40 Egyptian physicians head to Darfur

Photo: US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry talks to displaced Sudanese women and children at a camp in Al-Slaam camp near Al-Fasher town, north Darfur last Friday. Questions are being raised about the country’s population size. (Reuters)

A medical caravan of 40 Egyptian physicians heads to Darfur

Report from Government of Egypt

Date: 26 April 2009

The Egyptian government is to send a caravan of 40 Egyptian physicians on 28th of April, to provide medical services to the Sudanese brothers in Darfur. This initiative aims to respond to any humanitarian needs which may result from the departure of many foreign aid organizations from the Sudanese territories.