Doctors Without Borders Releases 11th Annual "Top Ten" List

Main Category: Aid / Disasters
Also Included In: Tropical Diseases
Article Date: 31 Dec 2008 - 1:00 PST

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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.

The report underscores major difficulties in bringing assistance to people affected by conflict. The lack of global attention to the growing prevalence of HIV-tuberculosis co-infection and the critical need for increased global efforts to prevent and treat childhood malnutrition - the underlying cause of death for up to five million children per year - are also included in the list.

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