In early January, AAFP President Ma...

In early January, AAFP President Mary Frank, MD of Mill Valley, Calif., petition fored dona-tions to projects bringing aid to areas of southward Asia devastated by the earthquake and tsunami waves. She advised sending contributions to the AAFP Foundation International capital Heart to Heart International, and the American R Cros To date, more than $47500 has been donated. The AAFP Foundation Board of Trustees added another $20000 The foundation is giving the donations directly to the International Medical Corps, a global humanitarian nonprofit organization that works with family physicians and other presents The corps is dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering by the and of health care training, and relief and disclosure programs. More information is available online at http://www.aafp.org/x31162.xml and http://www.imcworldwide.org/index.shtml.

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