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Hameeda and her son look at her medical files. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis 4 years ago, and since then had several treatment regimens, both injections and oral, and several relapses until she was cured with the new oral treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Al-Fathilia, Baghdad, Iraq.
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Hamida's testimony:
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My name is Hameeda, I am 65 years old and I am from Baghdad (Iraq). I am a mother of six daughters and three sons.

The first time I was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) was in 2015. At that time, we didn’t know what was wrong with me. I was coughing, had night-time fever and I wasn’t feeling well. My blood pressure and blood sugar were both high. When I went to seek medical advice I was told that I had had a light stroke, and I was given treatments to better control my hypertension and blood sugar as well as medications for the stroke. But the coughing and the night-time fever didn’t go away. 

I started noticing that I was coughing up sputum and my overall health was not improving. My son took me again to be seen by doctors, who then sent us to the National Tuberculosis Institute in Baghdad. There, I was diagnosed with TB. The medical team at the institute prescribed injections for me that made me tired and weak. 

When I first got the disease, the doctors told us that TB was an infectious disease and that I had to isolate from others. I stopped going out, visiting others or seeing anyone outside. I took my medications for about eight months, after which point the doctors told me that I was cured. However, since then, I have had three relapses. The last one was at the beginning of 2020. I was told that it was a drug-resistant form of the disease this time around and I was put on a new drug regimen which involved taking pills.

During my previous infections, I was treated with daily injectable medications, which were giving me many side effects. For example, my body was itching a lot and I had developed bruise marks on my skin. But since I started taking oral tablets, I feel better. The tablets still hurt my stomach, but they are much better and I have fewer side effects compared to the injections.

At the beginning of the treatment, I was very tired. I couldn’t walk or even move. My son was taking care of me and only with his help was I able to go to the National Tuberculosis Institute for check-ups. He is the only provider for the family, and it was a hard time for him too. Sometimes he would have to take me to private clinics for consultations for my other chronic conditions, which would also need medications that he had to buy, and they were not cheap. All of that prevented him from going to work and that in turn affected our livelihood. But now, after almost 18 months of taking medication, I’m thankful I have finished my treatment and got rid of the disease and its hardships. Now I am in a better health and I don’t need care from others.
العراق

علاج مرضى السل المقاوم للأدوية المتعددة مريضًا تلو الآخر

تعمل أطباء بلا حدود في العراق مع البرنامج الوطني لمكافحة السل للمساعدة في علاج المرضى المصابين بالسل المقاوم للأدوية باستخدام بديل فموي عن الحقن اليومية التي تسبب آثارًا جانبية حادة. تحديث حول مشروع - 29 سبتمبر/أيلول 2021
 
An old displaced woman filling a bucket with clean water provided by MSF in a camp in northwest Syria.
سوريا

أزمة المياه الحادة في شمال البلاد تُعرّض الناس إلى مخاطر صحية جسيمة

يواجه الناس وضعاً يائساً في شمال سوريا، حيث وصلت محدودية الوصول إلى المياه النظيفة إلى نقطة الانهيار، مما تسبب في مشاكل صحية لملايين الأشخاص النازحين داخل المنطقة. تحديث حول مشروع - 29 سبتمبر/أيلول 2021
 
MSF doctor José Mbuta dresses up before entering the operating theatre of Popokabaka General Referral Hospital. 

From mid-July to mid-September, MSF emergency teams responded a typhoid outbreak in Popokabaka health zone, supporting treatment at the general hospital and in seven health centres, providing them with clean water, setting up sensitization activities and reinforcing epidemiological surveillance.
and reinforcing epidemiological surveillance.

In total, 2,180 patients were treated for typhoid fever and 20 surgical operations linked to complications of the disease were performed with MSF’s support. In addition to treating typhoid fever, the MSF team also operated on 11 people for surgical emergencies and treated more than 3,500 patients suffering from simple and severe malaria.
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جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطيّة

تفشّي حمى التيفوئيد القاتلة تحت السيطرة في بوبوكاباكا

لقد تمت السيطرة أخيرًا على تفشي حمى التيفوئيد التي كان من شأنها أن تودي بحياة عدد كبير من الأشخاص في بوبوكاباكا في مقاطعة كوانغو بمساعدة فريق الطوارئ في أطباء بلا حدود. ويستذكر المدير الطبي للفريق، جان مارك مافوندا، ما حدث خلال الشهرين الماضيين. تحديث حول مشروع - 24 سبتمبر/أيلول 2021
 
Mornings are the busiest time at the Regional TB Dispensary in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. MSF nurse Oleksandr Tkach along with dispensary staff start their day by preparing patient lists, joint meetings and visiting wards to consult patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB)
أوكرانيا

مكافحة السل من خلال الأدوية والدعم النفسي والاجتماعي

يحناج مرضى السل إلى علاج شامل كي يتمكّنوا من العودة إلى حياتهم الطبيعية، بدءًا من الدورات العلاجية الفموية ووصولاً إلى الدعم النفسي. تحديث حول مشروع - 20 سبتمبر/أيلول 2021
 
A member of MSF’s mobile vaccination team prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a nursing home in Shayle (Mount Lebanon).
مرض الكورونا كوفيد-19

الاتحاد الأوروبي: المزيد من الوعود الفارغة بشأن تحقيق الإنصاف في توزيع لقاحات كوفيد-19 على المستوى العالمي؟

يشدد الاتحاد الأوروبي على أهمية حصول الجميع على اللقاح على المستوى العالمي ودوره في إنهاء جائحة كوفيد-19. هل يعني ذلك أن أقوال الاتحاد الأوروبي ستترجم أخيرًا إلى أفعال؟ أم أننا أمام وعدٍ فارغٍ آخرٍ ليس إلا؟ تحديث حول مشروع - 15 سبتمبر/أيلول 2021
 
A tent where MSF’s team continued to deliver babies and provide other urgent care to pregnant women after the hospital in Port-a-Piment was damaged by the earthquake.
هايتي

الاحتياجات المعقدة للناجين من الزلزال تتطلب رعاية متخصصة ومستمرة

رغم العراقيل والصعوبات، تستمر أطباء بلا حدود في الاستجابة لاحتياجات الناجين من الزلزال في أقصى جنوب هايتي من خلال توفير الرعاية المتخصصة والمستمرة للأشخاص الأكثر تضرراً من الزلزال. تحديث حول مشروع - 10 سبتمبر/أيلول 2021
 
Mariam* is on Lesbos with her family, her husband and her 2-year-old girl, while she is also expecting another child.

We are a family of three. Me, my husband and my two-year-old daughter. I am also 8 months and 3 weeks pregnant. I arrived on Lesbos two years ago. I have lived in Moria camp and now I live in the new camp of Kara Tepe.

When the Moria camp was on fire, everywhere we looked, there was fire. We were in the middle of it, so we went to the mountains to protect ourselves. After the fires, we were in the streets for around ten days. We didn’t have any food and water. Food was not enough for everyone.

Now in Kara Tepe camp, the living conditions continue to be difficult. There is cold, there is heat, we cannot go to the toilet easily, we don’t have a good life here. I don’t feel well. It’s two years that I haven’t gone to a private toilet. We are in a bad mental health situation.

Right now, I don’t know if we can get recognized as asylum seekers or if we are going to get a rejection. We also have problems with getting permission to get outside of the camp. Until now, my daughter has never been to a park. I wish we could move freely, so that I could take my daughter to a park.

She is very aggressive because of what she has experienced here. She “likes” to fight all the time. She doesn’t like to play. She’s not a child who likes to play with friends, to laugh, to speak and play with dolls. All there is in her mind is the the violence she has witnessed here. The fights in the camp, the time that we had to run away, the fires, the teargas. During this age, it is important to care about the little girl, to give her a lot of love and take her to nice places, but this is not possible here.

For example, when she was learning to walk, there were no walls for her to grab to be able to stand. All we had was a blanket hanging so when she was trying to stand, she would grab it and it would fall.

My wish is to get better psychologically. And to be able to go to work, me and my husband and live like a normal person. I don’t like to be told where to go, where not to go and what time to go in and out. I wish, like all the people do, to have a good life without any stress and to have a house and for my daughter to at least play in the house.
اليونان

بعد مرور عام على حريق موريا، يستمر الاتحاد الأوروبي في حرمان المهاجرين العالقين على الجزر اليونانية من كرامتهم

بعد مرور عام على اندلاع الحريق في مخيم موريا في جزيرة ليسبوس في اليونان وتدميره، لا يزال آلاف اللاجئين عالقين على الجزيرة، إذ يستمر الاتحاد الأوروبي في حرمانهم من كرامتهم الأساسية. تحديث حول مشروع - 10 سبتمبر/أيلول 2021
 
An old lady comes out of her consultation at the MSF's clinic in Arsal. 

MSF has been providing free primary healthcare to vulnerable communities in Arsal, in the north of Bekaa Valley, since 2012. MSF’s clinic in Arsal offers medical care for patients with non-communicable chronic diseases (NCD), acute paediatric consultations, sexual and reproductive health services and mental health support.
لبنان

تفكّك نظام الرعاية الصحية في البلاد في ظل استمرار الفراغ السياسي

أدى تدهور الوضع في لبنان وتفاقم الأزمة الاقتصادية إلى بلوغ نظام الرعاية الصحية أقصى قدراته، وحرمان الفئات الأكثر حاجة من الحصول على الرعاية الصحية الأساسية. تحديث حول مشروع - 1 سبتمبر/أيلول 2021
 
Mecial team from Tabarre hospital is attending a patient, wounded during the earthquake.
هايتي

عدد من التحديات تواجه المرضى الناجين من الزلزال وطريق طويل من أجل التعافي

تستمر فرقنا في تقديم العلاج للمرضى الذين يعانون من إصابات معقدة بعد أسبوع من الزلزال الذي ضرب هايتي والذي تبلغ شدته 7.2 درجة. تحديث حول مشروع - 31 أغسطس/آب 2021
 
Newborn daughter of Aiesha*, admitted to the special care unit for critical care for respiratory distress at Al-Jamhouri hospital supported by MSF in Taiz City, Yemen.

*name of the patient changed upon her request.
اليمن

التماس الرعاية الصحية في مدينة تعز التي يقسمها خط مواجهة

أدت أكثر من ست سنوات من الحرب إلى تقسيم مدينة تعز إلى قسمين، مع وجود خط أمامي يفصل المدينة عن الأشخاص الذين يحتاجون إلى الرعاية الصحية، التي ال تحديث حول مشروع - 24 أغسطس/آب 2021