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Title: "Top Ten" Humanitarian Crises in 2008
Post by: Admin on December 31, 2008, 08:26:20 PM

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MSF Releases 11th Annual "Top Ten" List

Massive forced civilian displacements, violence, and unmet medical needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Pakistan, along with neglected medical emergencies in Myanmar and Zimbabwe, are some of the worst humanitarian and medical emergencies in the world, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reports in its annual list of the "Top Ten" humanitarian crises.

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/somalia.jpg) Somalia's Humanitarian Catastrophe Worsens (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3232)

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/myanmar.jpg) Beyond the International Spotlight, Critical Health Needs in Myanmar Remain Unmet (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3233)

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/zimbabwe.jpg) Health Crisis Sweeps Zimbabwe as Violence and Economic Collapse Spread (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3234)

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/drc.jpg) Civilians Trapped as War Rages in Eastern Congo (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3235)

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/malnutrition.jpg) Millions of Malnourished Children Left Untreated Despite Advances in Lifesaving Nutritional Therapies (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3236)

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/ethiopia.jpg) Critical Need of Assistance in Ethiopia's Somali Region (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3237)

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/pakistan.jpg) Civilians Killed and Forced to Flee as Fighting Intensifies in Northwestern Pakistan (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3238)

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/sudan.jpg) No End in Sight to Violence and Suffering in Sudan (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3239)

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/iraq.jpg) Iraqi Civilians in Urgent Need of Assistance (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3240)

(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/assets/images/photos/hivtb.jpg) HIV/TB Co-Infection Poses Health Battle on Two Fronts (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/story.cfm?id=3241)

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“Working on the frontlines of crisis zones throughout the world, MSF medical teams witness firsthand the medical and psychological consequences people endure from extreme violence, displacement, and neglected—yet treatable—diseases and health needs. In some of these places, it is extremely difficult for aid groups to access populations requiring help. Where we are able to provide assistance, we have a special responsibility to bear witness and speak out about intolerable suffering and draw attention to basic humanitarian needs—needs that are often largely ignored.”

— Dr. Christophe Fournier
MSF International Council President

Title: Re: "Top Ten" Humanitarian Crises in 2008
Post by: Diagnostic on January 03, 2009, 12:35:16 AM

It's next year Somalia still in TOP TEN humanitarian crisis......