Médecins Sans Frontières

In a bid to increase transparency and stimulate competition to bring down the prices of vaccines needed in the developing world, UNICEF has decided to publish the prices it pays to vaccine manufacturers.

Bahrain: Medecins Sans Frontieres staff member remains detained

Date: 
Wed, 01/06/2011
Spokesperson: 
Médecins Sans Frontières

An employee of the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has been detained for weeks in Bahrain after being severely beaten upon arrest by authorities, with no information provided about his condition and whereabouts, including to his family and lawyer.

World Health Organization appoints Chinese singer and health activist as Goodwill Ambassador

Date: 
Fri, 03/06/2011
Spokesperson: 
World Health Organization

Acclaimed Chinese vocal artist, Ms Peng Liyuan, was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS today, by the World Health Organization's Director-General Margaret Chan.

Médecins Sans Frontières alarmed by resurgence of cholera in Haiti

Date: 
Fri, 03/06/2011
Spokesperson: 
Médecins Sans Frontières

The Haitian cholera epidemic is far from over. A sharp increase in cases has been seen in the capital and outbreaks have been reported elsewhere in the country.

Governments today to decide fate of nine million lives before AIDS summit

Date: 
Tue, 07/06/2011
Spokesperson: 
Médecins Sans Frontières

At a time when HIV treatment has proven to reduce HIV transmission by 96 percent, governments meeting for the UN Summit on AIDS must agree today to put nine million people on treatment over the next four years, despite strong opposition from several key funders, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières said today.

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