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E-newsletter Issue 67 | April 2008

Haiti
© Guillaume Le Duc

 

ZIMBABWE: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TURMOIL SPARKS HEALTHCARE CRISIS

Rampant unemployment, skyrocketing inflation, food shortages, and political instability continued to wrack Zimbabwe. Up to 3 million people are believed to have fled to neighbouring countries in recent years among a population of 12 million... » read more

 

 

FIELD NOTES:  Brian Moller - Field Coordinator in Gaza
Brian Moller is a nurse from Queensland who is currently on his sixth mission with MSF...» read more

HAITI:  MSF treats over 160 victims of violence, including 44 gunshot wounds, in 4 days in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Despite a relatively quiet day on Thursday 10 April in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, MSF continues to provide medical care to injured in the latest round of civil unrest....» read more

SOUTH SUDAN:  Emergency in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal
In southern Sudan, thousands of families displaced by the recent armed conflict in the oil-rich region of Abyei are in need of emergency assistance. This is occurring in a region where resources are already extremely depleted...» read more

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UPCOMING MSF INFORMATION EVENTS

Sydney (Nepean) Recruitment Evening:
Representatives from MSF are holding Recruitment Information Evening in Western Sydney on Tuesday 27 May at 7pm at the South Block Lecture Theatre, Napean Hospital in Kingswood...» read more

 

 

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