May 1, 2003 MEDIA ADVISORY - Press Conference Humanitarian Needs In Iraq And US Obligation to Meet Them
WHEN:
Friday, May 2, 2003, 9:30 am EST
(Continental breakfast available)
WHERE:
National Press Club - Zenger Room
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC
WHO:
Morten Rostrup, MD President, International Council
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Dr. Rostrup has just returned from Baghdad, Iraq, where he was
medical coordinator for the Doctors Without Borders team working in
the capital for the past 6 weeks.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) currently has 40 international aid
workers in Iraq and surrounding countries and has carried out assessments
in all major cities, including Baghdad, Basra, Karbala, Tikrit, Nasariya,
and Mossul, to determine the humanitarian needs and provide medical
assistance where necessary.
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED:
The health needs in Iraq today
The state of hospitals
in Baghdad during the war and after
How a disorganized administration has left the Iraqi health
system in disarray & how the US is obligated to address
this problem
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