Refuge from the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda: A report from a Médecins Sans Frontières team leader

Author: Caruso, Ngaire

Source: Emergency Medicine Australasia, Volume 18, Number 3, June 2006 , pp. 295-298(4)

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Abstract:

In 2005 the author worked for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, or Doctors without Borders) in northern Uganda. This short report shares some background information on MSF, the situation in northern Uganda as a consequence of the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the work of the MSF project and the personal experience of being there.

Keywords: internally displaced persons; international aid; Médecins Sans Frontières; Uganda

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00856.x

Publication date: 2006-06-01