Colleagues,
As reported in Medical News Today...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) reported in its annual list of the "Top Ten" humanitarian crises.
- Somalia's Humanitarian Catastrophe Worsens
- Beyond the International Spotlight, Critical Health Needs in Myanmar Remain Unmet
- Health Crisis Sweeps Zimbabwe as Violence and Economic Collapse Spread
- Civilians Trapped as War Rages in Eastern Congo
- Millions of Malnourished Children Left Untreated Despite Advances in Lifesaving Nutritional Therapies
- Critical Need of Assistance in Ethiopia's Somali Region
- Civilians Killed and Forced to Flee as Fighting Intensifies in Northwestern Pakistan
- No End in Sight to Violence and Suffering in Sudan
- Iraqi Civilians in Urgent Need of Assistance
- HIV/TB Co-infections Posses Health Battle on Two Fronts
Read on at:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134285.php
CC