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E-newsletter Issue 27 | September 2004
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DARFUR DIARY :: AMID THE HOSTILITIES,
HOSPITALITY
Food is scarce but villagers in western Sudan still prepare a meal for Dr Dean
Harris, and his team when they set up a temporary clinic. Hailing from Christchurch,
New Zealand, Dean is on his first mission with the Dutch section of Médecins
Sans Frontières in Garsilla, Darfur in Western Sudan...
» Read the full
article
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Interview with Matt Reid, Medical
Coordinator in Monrovia, Liberia
This interview with Matthew Reid, a medical doctor from New Zealand,
sheds light on the prospects of the Liberian people and the ongoing challenges
facing Médecins Sans Frontières under improving conditions and what
it is that a project coordinator does in the field on a day-to-day basis... »
Read more
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AIDS Treatment Starts in Poor
Suburbs of Lima, Peru
Médecins Sans Frontières has launched an HIV/AIDS treatment
project in Villa El Salvador, a poor suburb on the southern side of Lima with
a population of 350,000. The project will offer comprehensive care to 300 people
and aims at providing an alternative model for fighting AIDS in Peru... »
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Bulgaria: Helping Romas get
care and treating STIs
Increasing access to basic health services is the aim of Médecins
Sans Frontières’ work in the large Roma community living in the capital
city of Sofia. In addition, the medical aid organisation is treating people with
sexually transmitted infections and trying to improve the quality of that care...
» Read more
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NEW ::
TV SERIES ON MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES SCREENING ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL
With unprecedented access, 'Crisis Zone' cameras ride along with doctors, nurses,
psychologists, engineers, and logisticians - joining them as they leave the comforts
of home for some of the planet's most troubled hotspots. Whether it's a civil
war in Burundi or an epidemic in Uzbekistan, 'Crisis Zone' offers a unique inside
look at the lives of humanitarian workers facing their own fears and struggling
to make a difference. 'Crisis Zone' is a weekly television series (in 13 parts)
narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. It features 30 Medecins Sans Frontieres projects
in more than 20 different countries and profiles more than 45 Medecins Sans Frontieres
volunteers (including 4 Australians and a New Zealander).
In the final episode Australian doctor Megan Cox at a remote Médecins
Sans Frontières clinic in Sudan, works hard to save the life of a young
boy who has been bitten by a venomous snake. She must also face the heart-wrenching
task of telling a young mother that she can do nothing to save her baby, who is
suffering from a brain condition. In Indonesia, nurse Solfrid hikes deep into
the rain forest where indigenous communities are living much as they have for
generations. It's her job to check on an isolated health outpost to make sure
that they know how to report and cope with epidemics of malaria and other deadly
diseases.
'Crisis Zone' will be running on Discovery Channel at 11.30 pm every Saturday
night until September 25 … so program your video recorders! »
For details, visit the companion website |
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| Médecins Sans Frontières volunteers
are working in 80 countries around the world to help victims of natural disasters,
epidemics, famines and wars.
If you'd like to support the work of our teams in the field please call us
on 1300 30 90 90 or visit our website.
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| Médecins Sans Frontières recruits
from Australia and New Zealand through its office in Sydney. It sends over 100
volunteers to over 80 countries each year, including nurses, doctors, other paramedicals,
logisticians and administrators/ financial controllers. To find out more, visit
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| Medecins Sans Frontieres is holding a Recruitment
Information Night in Perth on 7th September, 7pm, Seminar
Room, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco.
(Opposite Princess Margaret Hospital for Children). For details, visit our website.
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