After 19 years of war between the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan
government, a ceasefire was concluded in February 2002. As the health
system is slowly being reestablished in the north and east, which bore the
brunt of the war, health personnel are returning to these areas to resume work.
Consequently, MSF has closed projects providing medical care and surgery for
victims of the civil war in Batticaloa, Jaffna, Madhu, Mallavi, Point Pedro and
Trincomalee. MSF continues support to the gynecology department at the
hospital in Puthukkudiyiruppu and performs clinical monitoring of health
staff and patients in mother-and-child health clinics in the area. In Vavuniya,
MSF provides community-based psychosocial support for displaced people.
MSF continues to lobby the government and implementing agencies to
improve living conditions in camps for the displaced.
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The
Year in Review Rafael Vilasanjuan,
MSF Secretary General Dr. Morten Rostrup, President,
MSF International Council
