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| Welcome
to the April Oxdocs e-newsletter. As ever, there is a lot going
on this month, and you can be involved in everything from debates
with UK-election constituents on global poverty issues, to volunteering
to help out in the Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever outbreak in Angola.
And please take time to read the section at the end about the Public
Library of Science, an organisation committed to making the world's
scientific and medical literature a public resource, thus helping
millions of people in developing countries.
Dr Rhona MacDonald,
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Unless
you have been hibernating recently, I am sure you are aware
that there is a general election next month. As a member of
the medical profession, you are in a powerful position to
make sure that politicians don’t ignore your concerns
about global poverty issues. |
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Throughout
2005, Oxfam is following the progress of Nyamikamba village
in Rwanda. In the latest update we received the very sad news
that Christine, one of the villagers, had died in childbirth.
Her baby died too. Maternal mortality is 10 per cent in Rwanda.
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You
may have been too busy at work to even think about the London
Marathon this year, let alone consider the possibility of
running in it. But there is still time to support a very worthwhile
cause, by sponsoring champion Kenyan athlete, Tegla Laroupe,
who is running for Oxfam and raising money to support our
work with street children in Nairobi. |
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If
you are not on call the weekend of the 16 April, and can make
it to London, why not do something different by spending your
Friday night in a 12-hour vigil outside 10 Downing Street
to support trade justice. You will also be entertained with
music, films, and comedy. |
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Community
health is central to all Oxfam’s emergency and development
work, and we are always looking for people with experience
in community and public health to volunteer with us. If you
have the necessary skills and wish to get involved, please
apply to be on our public health specialist register.
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| Many
thanks to all of you who sent a letter to the Indian Government,
asking them to amend their patent laws so that millions of
people throughout the world would not be left without life-saving
generic drugs produced in India. Unfortunately, the new Indian
Patent Bill gives more rights to patent-holders, so life-saving
drugs will no longer be produced at affordable prices.
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| Other
medical charity news |
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Medecins
sans Frontieres (MSF)
MSF teams are at the front line of the emergency response
to an outbreak of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever in Angola – a
highly-fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as Ebola.
The Marburg virus was detected on 21 March, and by 5 April, more
than 150 people were reported to have died from the disease.In co-operation
with the Angolan Ministry of Health and WHO team, MSF volunteers
have set up an isolation ward and trained medical staff on strict
bio-security procedures.
Join
the register of volunteers |
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THET
International
THET International has produced a manual for best practice for international
health partnerships (Links) between UK-NHS institutions and their
counterparts overseas. The Manual is a practical guide to creating,
developing, funding, and sustaining a Link and you can download
it from THET's website at www.thet.org. If you are interested or
are involved in Links, please contact Susana Edjang at: susana@thet.org.
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Public
Library of Science
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organisation
of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific
and medical literature a public resource. All the content of
Access
PLoS Medicine
* This month,
PLoS Medicine launches a new section, called ‘Student Forum’,
which is a venue for essays on any health-related topic written
by medical students around the world. If you have ideas for essays,
please send a 100-word summary to studentforum@plos.org
Richard Smith,
former editor of the BMJ, and currently a board member of PLoS says,
“If you are a medical researcher, why not submit your work
to an open-access journal so that it can be accessed by everybody
for free? And even if you decide to submit to a journal that is
not open-access (which, sadly, is still the case with most journals)
why not send a copy at the same time to Pubmed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/),
where it can be made available free to everybody? You could ask
the permission of the journal to do this, but I suggest you simply
tell them. Here I am encouraging insurrection, but I think that
you will quickly find that journals (even the arrogant ones), need
authors more than authors need them!” |
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Médecins
du Monde UK
Médecins du Monde UK would like to invite you to their Sahara
Trek Challenge evening on Monday 18th April from 6:30 – 8:30
in the Sebastian Room, Cabot Hall, Canary Wharf, London E 14. The
Sahara Trek takes place in Morocco in the autumn to raise funds
for their work. Places are limited so please RSVP to Michelle Hawkins
on 020 7516 9103 or trektalk@medecinsdumonde.co.uk
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