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E-newsletter Issue 26 | August 2004
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DARFUR DISASTER – AID EFFORT
NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH
Despite the increased political and media attention being given to the crisis
in Darfur, Western Sudan, the international medical relief agency, Médecins
Sans Frontières says that the desperate condition of the people there is
not improving.
» Read the full article
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Letter home from Uganda
Susan Thomas, is a nurse from Sydney on her third mission with Médecins
Sans Frontières in Soroti, Uganda. Susan has completed two previous missions
with the organisation in South Sudan and Uganda – this will be the second
time that Susan has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières in Uganda...
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Darfur refugees survive with
help in Chad
Chad stories by Sergio Cecchini, Press Officer for Médecins Sans Frontières
on the Chad/Sudan border. Sergio wrote two brief profiles on children who have
been swept up in this conflict, now living in Iriba and receiving treatment from
Médecins Sans Frontières... »
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Two Pills a Day – Treat
HIV/AIDS Now!
Two years of anti-retroviral treatment in Arua, Uganda commemorated amid calls
for urgent expansion of free treatment...
» Read more |
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NEW ::
TV SERIES ON MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES SCREENING ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL
With unprecedented access, 'Crisis Zone' cameras ride along with doctors, nurses,
psychologists, engineers, and logisticians - joining them as they leave the comforts
of home for some of the planet's most troubled hotspots. Whether it's a civil
war in Burundi or an epidemic in Uzbekistan, 'Crisis Zone' offers a unique inside
look at the lives of humanitarian workers facing their own fears and struggling
to make a difference. 'Crisis Zone' is a weekly television series (in 13 parts)
narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. It features 30 Medecins Sans Frontieres projects
in more than 20 different countries and profiles more than 45 Medecins Sans Frontieres
volunteers (including 4 Australians and a New Zealander).
In this upcoming episode we go to China where Australian nurse, Kate Turner,
tries to introduce modern medical care to one of the most remote regions in China,
where beliefs in mysticism can be more powerful than the allure of western medicine.
And in Ethiopia, Helmy is a 28-year-old Belgian doctor working in Afar, a desolate
region with constant sand storms and searing midday sun. Its Helmy's job to convince
the traditionally nomadic Afar people to stay at the TB clinic long enough to
complete an 8-month-long treatment.
'Crisis Zone' will be running on Discovery Channel at 11.30 pm every Saturday
night …so program your video recorders! » For
details, visit the companion website |
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