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E-newsletter Issue 70 | July 2008
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© Guillaume Le Duc
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The people of Somalia are currently facing a massive humanitarian crisis with unmet critical medical needs. In May alone, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in the Mogadishu suburbs of Hawa Abdi and Afgoye treated more than 2,500 children suffering from acute malnutrition with admissions to MSF nutritional programs doubling in April and doubling again in May....» read more |
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FIELD NOTES : Interview with Matt Arnold, responsible for Water Sanitation on the Emergency Team with Médecins Sans Frontières in Amsterdam.
An outbreak of Hepatitis E started in Kitgum, Northern Uganda, in November 2007, and six months later it is still ongoing and spreading...» read more |
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ETHIOPIA: Repeated obstructions lead MSF Switzerland to pull out from Fiiq
Unable to respond to medical needs of populations affected by the internal conflict in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, the Swiss section of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to stop its activities and withdraw from the Fiiq area where it started an assistance program in December 2007....» read more
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DARFUR: Gaining acceptance for mental healthcare in Darfur
Musa was chained naked to a tree stump for five years as an act of love. In Darfur, Sudan, as in many regions of the world where treatment for psychiatric illness is seldom understood, nor available, protecting a man from injuring himself and others can push families to drastic measures....» read more
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WHAT'S ON
REFUGEE CAMP IN YOUR CITY
inTENTsive care with Médecins Sans Frontières
On August 27 2008, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Australia is launching the first Australian tour of REFUGEE CAMP IN YOUR CITY, an outdoor, interactive event that re-creates a refugee camp and its facilities on your doorstep. It is open to the public - entrance is free - and fully interpreted by Australian returned field workers. The venues and dates are:
BRISBANE - South Bank, as part of Riverfestival 2008
Wed 27- Sun 31 August
WESTERN SYDNEY - The Overflow at Sydney Olympic Park
Fri 5- Tue 9 September
SYDNEY CITY - Martin Place
Sat 13- Wed 17 September
CANBERRA - Glebe Park
Sat 20- Wed 24 September
Click here for more onformation on REFUGEE CAMP IN YOUR CITY.
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