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E-newsletter Issue 29 | November 2004
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TIME TO STOP FOOLING OURSELVES -
TB IS SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL
On the eve of a major international conference on tuberculosis and lung health
Médecins Sans Frontières warned that millions of individuals in
developing countries continue to die from this curable disease. The report ‘Running
out of breath? Tuberculosis care in the 21st century’ calls for a radical
change in the way TB is tackled globally... »
Read the full article
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Médecins Sans Frontières
response to European Commission’s proposal on generic medicines
A proposal by the European Commission that sets out rules to allow
the export from the European Union of generic medicines to developing countries
sends a positive message... »
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Barred from access to patients
:: Gaza, Palestinian Territories
Since 28 September 2004, and the start of "Operation Days of Penitence"
in Gaza, Médecins Sans Frontières medical teams have not been authorised
to access patients in the south and centre of the Gaza Strip... »
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Conflict in Paradise :: Ambon, Indonesia
Ambon would be a travel brochure paradise, were it not for the ruins of houses,
mosques, churches and schools - the scars of a four-year war that left 6000 dead,
500,000 displaced and a continuing legacy of mistrust between Muslim and Christian...
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A letter from Stephen Green :: Ibba,
South Sudan
Stephen Green is a logistician from Armidale, NSW. He describes a typically challenging
weekend at Medecins Sans Frontieres’ sleeping sickness treatment program
in Ibba, South Sudan...
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are working in 70 countries around the world to help victims of natural disasters,
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