Leading charity slams 'atrophy' in humanitarian aid system

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Leading charity slams 'atrophy' in humanitarian aid system

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/leading-charity-slams-atrophy-humanitarian-aid-system-220715272.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_vIPUC15YJ.bWQBT.ZNmHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par7924855-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Malnourished children receive treatment at the Leer Hospital, South Sudan, on July 7, 2014" align="left" title="Malnourished children receive treatment at the Leer Hospital, South Sudan, on July 7, 2014" border="0" /></a>Risk-aversion and bureaucracy are increasingly stopping international aid agencies from helping the world's most desperate people in emergency situations, a leading medical charity said in a scathing report on Monday. In an analysis of recent major emergencies, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders said inflexibility was leading to &quot;atrophy of the humanitarian system&quot; despite greater funding and expertise than ever before. &quot;Humanitarian responses are slow and cumbersome, and lack impact... Many agencies are concentrating only on the easiest-to-reach populations and ignoring the more difficult places,&quot; MSF President Joanne Liu said in the report. &quot;The result of all of this is that people in desperate need of lifesaving assistance are not getting it â€" because of the internal failings of (the) humanitarian aid system.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>

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