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02/09/2008
Updating the health system by storing patients’ clinical data on computer: Indonesia has been tackling this challenge since 2005, when the tsunami highlighted the need for a computer-based health information system. Malteser International is working with the local authorities of the Aceh district, the first to implement this kind of project, to reduce the still […]
25/08/2008
In Yei, in southern Sudan, Malteser International has launched training for prison inmates on the prevention of diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB, leprosy and sleeping sickness. The Order of Malta’s relief corps started these courses in July, involving some 100 prisoners and staff. The project is run in cooperation with local authorities and includes the […]
16/08/2008
On the morning of Wednesday, August 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI has met, in the Cathedral of Bressanone, the clergy of the diocese of Bolzano-Brixen. Responding to questions of some of priests and deacons present, the Pope cited as example the Grand Master of the Order of Malta Fra’ Matthew Festing. We publish below […]
09/08/2008
Take Me Higher was the motto of the Order of Malta’s international summer camp for disabled youth held this year at Stift Stams in Austria from 26 July to 2 August. Over 450 young people, disabled and not, from 18 countries, took part in the event that celebrated its 25th edition this year. A week […]
06/08/2008
Malteser International is engaged in a new project to improve the health conditions of 7,200 people living in the Tay Giang district in central Vietnam. 96 percent of the inhabitants of this region are from the CaTu ethnic minority and around 74 per cent live under the poverty line. Last June, the Order of Malta’s […]
06/08/2008
Sadly, the number of seriously undernourished children in north Darfur is growing. To tackle the situation, Malteser International has stepped up its nutrition programme in the Wada and Tabit health centres. Over the last four months, 5875 children have been monitored. Those found to be undernourished were inserted in the integrative food programme for three […]
30/07/2008
It is with deep sadness that we have learned from Ordre de Malte France, the relief service of the French Association of the Order of Malta, of the death of our highly esteemed colleague and friend, Anne Broquet. Anne died on 16 July 2008, aged 60 years, in the ‘Hôpital des Invalides’ in Paris after […]
21/07/2008
Malteser International’s assistance to the Ugandan population hit by the heavy floods last September has prompted a project to stop epidemics occurring after natural disasters. The plan has been operative since June in the Kaberamaido district in central Uganda, the most severely damaged by the flooding. The aim is to have a team of volunteers […]
15/07/2008
A barge on the Seine to offer the homeless hospitality and the possibility of social reinsertion. Inaugurated on 30 June last by the Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Mrs Christine Boutin, “Le Fleuron Saint-Michel” is the latest of the Order of Malta’s projects in France. An authentic social centre, le Fleuron Saint-Michel can accommodate […]
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