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On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding areas. As many as 220,000 people are estimated to have died, and more than 300,000 were injured. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mounted its largest ever single emergency response.

Chagas disease is one of the leading parasitic killers in the Americas and Bolivia is the country most affected.

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Kevin and Griselda have completed the treatment without pain. I am now reaIn June, Alagoas state in northern Brazil suffered severe flooding: 34 people died, 54 were reported missing and 25,000 people were displaced from their homes.

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In 2010, formally demobilised paramilitary groups re-emerged in many areas across Colombia. The violence in the country prevents many people from accessing healthcare and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) projects focus on meeting the medical needs of people living in conflict zones or displaced by conflict.

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Chagas disease is endemic in the Gran Chaco region, which borders Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. In November 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began a Chagas diagnosis and treatment programme in Paraguay.

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In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was providing medical, psychological and social care to victims of sexual violence in two clinics in Guatemala City, as well as in the General Hospital and the Ministry of Justice, where assaults are reported. Although thousands of cases of sexual violence are reported each year, it is estimated that 75 per cent of sex crimes go unreported.

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In the wake of the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010, which killed an estimated 222,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless in Haiti, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mobilised the largest emergency response in the organisation’s 40-year history.