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Nilsa, the head of maternity and safe abortion ward in the Chingussura health center in Beira, Mozambique, sits by a door covered with signs that say: "Termination of pregnancy is legal in Mozambique and is free of charge." "It is provided up to 12 weeks of pregnancy (three months)." "Each safe abortion offered is one unsafe abortion prevented." "Safe abortion is also a social emergency. No Stigma. No deaths.”
Medical activities

Safe abortion care

MSF is committed to providing safe abortion care to reduce avoidable suffering and deaths. Every minute, a woman or girl has an unsafe abortion. . Topic
 
A refugee in the wind-blown dust in Um Rakuba refugee camp.

Ethnic Tigray, Ethiopian, refugees who fled the central government's military offensive against what is perceived as separatism by the Tigray regional government and its military branch TPLF. When crossing into Sudan the refugees are transferred and settled in Um Rakuba, which was already a site of camps during the 1984 famine.
MSF runs the water supplies and has an emergency clinic in the camp.

SUDAN, Gedaref Region, Eastern border with Ethiopia/Tigray Region. Um Rakuba Camp. 2020/12.
In Focus

Ethiopia Tigray crisis

In the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, millions of people have been displaced - or become refugees in neighbouring Sudan - following violence starting in November 2020, which has left people with little access to food, water, shelter or healthcare. Topic
 
CAPTIONS: Jolie Mbambo lives in Kinkole / Kinshasa As the DRC faces a new outbreak of COVID19 epidemic cases, respecting barrier gestures and vaccination are the only ways to protect against infection. Wearing correctly a mask is however rarely respected, notes Jolie. A resident of Kinkole, a disadvantaged neighborhood in the megalopolis of Kinshasa, the epicenter of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she continues to challenge her community on this issue, which is essential to her.
The Americas

Canada

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CAPTIONS: Jolie Mbambo lives in Kinkole / Kinshasa As the DRC faces a new outbreak of COVID19 epidemic cases, respecting barrier gestures and vaccination are the only ways to protect against infection. Wearing correctly a mask is however rarely respected, notes Jolie. A resident of Kinkole, a disadvantaged neighborhood in the megalopolis of Kinshasa, the epicenter of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she continues to challenge her community on this issue, which is essential to her.
Europe & Central Asia

Ireland

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CAPTIONS: Jolie Mbambo lives in Kinkole / Kinshasa As the DRC faces a new outbreak of COVID19 epidemic cases, respecting barrier gestures and vaccination are the only ways to protect against infection. Wearing correctly a mask is however rarely respected, notes Jolie. A resident of Kinkole, a disadvantaged neighborhood in the megalopolis of Kinshasa, the epicenter of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she continues to challenge her community on this issue, which is essential to her.
Europe & Central Asia

Netherlands

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CAPTIONS: Jolie Mbambo lives in Kinkole / Kinshasa As the DRC faces a new outbreak of COVID19 epidemic cases, respecting barrier gestures and vaccination are the only ways to protect against infection. Wearing correctly a mask is however rarely respected, notes Jolie. A resident of Kinkole, a disadvantaged neighborhood in the megalopolis of Kinshasa, the epicenter of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she continues to challenge her community on this issue, which is essential to her.
Europe & Central Asia

Norway

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CAPTIONS: Jolie Mbambo lives in Kinkole / Kinshasa As the DRC faces a new outbreak of COVID19 epidemic cases, respecting barrier gestures and vaccination are the only ways to protect against infection. Wearing correctly a mask is however rarely respected, notes Jolie. A resident of Kinkole, a disadvantaged neighborhood in the megalopolis of Kinshasa, the epicenter of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she continues to challenge her community on this issue, which is essential to her.
Europe & Central Asia

Portugal

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Much of the local economy depends on the rearing of livestock such as cows, goats and camels. Because of a lack of rain and a very bad harvest this year, it has become difficult for famers to feed their animals. Some have taken their cattle south to find pastures, or to sell their animals.
Crisis settings

Climate emergency

The health impacts of a changing climate are already a burden for many people in the world, including those MSF teams assist. Topic
 
Contextual photos of destruction, Chernihiv, Ukraine
In Focus

War in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has caused the displacement of millions of people as well as severe medical and humanitarian needs. MSF teams are responding to the conflict across Ukraine and in neighbouring countries. Topic
 
Nijole Slapsinskaite, MSF nurse, is starting her morning round in Medininkai camp, Lithuania, where people who had crossed the border from Belarus are being held. During her rounds she checks upon people, provides referrals to the camp doctor and medication to those in need. Currently, around 620 people live in this camp, most of them coming from Middle Eastern countries.

MSF is supporting people living in the camp providing psychological support, general medical consultations and referrals, and basic necessities such as hygiene products and clothing.
Europe & Central Asia

Lithuania

MSF left Lithuania in 2023. Country
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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