Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia

E-newsletter Issue 60 | September 2007

MSF DENIED ACCESS TO SOMALI REGION OF ETHIOPIA DESPITE WORSENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Violence and displacement are threatening the lives of the civilian population in Ethiopia’s conflict-affected Somali region. MSF is calling on the Ethiopian authorities to immediately allow its teams to provide assistance to people in the region who are facing an increasingly desperate situation....» read more

	LETTER HOME : Anna Dicker – Australian Nurse in Niertiti, West Darfur Anna Dicker is a nurse from Lennox Head in northern NSW. She is currently on her first mission with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)....» read more
	DRC: Ebola virus confirmed in Kasai, MSF reinforces its team already on the ground An outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in West Kasai province, in the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC)...» read more \|» listen to MSF's Dr Armand Sprecher, specialist of Hemorragic fevers
	IRAQ: Surgical assistance for victims of war MSF is providing medical assistance to the population in different regions inside Iraq as well as operating from neighbouring countries such as Jordan... » read interview with Head of Mission \| read patient testimonies
	SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE: Relief effort must be boosted says MSF A week after two powerful earthquakes hit the Indonesian Island of Sumatra, relief aid is still not properly reaching the rural populations affected...» read more

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