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MSF staff work to clear the back log of patients spilling onto the street in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe. November 2008.

Fighting the tide of cholera in Zimbabwe

As cholera cases in the Zimbabwe town of Beitbridge jumped from 5 to 1,500 in a week, MSF resonded to fight the tide of this highly contagious disease. In 3 days, a cholera treatment center with 130 beds was set up and shipments of supplies and staff began to flood in. However, in a town with such poor sanitary conditions, the situation is still desperate.

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J. sits on his bed after the surgery that saved his life, but couldn't save his arm.

Surgery by text message in Congo (DRC)

David Nott, MSF surgeon, performs amputation from instructions by text message. "In the end he would have died without it so I took a deep breath and followed the instructions to the letter."

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Macecilia, MSF counselling coordinator in Lesotho.

Macecilia's message on World AIDS Day

Macecilia, HIV counseling coordinator in Lesotho for MSF, works in the St. Rodrigue clinic, a project that the BBC is currently following through community diaries. She sends the following message from Lesotho on World Aids Day...

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