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E-newsletter Issue 23 | May 2004
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MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES EXPRESSES
RELIEF AT THE RELEASE OF ARJAN ERKEL
Médecins Sans Frontières expressed great relief at the release
of its aid worker Arjan Erkel on Sunday, 11 April, 2004, after 20 months as a
hostage in the Northern Caucasus. At the same time, the medical aid organisation
emphasised the heavy toll that Arjan’s prolonged detention exacted on the
ability to provide aid to war-affected civilians in the region... »
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For ten years Médecins Sans
Frontières Australia has been contributing to the life saving work of the
international aid organisation
The Australian section of Médecins Sans Frontières was
founded ten years ago with the opening of a small office in Paddington, Sydney
with a staff of three. A decade on, with 500 missions completed by 360 Australian
and New Zealand volunteers - we continue to tap into a core of committed medical,
paramedical, logistical and administrative professionals... »
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David Murray writes home from Zambia
David Murray is an HIV nurse from Bellevue Hill who has just returned to Zambia
to work on an HIV project in Nchelenge Zambia. Last year David went on his first
mission with Médecins Sans Frontières and he found it so rewarding
he chose to return to the same project – but this time round David is working
as the Project Coordinator... » Read
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Malaria treatment for Africa threatened
by potential drug shortages
Widespread use of a new fast-acting and potent treatment for malaria
is finally on the horizon in Africa, where malaria is the number one killer of
children. To mark Africa Malaria Day On Sunday 25 April, Médecins Sans
Frontières warned that artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) will
only be accessible to all in need if immediate action is taken to finance scale-up
of production of the drugs... » Read
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NEW :: In the Shadow
of ‘Just’ Wars. Violence, Politics & Humanitarian Action
 Iraq,
Afghanistan, Kosovo, Timor, Sierra Leone … in four years, western armed
interventions have multiplied. Today they are concerned not only with security
issues, but also the desire to export democracy and human rights to the rest of
the world. Is this good news for populations whose existence is threatened by
violence and the most murderous forms of oppression? This is the question at the
centre of this book. What is the lot reserved for non-combatants in the midst
of these ‘just’ wars undertaken by western armies? How are the humanitarian
concerns, regularly invoked by the actors on the international scene, manifested?
What space is left in this new environment for humanitarian organisations attached
to the principles of independence and impartiality? Available
from Médecins Sans Frontières Australia. |
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