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As health and humanitarian organizations witnessing the public health and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, we call for an immediate ceasefire, the speedy release of hostages and the provision of long-term safety for all inhabitants in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory through negotiated solutions and international action. The ongoing bombings,...
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As we witness an unfolding humanitarian crisis and unprecedented escalation, the undersigned humanitarian and health organisations call for an immediate ceasefire and aid access into the Gaza Strip as the health system faces total collapse, and the immediate release of civilian hostages. Israel’s current assault on Gaza resulted in more...
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We publish the press release of our colleagues from Physicians for Human Rights Israel following the Hamas attack in southern Israel** It’s time to sound the alarms and raise the red flags. amid unspeakable tragedy, we may be facing an additional disaster – on a scale we haven’t seen in...
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We publish the appeal of our colleagues from Physicians for Human Rights Israel following the Hamas attack in southern Israel** Dear friends Harming civilians is a crime against international law, fundamental moral values, and our common humanity. Saturday’s Hamas assault in southern Israel included the injury, abduction, and murder of...
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It is with mixed emotions that I write to you today, a week after the assault on Jenin. On the one hand, there is a sense of relief after seeing an end to Israel’s indiscriminate attack on unprotected civilians. On the other hand, it is only a matter of time...
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X Report by Medici per i Diritti Umani on the living and working conditions of foreign farm labourers in the Gioia Tauro Plain For the tenth consecutive year, Medici per i Diritti Umani (MEDU) operated in the Gioia Tauro Plain in the framework of the project “Open Fields: laboratory of...
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Since the beginning of 2022, Medici per i Diritti Umani (MEDU) has been present in the town of Oulx, atthe border with France (Upper Susa Valley) with the project ‘Frontiera Solidale’. The project aims toguarantee medical assistance to the thousands of people crossing the north-western Alpine border toreach France. The...
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Rome, Feb. 26, 2023- Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU) expresses deep sorrow for the dozens of people who lost their lives in the tragic shipwreck off the coast fo Crotone in Calabria. It is not yet known exactly how many migrants were on board the wooden boat that left the...
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In Ukraine’s Chernivtsi region, a Medu team is providing medical care, psychological and psychosocial support to the displaced population  From September 2022 on, our team has realized 2,973 medical visits and 846 psychological consultations and organized 65 psychosocial groups targeting children, women and the elderly people. The project  “Assistenza sanitaria e supporto psicosociale in favore della...
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Dr. Hisham Bawakna, is a public health psychiatrist, a PHRI volunteer and a member of PHRI’s medical delegation to the Gaza Strip. In Gaza, mild post-trauma isn’t considered by local physicians as post-trauma, because it’s normal. Everyone has it. When do you seek help? When it becomes unbearable, when it...
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