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E-newsletter Issue 54 | February 2007
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In the following interview, Gustavo
Fernandez,
Head of Mission in Somalia for MSF Switzerland, explains
some of the challenges faced by MSF in bringing medical humanitarian
action to the people of Somalia...»
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Australian Philip Humphris from
Victoria, is Médecins
Sans Frontières head of mission in Sudan.
He has returned from Darfur and, as the number of aid
actors in Darfur continues to decrease because of the
violence, explains what MSF is doing in the field and
why we are still there... »
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MENINGITIS: LIMITED
VACCINE THREATENS MSF RESPONSE TO EPIDEMICS
Barely two months into Africa’s
dry season, there are several countries facing severe
outbreaks of meningitis. MSF
is responding to epidemics in the Democratic Republic
of Congo, southern Sudan, and northern Uganda. Australian
Dr. Cathy Hewison,
MSF’s
meningitis specialist, answers questions about the risks
for a wide-scale epidemic this year and the current availability
of vaccines... »
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In
September 2006 MSF was obliged to close a medical programme
in Point Pedro Hospital in the north of the country due to
visa restrictions and false accusations leveled against MSF
in the media. Gwenola François, MSF Field Coordinator
in Point Pedro, gives an account of the situation since MSF
has been allowed to return to the north...»
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Early
in the morning of January 24th, heavy fighting erupted
between UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti troops and local
armed groups in Cité Soleil. MSF assisted those wounded
in the clashes...»
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