Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia

E-newsletter Issue 59 | August 2007

SOMALIA: ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE DANGEROUSLY SCARCE IN AND AROUND MOGADISHU

Needs are increasing amidst ongoing violence. MSF urges all parties to allow medical staff to work unhindered and to grant patients unimpeded access to care...» read more

	FIELD REFLECTIONS: Dr Tira Aswitama Only three days after she graduated as a medical doctor from Jakarta University, 28-year-old Tira Aswitama joined MSF in Aceh to help survivors of the 2004 Tsunami. Since the project closed Tira has joined MSF's emergency pool in Jakarta...» read more \| »listen to Dr Tira Aswitama
	PERU EARTHQUAKE: Interviews with Luis Encinas and David Weatherhill David Weatherhill is an MSF water and sanitation expert and Luis Encinas is coordinating MSF's emergency intervention launched to provide care to the people affected by the earthquake... » read Luis Encinas's interview \| » listen to David Weatherhill
	NIGERIA: MSF Trauma Centre admits 71 gunshot victims over two weeks in Port Harcourt Over the past two weeks, 71 people with gunshot wounds have been admitted to Teme Hospital in Port Harcourt. MSF has been managing this 70-bed trauma centre since October 2005... » read more
	ROHINGYAS: Burmese refugees – caught between a crocodile and a snake “I was born in Myanmar, but the Burmese government says I don’t belong there. I grew up in Bangladesh, but the Bangladeshi government says I cannot stay there. As a Rohingya, I feel I am caught between a crocodile and a snake”. 19-year-old refugee in Bangladesh... » read more

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