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An excellently written article on a very important issue.
It is an issue that has been shrouded in an extra layer of prominence with the Haiti disaster and subsequent aid efforts. We have seen that when emergency relief is needed, it is the likes of Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors Without Borders who silently go about their work that have a most significant impact on the ground. Backed up by grassroots projects and involvement, they’ve been working in Haiti since the early 90s, so when the earthquake erupted they were already primed to help. A purely humanitarian organisation, it’s worth noting that none of the aid they are giving to Haiti is a loan *cough* IMF *cough*.
I did not know about the Student Iraqi Medical Association, but have just looked it up; I am mightily impressed. It certainly manages to soothe my oft irksome response to what I sometimes fear can become a depoliticisation of issues which simply must not become depoliticised.
Well done.