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Since the clashes erupted in Aden on the 19th of March between forces loyal to president Hadi and special security forces - a rebel unit loyal to the former president Saleh - the conflict intensified in Aden and other areas in the South of Yemen, including Ad-Dhale', Lawdar and Lahj. MSF emergency surgical unit received more than 600 patients from March 19 until April 5, but it is more and more difficult for wounded to reach the hospital as roads are often blocked and ambulances stopped, attacked and highjacked.

Depuis que les combats ont éclaté le jeudi 19 mars à Aden entre les forces fidèles au président Hadi et les forces spéciales de sécurité,une unité rebelle fidèle à l'ancien président Saleh, le conflit s'est intensifié à Aden ainsi que dans d'autres zones du sud du Yémen, y compris à Ad-Dhale', Lawdar et Lahj. L'unité chirurgicale d'urgence de MSF d'Aden a reçu plus de 600 patients entre le 19 mars et le 5 avril, mais les blessés ont de plus de plus de difficultés à atteindre l'hôpital, les routes étant souvent bloquées et les ambulances attaquées, confisquées ou braquées.
Yemen

‘We are on lockdown inside the hospital’

Published in the Guardian: Valerie Pierre is working with Médecins Sans Frontières in the city of Aden, which has seen heavy fighting and air strikes in recent weeks In the Media - 7 Apr 2015
 
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Yemen

Badly needed medical supplies and health personnel unable to reach conflict affected areas of Yemen

Closure of all international airports in Sana’a, Aden and Hodeida, and heavy restrictions on the seaports, are hampering the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Press Release - 31 Mar 2015
 
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Palestine

Occupied Minds: Ola's story

Her name is Ola Jabari, she is 29 years old and it was always her dream to know the sea. Voices from the Field - 31 Mar 2015
 
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Yemen

MSF receiving large numbers of patients in Aden, as security situation in Yemen deteriorates

Scores of people have been wounded in fighting in Yemen over recent days, with many treated at the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in the southern city of Aden. Crisis Update - 26 Mar 2015
 
Besieged, bombed, attacked, displaced, the Syrian population is devastated by four years of war. Basic services - access to health care, water, electricity, food Ethnic foods are no longer available in most of the country's governorates. In IDP camps in Bab Al Hawa and Atme, living conditions are more than precarious.
Syria

Providing medical care in Anadan, a city located between three frontlines

A doctor from Anadan (Aleppo area) describes the different hospitals where he was and is working. Voices from the Field - 25 Mar 2015
 
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Syria

“We created a new medical network in the region because the health care system was destroyed”

The medical coordinator of the Hama Health Directorate describes the health system that has been set up in Hama area, in the rebel held zone and how teams are working in a medical post next to the frontline, in a partly destroyed hospital and in primary health care centres. Voices from the Field - 25 Mar 2015
 
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Yemen

MSF receives over 60 patients after Aden clashes

It is crucial that all parties to the conflict facilitate unhindered access of patients and ambulances to health structures. Press Release - 20 Mar 2015
 
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Syria

Use of chlorine in an attack on a village in Northern Syria

“The air smelt of cleaning products and their clothes had the distinctive smell of chlorine.” Press Release - 18 Mar 2015
 
"My daily routine starts with having breakfast, working out for a bit, surfing the net, and socializing with family and friends who live close by."

Omar Al Balkhi, 29, was injured in a bomb blast in Daraa, Syria and treated at first in a field hospital. He was later transferred to the MSF War Trauma surgical project at Al Ramtha hospital in Jordan in order to undergo multiple surgeries.
Jordan

Gallery: Omar Al Balkhim, surviving the wounds of Syria

Voices from the Field - 18 Mar 2015
 
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Syria

“Like an endless night – that’s getting darker and darker”

Testimony from a surgeon in one of the field hospitals in North Homs, an area that has been under a suffocating siege for more than one year. Voices from the Field - 13 Mar 2015
Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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