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xiv, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, ports. ; 24 cm

Band-aid for a broken leg : being a doctor with no borders (and other ways to stay single) / Damien Brown.

An important book for anyone interested in global issues, Writing on the Edge features twelve essays that take the reader to countries in crisis. Award-winning writer Martin Amis experienced firsthand the problems of gang violence in Colombia, South America; New York Times bestselling author Tracy Chevalier focuses on the abuse of women in Burundi, East Africa; Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis writes of meeting children raised in war-torn Palestine; Booker Prize-winning author DBC Pierre addresses the unusually high incidence of mental health issues in Armenia. Award-winning photographer Tom Craig was commissioned by the humanitarian charity Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders to document the writers in these places in trouble. His striking photographs amplify the sense of compassion required while also demonstrating that beautiful humanity is the victim of tragedy. -- from publisher's description.

Writing on the edge : great contemporary writers on the front line of crisis / a book by Tom Craig ;  photography by Tom Craig ; edited by Dan Crowe ; Martin Amis [and 13 others].

xi, 212 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Touched by fire : Doctors Without Borders in a Third World crisis / Elliott Leyton ; photographs by Greg Locke.

xi, 431 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

An imperfect offering : dispatches from the medical frontline / James Orbinski.

This film looks at the rise of TB (tuberculosis) in Swaziland; a country with 24% people who are HIV positive and who already have diminished immunity. The treatments are long-term and toxic. TB is very contagious and the new variants are spreading to Europe. The film talks to a number of infected people, including children, now orphans who have to cope alone and follows their progress during treatment. MDR (multi drug resistant) TB is hard to treat; a family of a 17 year old and his young sister discover after losing their mother that she has both MDR TB and TB; she needs to go to an isolation hospital to receive treatment. She may get well but she'll be away from her brother and miss school. A man (Bheki) whose livelihood is building has MDR TB; his health is effecting his ability to earn. His sister (Zandile) is very sick with MDR TB. His mother remembers the time before AIDs when healthcare in the community was relatively straightforward. Now TB is prevalent. Médecins sans frontières administers the complex durg treatment in a local clinic. Vomiting is a typical side-effect. A counsellor talks to a group of MDR effected patients; unfortunately if treatment is stopped then the disease wil progress leading to death - the counsellor works on compliance. The girl is admitted to The National TB Hospital and her treatment is explained. As well as the 'normal' side-effects; she could also lose some of her hearing. Her treatment will last a minimum of 6 months. The problem with the treatment is that the vomiting can lead to severe weight loss - Zandile ends up in hospital and treatment has to be stopped. Unfortunately this could result in more complex MDR strains. Bheki takes 20 different pills per day plus injections. The young girl (Nokubhega) has been in the isolation hospital for 3 months; she complains of boredom. She too needs to take many pills. The patients, many quite young, bemoan the lack of green vegetables. There are no children the same age as Nokubhega so there are no facilities for her age group. Bheki is struggling with the treatment regime; in the clinic he tells his health worker that he doesn't feel any better. His sister Zandile is in hospital; she is extremely weak. Nokubhega describes one of the most common and distressing side-effects - loss of hearing. A patient is admitted to the same hospital and ward with another complication of TB, scrofula - Nokubhega discovers that she died in the early hours of the morning. Unfortunately there is also a more extreme - XDR - TB - extreme drug resistant TB - it is virtually incurable. One young woman with XDR contracted TB from her parents who have since died together with her sister; she is terminal and has completely lost her hearing. She has complied with all the drug treatments. Bheki digs a grave for his sister; during the funeral, Bheki's house catches fire and he loses some of his medication. Nokubhega discovers she is free of TB although she still needs to take her medication; a family in her church cares for her whilst her brother is in school. Back at the TB hospital, one patient discovers she is XDR positive; the drugs she has taken are not working and she has to move to another ward. She returns home to live in isolation to die without taking further drugs.

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Without borders

MSF teams battle to save lives inwar torn Syria / Doctors Without Borders.

MSF's secret Syrian hospital / Doctors Without Borders.

Humanitarian negotiations revealed : the MSF experience / Claire Magone, Michael Neuman and Fabrice Weissman, editors.

Clinical guidelines : diagnostic and treatment manual : for curative programs in rural hospitals, dispensaries and refugee camps : for the use of doctors and nurses / [editor, J.C. Desenclos ; French-English translation coordinated by P. Hakewill, J. Porter and R. Kessell].

In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. This graphic novel/photo-journal is a record of one reporter's arduous and dangerous journey through Afghanistan, accompanying the Doctors Without Borders.

xi, 267 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm

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Band-aid for a broken leg : being a doctor with no borders (and other ways to stay single) / Damien Brown.

Writing on the edge : great contemporary writers on the front line of crisis / a book by Tom Craig ; photography by Tom Craig ; edited by Dan Crowe ; Martin Amis [and 13 others].

Touched by fire : Doctors Without Borders in a Third World crisis / Elliott Leyton ; photographs by Greg Locke.

An imperfect offering : dispatches from the medical frontline / James Orbinski.

TB.

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Band-aid for a broken leg : being a doctor with no borders (and other ways to stay single) / Damien Brown.

Writing on the edge : great contemporary writers on the front line of crisis / a book by Tom Craig ; photography by Tom Craig ; edited by Dan Crowe ; Martin Amis [and 13 others].

Touched by fire : Doctors Without Borders in a Third World crisis / Elliott Leyton ; photographs by Greg Locke.

An imperfect offering : dispatches from the medical frontline / James Orbinski.

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