- Merlin (charity)
Merlin (an acronym for '"Medical Emergency Relief, International"') is the only specialist UK charity which responds worldwide with vital health care and medical relief for vulnerable people caught up in
natural disasters , conflict, disease and health system collapse.They are similar in their work to
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), but focus more on project work.They are also strictly apolitical; an example of this is that in 1996/7, during the (successful)
Taliban invasion ofAfghanistan , Merlin worked on both sides of the frontier.Merlin's history
Responses to natural disasters
The Asian tsunami, the Bam earthquake, the Goma volcanic eruption
Responses to conflict
Iraq ,Sudan ,Democratic Republic of Congo ,Palestine .Responses to disease
Tuberculosis ,Malaria ,HIV /AIDS and common childhood diseasesOther responses
Health system collapse, as in the
Former Soviet Union ,Liberia andAfghanistan External links
* [http://www.merlin.org.uk Official site]
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