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Christmas Appeal 2015
Support the volunteer doctors helping the world’s refugees
BMJ 2015; 351 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6515 (Published 02 December 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;351:h6515- Jane Feinmann, freelance journalist, London, UK
- jane{at}janefeinmann.com
It’s all too easy to feel helpless about the ongoing plight of the refugees crossing Europe during 2015. In the most recent development thousands of men, women, and children are stranded near the town of Idomeni, on the border of Greece and Macedonia.
The charity Doctors of the World aims to meet the serious medical and emotional health needs of all excluded people and is working in almost every country affected to provide support for refugees. It is part of the global Médecins du Monde network, which delivers more than 350 projects in more than 80 countries through 3000 volunteers. The …