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A Month in Focus - February 2012

06 February 2012
Month in Focus: February 2012
Syria, Libya, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Swaziland
Syria – Medicine as a weapon of persecution Libya – Detainees tortured Papua New Guinea – Back to Bougainville Pakistan – MSF within reach of the tribal zone Swaziland - Community takes part in treatment
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Papua New Guinea: Return to neglected Bougainville

15 July 2011
After a 10-year absence, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has returned to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, a collection of islands off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea, to assist in delivering much-needed health care in the remote southern region of Buin. Since April 2011, a small MSF team has been working in Buin Health Center. View Larger Map Access to health care in Bougainville is extremely limited. A 10-year civil war between secessionists and the Papua New Guinea government caused the deaths and displacement of tens of thousands of people, and left the region’s infrastructure in tatters. Today, a decade after a peace agreement was signed, there...
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Papua New Guinea: "To speak about the violence, at last”

31 March 2010
Papua New Guinea: "To speak about the violence, at last”
Papua New Guinea: "To speak about the violence, at last”
The people of Papua New Guinea are caught in an endless spiral of violence. The country has witnessed very rapid development over the last year, and this has played a role in aggravating rivalry and a culture of violence among the many different ethnic groups. The victims of violence are mostly women and children: they suffer rape and other terrible forms of violence, often within their own family. As well as medical care, the survivors urgently need psychosocial support. The teams do regular outreach work in the outskirts of Lae. Here, they are often the first to speak out about the terrible violence faced by women, children and men. Photo: Nathalie Muffler/MSF "I often felt overwhelmed during the work....
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MSF Frontline Report - Treating survivors of domestic and sexual violence in PNG

03 November 2010
Treating survivors of domestic and sexual violence in PNG
Treating survivors of domestic and sexual violence in PNG
In Papua New Guinea, nearly 70 percent of women say they've been physically abused by their husbands, and in some parts of the country that number reaches 100 percent, according to the PNG Law Reform Commission. When this kind of violence is so widespread, what kind of a difference can a small MSF project make?
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by Dr. Radut.