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19 Feb 2003
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Iraq
Action Medeor is supplying medical aid to the Kurd population in northern Iraq

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The German medical aid organization action medeor is sending a first aid package to northern Iraq.
Dr. Nirz Miran, former health minister of the Kurd region, visited action medeor asking for help. The people there are afraid of another attack against the Kurds by Saddam Hussein should war become reality and many are already now fleeing towards the border of Turkey.

A health kit has been put together containing all basic medicines and medical equipment needed for 10.000 people over a period of 3 months. Tents and blankets are also included in the shipment

21 Jan 2002
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Action Medeor is sending medical aid to the victims of the volcano eruption in Goma

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On the weekend action medeor employees packed medication and equipment to be sent immediately to affected areas near Goma where lava flows have caused widespread destruction. 400.000 people have been displaced from one day to the next. Due to a lack of clean drinking water, the danger of outbreaks of dysentery and cholera is acute. People have resorted to drinking water from lake Kivu, which is tainted by lava and ashes.
The medicines from action medeor will be distributed quickly by partners working in the eastern part of the Congo.
19 Nov 2001
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Afghanistan
Camps in Afghanistan have urgent need for baby food and medicines, according to action medeor

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Norbert Vloet of action medeor visited two camps in Afghanistan along the south-western border to Iran. The conditions are especially harsh for the refugees living in the Maqaqi camp which had been under Taliban control until a few days ago. Many children and newborns are suffering under severe malnutrition. action medeor is in the process of organizing a supply of baby food to be delivered as quickly as possible. Over 8 000 registered and unregistered refugees are living in the camp. Diarrhoea and respiratory diseases are rampant. The supplies of fresh water
09 Nov 2001
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Afghanistan
action medeor brings medical aid to refugee camp in Afghanistan

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Norbert Vloet of action medeor is on his way to a refugee camp named "Mile 46" in the Nimruz province in south-west Afghanistan. He is taking along 100 kilograms of medicine and is travelling with aid workers from the organization Humedica, who are providing mobile medical treatment to the 10.000 or more refugees living in and near the camp.
The team will start out tomorrow from Zahedan in Iran to cross the border to the southern part of the Nimruz province controlled by the muhajedin . "Mile 46" is in the middle
18 Oct 2001
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Afghanistan
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The foreign ministry and action medeor cooperate on supplying aid to the injured freeing from Afghanistan

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Germany's foreign minister Joschka Fischer is flying to Pakistan today and is taking along aid packages for the victims from Afghanistan including half a ton of medical supplies put together on short notice by action medeor. He will also be visiting Tajikistan on Friday. The supplies, which include suture materials, antibiotics and anaesthetics will be used to treat civilians injured during the fighting in Afghanistan.

About 150 tons of medicines and medical equipment are stocked at the warehouse of action medeor. Quick and effective

11 Oct 2001
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Afghanistan
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Medical aid is on its way to Pakistan and to Afghanistan

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Yesterday, October 10th, a delivery of medication and medical products in the value of 10 000 Euro was sent by air freight to Peshawar in Pakistan. The partner organization MRCA there has about 350 Afghan refugees arriving daily at the medical center, part of a teaching hospital for Afghans. There is a desperate lack of medicine and the refugees are in a desolate state. The delivery includes medication against tuberculosis, malaria and chronic diarrhea as well as antibiotics, pain medicine and equipment.

Today action medeor has sent out another

27 Sep 2001
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Afghanistan
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Last minute departure from Afghanistan

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A press conference was held at action medeor today with Karla Schefter, director of the Chak-e-Wardak hospital in Afghanistan. She was one of the last foreigners to leave the country.

Karla Schefter, director of the Chak-e-Wardak hospital in Afghanistan, managed to leave Afghanistan last Friday, one day after the Taleban set a deadline for foreigners to cross the borders. She barely made it out of the country because she first wanted to ensure that the local staff of the hospital were well prepared for the coming