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helped individuals within the apartheid system to bring about change within their organizations as well as raising the awareness of the inequities of the apartheid system overseas. The National Medical and Dental Association was formed in 1982 by 1000 progressive doctors in South Africa and represents an alternative to the establishment Medical Association of South Africa. These progressive doctors affirm that you cannot divorce health in South Africa from the apartheid system and they deserve our full support. I would like to draw readers' attention to the Health Workers Against Apartheid organization which was formed in London in September 1988. Membership is open to all health workers and at present comprises doctors, physiotherapists, psychologists, speech therapists, medical students, nurses, dieticians and health visitors. The organization aims to provide information, act as a pressure group on health related issues in South Africa, support people and groups who oppose the oppressive system, and to raise funds for the victims of apartheid. The Health and Refugee Trust of South Africa is one of the charities supported by Health Workers Against Apartheid. The aims of the charity are 'to provide relief of poverty, homelessness and other forms of distress, the protection and preservation of mental and physical health and the advancement of education' among refugees and their families from South Africa. The charity is currently raising money to fund three major projects: 1. The children's project will help to rehabilitate refugee children who have been brutalized by detention and torture in South Africa by providing psychological support and treatment by appropriately qualified South African psychologists familiar with the cultural and social backgrounds of these children. 2. A workshop on the management of common diseases in refugees in southern Africa has the aim of developing a common approach to their prevention and treatment and compiling an essential drugs list and a rational policy for their use.