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October 2009
© Michael Goldfarb/MSF

Background

•  Food and hunger

•  Health and diseases

•  Congo (DR) conflict

•  AIDS in Africa

•  AIDS pandemic

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This month we bring you a story about malnutrition in a land rich for cultivation: in the Democratic Republic of Congo, many children suffer from severe malnutrition even though food is abundant where they live. And in Uganda, a community-based movement of HIV-positive patients helps MSF provide care. Plus, this month's Emergency Updates.

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[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

Background information

Briefings

AIDS in Africa - [Who works where]

AIDS pandemic - [Who works where]

Congo (DR) conflict - [Who works where]

Topics

Food and hunger Health

Facts & figures

Congo (DR) Uganda

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