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Half of the Syrian population has been forcibly displaced. Salma (* a pseudonym) fled with her children and brother-in-law from outside Damascus in Syria, south to Daraa, then crossed the border into Jordan. After a brief stay in Zaatari refugee camp, they moved to Irbid. A teacher, she left behind a “beautiful” life in Syria before the war. Five years later she and her family have adjusted to life in Jordan, assisted by the psychological care she sought for her youngest son and then herself at MSF’s mental health clinic.
Salma’s video is featured in the IWD 2018 package. See becauseimawoman.msf.org and, on the database, MSFSTO21277 for the video and transcript.
Website

Because I'm a woman

Women and girls forced to flee face health risks and further danger on their journey, simply because they are women. becauseimawoman.msf.org
 
In the ER section of a makeshift hospital in Syria that MSF has converted from a farm.
Syria

An outrageous, relentless mass casualty disaster in East Ghouta

At least 344 wounded and 71 dead every day, seven days a week for two weeks – non-stop Statement - 8 Mar 2018
 
Farmin, aged 15, has been a refugee in Bangladesh since September. Her mother Nour al-Nahar died in the camp at the age of 35, in December 2017. The mother had been suffering from severe stomach pain for nearly two months. She is survived by five sons and two daughters. Her husband — Farmin’s father — was arrested in Myanmar in September. The family have not heard from him since.
International Women's Day

Caring for displaced women

For International Women’s Day 2018, against the backdrop of record levels of displacement, MSF is highlighting how health needs are exacerbated for women and girls on the move. Press Release - 6 Mar 2018
 
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Nigeria

MSF suspends medical activities in Rann

It is still unclear how many people were killed and injured but before leaving, MSF medical staff treated 9 wounded patients. Press Release - 2 Mar 2018
 
Patient Geeta reacts as she’s informed that she was now cured of Hepatitis C. Geeta was treated at MSF’s hepatitis project in Meerut for over 8 months. 

“The counselors here told me to keep taking the medicines and assured me that I would get well. I did the same and could notice the difference and felt that I was getting healthier. Despite many people telling me that the medicines may cause a lot of side effects and scaring me, I kept at it and am very happy that I no longer have the disease,” said Geeta, who hails from village Bhopada.
India

One year, 1,198 patients

MSF's hepatitis C clinic in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo Story - 2 Mar 2018
 
Aidana, 20 years old, in her bed at the Kara-Suu hospital. Aidana started first line treatment for TB in in 2014. After two months, she stopped the medication and went to Russia with her husband. In July 2017, after several months of illness, she came back to Kyrgyzstan and was diagnosed with MDR-TB. Kara-Suu.
Kyrgyzstan

Experts to tackle the deadly threat of TB in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Symposium

“To make TB a disease of the past, we have a long way to go” Press Release - 1 Mar 2018
 
Marutatu settlement (part of Kyangwali) currently cannot cope with the influx of refugees. New arrivals already made vulnerable by their flight and the violence experienced back in Ituri end up sleeping in the open air, exposed to the rains that have started, with inadequate access to water and food, in appalling hygiene and sanitation conditions. Health authorities recently confirmed a cholera outbreak in the region, with over 1000 severe cases, including 30 fatalities since mid-February. MSF runs 2 Cholera treatment centers, supports health centers and implement water and sanitation activities to help control the outbreak, waiting from the national authorities to get a greenlight to perform cholera vaccination.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Violence in Ituri province forces tens of thousands from their homes

“New arrivals tell us of attacks at night, and a small number have deep cuts and wounds. Many arrive traumatized and exhausted, with sick children” Project Update - 28 Feb 2018
 
Dans le patiot de la clinique MSF de Gaza City, les femmes attendent leur tour.
Palestine

Gazans’ wounds bear witness to their living conditions

“Everything you earn here, you end up losing.” Project Update - 26 Feb 2018
 
Bombed former ISIS magistrates court.
Syria

"We need your help to stop the bombing"

Medics in Syria that MSF supports tell us of what they're seeing during the conflict. Voices from the Field - 24 Feb 2018
 
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Syria

Doctors and nurses collapsing as medical response in East Ghouta reaches its limits

MSF calls for an immediate ceasefire to enable the basic human act of helping the sick and wounded. Press Release - 24 Feb 2018
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)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

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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