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2018 Results
 
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Syria

It has taken four years and 20 surgical operations to repair the damage

East Aleppo's besieged residents have been told to leave their homes or face annihilation. As they brace themselves for what comes next, Amal Abdullah recalls the day four years ago when she was told to leave the east Aleppo neighbourhood where she grew up. Voices from the Field - 8 Nov 2016
 
Bangassou - General context 2016
Central African Republic

Great humanitarian need, little international attention

Project Update - 1 Nov 2016
 
Lake Tchad Crisis: Responding to the humanitarian consequences of violence  (Extreme North Cameroon)
Lake Chad Crisis

Lake Chad: Years of Forgotten Crisis

Located in west-central Africa at the junction of Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon, Lake Chad was once among the continent’s largest bodies of water. Owing to a combination of climate change and overuse, however, Lake Chad’s size has steadily dwindled, putting the region’s population of roughly 30 million people under increasing strain. But diminishing resources are not the only thing they have to fear. Medium.com - 31 Oct 2016
 
Boost Hospital, Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Many of those who left were in critical need of treatment

An account of life in Boost hospital amid armed fighting in Lashkar Gah Voices from the Field - 26 Oct 2016
 
ALEPPO UNDER FIRE
Syria

We try to sleep for half an hour to gain the strength to perform another surgery

"We’ve got used to the daily scenes following a mass bombing, when hospitals are so crowded with wounded that we have to step over people to reach other patients in need," says Dr Abu Huthaifa. Voices from the Field - 16 Oct 2016
 
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Syria

We’ve been working every day around the clock

Testimony by Dr Abu Huthaifa, a surgeon from Aleppo, Syria Voices from the Field - 13 Oct 2016
 
Kenya - Dadaab refugee camp
Kenya

Dagahaley is the place I know as home

Testimony by Hassan Sugal Takoy, an MSF social worker, himself a refugee who fled Somalia Voices from the Field - 13 Oct 2016
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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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