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| Audio - Myanmar: Existing projects were major advantage in the first days' response |
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First MSF cargo plane delivers medical and logistical material to Myanmar
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Listen to Juli Niebuhr, MSF Deputy Country Manager in Myanmar, describe the situation in Myanmar. ...Click here
AUDIO NOW WITH PHOTO GALLERY: Interview with Dr Asis Min, speaking from Bassein, in Myanmar...
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"Our big advantage is that we have been operational in this country for over ten years with a big number of qualified staff and therefore we were able to send a large number of qualified medical people very quickly into the region who could start work immediately."
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| Hurricane Katrina: MSF's exploratory mission to Louisiana, USA |
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On Friday, September 2, an MSF team made up of two physicians, a nurse and two logisticians headed to the Gulf Coast region of the United States to directly assess the unmet emergency medical needs following the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the coastline of the state of Louisiana.
Dr. Darin Portnoy, MSF-USA president, was part of the assessment team that traveled to Louisiana. He describes what the team saw and why, for the time being, MSF has decided not to begin relief operations in the region.
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