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Doctors without borders. Medecins Sans Frontieres delivers humanitarian aid wherever it is needed, often the first to arrive in crisis–hit areas and, in some cases, is the only aid agency to be there at all. MSF volunteers give life–saving medical assistance to people who would otherwise be denied even the most basic health care. Continue
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Modern trauma care has its origins in the United States when a doctor piloting a light aircraft crashed his plane into a field in Nebraska. The event spurred him to change the way in which the State trauma care was delivered and these developments have since spread throughout the world. Continue
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One–in–fourteen people living with HIV is over 50 and millions more older people are at risk of contracting the disease because governments are still not targeting older people in HIV and AIDS prevention programmes, says HelpAge International. Continue
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HelpAge International runs a project to provide community support for older people affected by HIV/AIDS in northern Thailand. Carer Mae had four children, two of her sons became HIV positive. Her older son found out he was infected in 1992 and died soon afterwards. Continue
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Hearing voices in your head should not carry a stigma. That is the view of the international network Intervoice. Continue
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Britain’s bosses badly under–estimate the extent to which their employees suffer from stress, anxiety and depression. Continue
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Mary Seacole was born in 1805 in Jamaica and went to the Crimea to bring comfort to the wounded and dying soldiers. Continue
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