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March 2004: Chechnya (pdf download - 486KB) A report published by Action Contre La Faim, Handicap
International and
Médecins du Monde highlights the plight of displaced
populations in
Ingushetia being forced to return back to Chechnya.
Medecins du Monde has sent an
emergency medical team to Algeria following the earthquake
which struck the country last week. The team brings medicines
and medical supplies and will carry out an assessment of the
need for medical help.
17/04/03 - IRAQ
M�decins
du Monde returned to Iraq on 12 April. Teams have gone to
Basra, Kirkuk, Badrah and Baghdad to carry out independent
medical assessments and to organise relief operations for
the civilian populations. Read more about
our emergency programmes
M�decins
du Monde calls on the occupying powers to for independent
and free access to the local populations and for the respect
of international humanitarian law. Read more
World Aids Day - 1st December 2002 Fighting
against AIDS is a priority for Médecins du Monde. Click
here to read Médecins du Monde's strategy on HIV
and AIDS.
Volcano
Eruption in Democratic Republic of Congo
A M�decins du Monde team arrived in Goma to provide medical
care in the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo
in January. Click on the link above for an account of how
events unfolded.
M�decins du Monde in Afghanistan
Click here to read an open letter to the women of Afghanistan
from Dr Judith Cook, a volunteer with M�decins du Monde in
Chaghcharan in Ghor province. (Link to Pop up 5)
Emergency in Afghanistan
M�decins du Monde once again has expatriates working in Afghanistan.
On the 18th November, a two-person team (a doctor and a coordinator)
crossed the border from Iran and arrived in Herat in the north-west
of the country.
If you want to help us support this important work, click
here to make a donation
Famine
in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has been affected by a severe drought for three
years now. In June 2001, M�decins du Monde tried to raise
awareness of this humanitarian crisis and the threat to the
Afghan population. Dr Guy Causs� described the dramatic situation
in the Maslakh
camp, outside Herat, in May 2001.
Special Reports
To download copies of special reports issued by M�decins du
Monde you can click on the links below:
M�decins
du Monde confronting AIDS
By the end of 2000, AIDS had resulted in 21.8 million total
deaths in the past 20 years. Click here (link to download
on AIDS) to read what M�decins du Monde is doing to help confront
this issue.
