BMJ 2008;336:793 (12 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.39546.703646.BD
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Survivor competition draws attention to problem of landmines
Peter Moszynski
1 London
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Maria Restino Manuel, who lost her leg to a landmine 10 years ago, last week won the international competition for Angola’s Miss Landmine Survivor award at a ceremony to mark the first global landmines awareness day.
With 80 000 amputees and an estimated eight million landmines left over from decades of civil war, Angola provides lasting testimony for the continuing need for action and awareness about mines.
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The organiser, Morten Traavik, a Norwegian actor and activist, was so shocked by the situation he found in Angola that he decided to start the competition to draw attention to the problem, with support from the European Union and the Angolan government. He said that the show was intended to highlight the needs of female survivors.
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