Doctors Without Borders Releases Tenth Annual "Top Ten" Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007
New York, December 20, 2007 — People struggling to survive violence, forced displacement, and disease in the Central African Republic (CAR), Somalia, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere often went underreported in the news this year and much of the past decade, according to the 10th annual list of the “Top Ten” Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories, released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
The 2007 list also highlights the plight of people living through other forgotten crises, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Colombia, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, and Chechnya, where the displacement by war of millions continues. It also focuses on the ongoing toll of medical catastrophes like tuberculosis (TB) and childhood malnutrition.
The complete text of the list is available at www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/topten/
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According to Andrew Tyndall, publisher of the online media-tracking journal, “The Tyndall Report,” the countries and contexts highlighted by MSF on this year’s list accounted for just 18 minutes of coverage on the three major U.S. television networks’ nightly newscasts from January through November 2007. This figure does not include coverage of Myanmar or tuberculosis; both generated significant media attention, but very little of it focused on the medical humanitarian aspects of either context.
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TOP TEN UNDERREPORTED HUMANITARIAN STORIES – 2007
- Displaced Fleeing War in Somalia Face Humanitarian Crisis
- Political and Economic Turmoil Sparks Health-Care Crisis in Zimbabwe
- Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Spreads As New Drugs Go Untested
- Expanded Use of Nutrient Dense Ready-to-Use Foods Crucial for Reducing Childhood Malnutrition
- Civilians Increasingly Under Fire in Sri Lankan Conflict
- Conditions Worsen in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
- Living Precariously in Colombia’s Conflict Zones
- Humanitarian Aid Restricted in Myanmar
- Civilians Caught Between Armed Groups in Central African Republic
- As Chechen Conflict Ebbs, Critical Humanitarian Needs Still Remain
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