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Brian Vastag

JAMA. 2001;286:2387-2389.

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Washington—Wearing a turban and carrying a fake passport, John McGill, MD, trekked hundreds of miles across rugged mountains, intent on delivering care to war-weary Afghanistan. He hid from a regime intent on killing him. He operated under the dull light of a spelunking helmet. He pulled shrapnel from the bodies of children.

A 700-animal horse and donkey UNICEF convoy climbs the 16 000-ft (4500-m) Shah Saleem Mountains into Badakhstan province in northeast Afghanistan. The trip began on 45 trucks in Peshawar, Pakistan, and took 10 grueling days to haul some 200 metric tons of food, medicine, and winter supplies. (Photo credit: UNICEF/HQ01-0310/Shafqat Munir)

Saying good-bye to colleagues and abandoning her pediatric ward, Nicola Johnson, MD, trekked hundreds of miles across rugged mountains, barred from delivering care to war-weary Afghanistan. She fled a brutal regime and an anticipated attack. She holed up in a cramped office in Pakistan. Now . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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