Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia

E-newsletter Issue 48 | August 2006

MSF REACTS TO LEBANON CRISIS

Since hostilities increased between Israel and Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon on 12 July, Médecins Sans Frontières teams have been seeking to assist civilians trapped in the conflict zone. It is also assisting the displaced population in Beirut and northern Lebanon...
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	Letter Home, Damien Brown – Mavinga, Angola Damien Brown is a doctor from Eltham in Victoria, who is currently on his first mission in southern Angola. Damien writes about the challenges and reality of working in Mavinga, an extremely resource-scarce town in Cuando Cubango Province - traumatised by decades of civil war...» Read more
	Katanga's displaced face hunger and neglect While the spotlights are focused on the historic elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, some 20,000 displaced people are surviving painfully in makeshift camps and in villages around Mitwaba, in the western province of Katanga. MSF continues to offer emergency assistance to the local and displaced populations...» Read more
	INCREASED INSECURITY HAMPERS MSF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE POPULATION OF DARFUR Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) demands that provision of medical care be allowed and respected in the conflict in Darfur. Many MSF activities are currently suspended, leaving thousands of patients untreated everyday...» Read more

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