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[Bert De Belder]

Two Belgian doctors to Baghdad
Medical mission against war
 
The impending war on Iraq will be an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Many health workers, professionals and students the world over have added their voices to the massive protest movement. They are of the opinion that, apart from providing health services, their task also includes the prevention of diseases, injuries, and death because of this unjust war. 

 

As despite the global protests war seems to be inevitable in the near future, the Belgian NGO Medical Aid for the Third World (MATW) and S.O.S. Irak België (www.irak.be) send a team of two doctors to Baghdad. Dr. Geert Van Moorter and Dr. Colette Moulaert are leaving on Saturday March 15 to arrive in Baghdad on Sunday March 16. 



MATW's Medical Team will stay in Iraq for at least a month in cooperation with the Iraqi Organization for Friendship, Peace and Solidarity. Dr. Van Moorter and Dr. Moulaert will be on the spot during the bombings and the invasion to witness the American and British aggression as well as the Iraqi resistance. They will comfort the people, monitor the effects of war on health and health care, observe how the Iraqi health services cope, and assist their Iraqi colleagues whenever possible. They will coordinate with the Ministry of Health, the Iraqi Red Crescent and international institutions including the World Health Organization and Unicef. 

Dr. Bert De Belder
Medical Aid for the Third World, Belgium


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