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Letter from the field: Amid the dust and desolation in Southeast Ethiopia

Anna Greenham is an MSF doctor working in the Somali regiopn of Ethiopia.

You would probably be shocked if I gave you a tour of our clinic. Things are very basic. Crowds of anxious patients wait outside on benches for consultations. Some have walked for days to reach us.


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MSF assists displaced people in Georgia
In the 10 camps that MSF has visited so far, hundreds of people are living in public buildings, lacking water and basic sanitation. MSF is providing basic relief supplies and medical care through mobile teams.

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Giving babies an HIV free life in Zimbabwe
Many of them say as they come into the testing room that they are more afraid of the needle than the results. But Mlala holds their thumb securely, a quick prick, a drop of blood and it is all over apart from the result.

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6:33 PM, Thu Aug 21, 2008

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