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December 23, 2008

Doctors Without Borders Lists World’s Worst Humanitarian Crises
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Doctors Without Borders has released its annual list of the world’s ten
worst humanitarian crises. The list focuses on the 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 Burma and Zimbabwe. Also included
in the list is 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.



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