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Social violence and exclusion

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Many people are unable to access healthcare simply because of who they are. They may be afraid to seek help, or are excluded because they are forced to live outside of mainstream societal bounds.

People who are excluded include undocumented migrants, street children, sex workers, prisoners, drug addicts or the mentally ill. Sometimes, entire communities are systematically neglected by relevant authorities. These might be people who live in slums, or communities hit by criminal violence and gang warfare. Our teams provide medical, psychological and social support to people cut off from health services. Our work also involves drawing attention to the obstacles patients face in accessing healthcare.
 

 
Detention Centres - Tripoli, Libya
Libya

Ongoing violence against detained migrants forces MSF to suspend Tripoli detention centre activities

Press Release 22 Jun 2021
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Violence in Guerrero, Mexico

Violence in Guerrero, Mexico

Since 2016, MSF has run mobile clinics in Guerrero, Mexico - one of Mexico's most violent states. Violence is something that affects different communities in the state of Guerrero, mainly due to fighting between different organised crime groups over the cultivation of poppies and avocados. This violence causes communities in the affected villages to live in confinement and leaves people without access to healthcare or education. Our teams attempt to fill these gaps through mobile clinics offering health services including preventive measure against COVID-19.

 
Palestine

In Gaza, 'the wounded are stuck at home'

In the Media 21 Nov 2012
 
Gaza, reconstructive surgery program, all uses.
Palestine

New offensive exacerbating fragile humanitarian and public health situation

Project Update 19 Nov 2012
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Congolese aid workers return to Pinga

Project Update 5 Nov 2012
 
Myanmar

MSF prevented from reaching most communities affected by violence in Rakhine State

Press Release 5 Nov 2012
 
Social violence and exclusion

Urban Survivors

Voices from the Field 2 Nov 2011
 
Myanmar

Fatal Policy: How the Rohingya Suffer the Consequences of Statelessness

Report 1 Oct 2011