October 1, 2009
On October 1-2, 2009, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) are hosting a public event and experts' symposium in Los Angeles, California, on Chagas disease. MSF and DNDi are actively working to increase the diagnosis and treatment of patients with Chagas disease and to address the urgent need for developing new drugs and diagnostics. These two events in Los Angeles aim to raise public and professional awareness and to push for action so that those suffering from this hidden affliction may be cured.
September 11, 2008
A meeting to spotlight the urgent need to scale-up effective interventions
In September 2008, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières and Columbia University's Institute of Human Nutrition will convene a meeting of lead national and international organizations and experts to review recent successes and examine how international nutrition and food aid programming can more effectively address the crisis of malnutrition in high burden regions. At a time of rising food prices and food insecurity, the need to scale up efforts to prevent the deaths, illness and disability caused by malnutrition every year is even more urgent.
August 3, 2008
Mind the Gaps: AIDS Treatment in Health Care Worker Shortages
On August 3, 2008, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) invites you to attend a Satellite meeting on the impact of the health care worker shortage on access to HIV/AIDS treatment and lessons learned from clinicians and advocates working on the ground to overcome this gap. Mexico City 2008.
November 7, 2007
A One Day Symposium on TB Field Diagnostics
This symposium aims to discuss how to improve current practices with the tools that exist today and to explore the implementation of emerging technologies and applications. Participants will also be invited to analyse the roadblocks holding up the development and implementation of improved TB/MDR-TB testing and contribute to developing strategies for challenging stakeholders to overcome these obstacles and put an end to the global neglect of these issues.
January 11, 2007
A meeting to stimulate development of effective new treatments
On January 11, 2007, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, supported by Weill Cornell Medical College, convened a symposium entitled "No Time to Wait" in New York aimed at stimulating efforts to accelerate the development of effective new treatments for tuberculosis (TB).
April 20, 2006
Experiencia MSF – Clínica Tzité
El simposium se trata de una actividad académica de sensibilización, que pretende transmitir a profesionales guatemaltecos la experiencia adquirida por MSF en lo relativo a la atención de niñez y juventud en situación de calle.
Tras más de cinco años de desarrollar el proyecto "Atención médica y psicológica a niños / as y jóvenes de la calle" en Ciudad Guatemala, surge como una estrategia más de sensibilización llevar a cabo un simposium.
April 29, 2004
An International Symposium on Malaria
The World Health Organization has recommended artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to replace the failing drugs in order to reduce mortality and delay further development of resistance. Yet, progress has been slow in getting these new medicines to patients.
