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 MFP Responds to the Disastrous Earthquake in Haiti
MFP has been working in the mountainous Northwest region of Haiti for nearly ten years. The small Caribbean country suffered a disastrous earthquake on Tuesday, January 12, the worst the area has seen in a century. The earthquake is a cruel blow to a nation that has struggled to free itself from the constraints of poverty and political unrest. Medicine for Peace works directly in the town of Gros Morne, located 65 miles north of the capital city, Port-au-Prince. Our co-workers are all, thankfully, unharmed by Tuesday’s catastrophe. Although buildings have been destroyed...
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Follow our blog on Haiti to receive updates on the crisis and MFP’s coordinated
response. Connect to MFP’s Haiti blog
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Opens New Health Center for Torture Victims in Hyattsville, MD.
The MFP Health
Center performs medical-legal documentation of physical evidence
of torture, and provides primary care to the large number of asylum
seekers in the DC and Baltimore area who have been tortured in other
countries. MFP has partnered with the Advocates for Survivors of
Torture and Trauma (ASTT) to offer a range of medical, psychological
and social services to this vulnerable population... >>read
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Empowering
Haitian Doctors and Nurses to Prevent and Treat Cervical Cancer.
Haiti has the
highest incidence of cervical cancer in the world. MFP has undertaken
an ambitious cervical cancer “screen and treat” program in Gros
Morne shown to be cost effective in other low resource areas. The
program will utilize mobile units to provide screening and treatment
services to rural mountain villages. A strong counseling and education
component will promote health conscious and independent behavior
for women in this community... >>read
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The MFP
Report and recommendations proposed to responsible agencies
can be downloaded.
MFP
news blog about the crisis in Haiti -->
MFP
and its volunteers have received numerous awards for their
work with children throughout the world, often under hazardous
conditions. Renato Martini, Vatican Representative to
the United Nations has said of MFP:
"Medicine
For Peace is an organization which has not succumbed to
indifference in the face of suffering, but is committed
to assisting children who are victims of armed conflict."
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Cancer Program in Haiti
(11/11/09)
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Ravage Haiti
(09/17/08)
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Describes Reunion with Iraqi Girl
(08/15/08)
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(08/01/08)
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