MEDSF Nicaragua

Lessons Learned: 'Chagas disease, an invisible threat in Nicaragua'

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Excerpt from the MEDSF 2005 publication: Lessons Learned: "Chagas disease, an invisible threat in Nicaragua"

Know more about Chagas Disease

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Excerpted from the MEDSF 2005 publication: Lessons Learned: "Chagas disease, an invisible threat in Nicaragua"

Chagas treatment: Far from ideal

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Excerpted from the MEDSF 2005 publication: Lessons Learned: "Chagas disease, an invisible threat in Nicaragua"

MEDSF hands over Chagas activities in Nicaragua

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The MEDSF intervention leaves an important legacy. The inclusion of Chagas in the government's ten-year health plan is an important step towards curbing the disease.

MEDSF starts a project to battle Chagas disease in Nicaragua

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 02:30:00 +0000

Médecins Sans Frontières has just launched a program to curb the spread of Chagas disease in the Nicaraguan district of Matagalpa, where 9.4% of school children between 7 and 14 have been found to be infected.

Nicaragua: Living in the middle of a rubbish dump

Fri, 27 Oct 2000 03:30:00 +0000

A case study of El Limonal, a community destroyed by Hurricane Mitch and now existing in a rubbish dump. The site is described as inappropriate for human habitation yet there are efforts to make the site permanent.

Hurricane Mitch: Precarious living conditions remain two years later

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 03:30:00 +0000

Over one and a half million people and 192 healthcare structures in four Central American countries supported by MEDSF.

Hurricane Mitch/Nicaragua: MEDSF begins emergency intervention

Mon, 02 Nov 1998 04:30:00 +0000