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    Women on the frontline: Defying the consequences of conflict to care for each other
    Chad
    Women on the frontline: Defying the consequences of conflict to care for each other
    In contexts of conflict and war around the world, women are fulfilling indispensable roles to address the healthcare needs of other women in their com...
    Refugees
    War and conflict
    Women’s health
    A normalisation of violence against refugees and migrants has taken root
    A normalisation of violence against refugees and migrants has taken root
    “My brother and I came on foot from Afghanistan, and we tried to cross the border between Italy and France to join our family in Germany. On the mount...
    Search and Rescue
    Refugees
    Mediterranean Migration
    Escalation on border area between Bangladesh and Myanmar
    Bangladesh
    Escalation on border area between Bangladesh and Myanmar
    Since 4 February, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has treated 27 people with gunshot or shrapnel ...
    Refugees
    Rohingya refugee crisis
    Syria: Mental wounds remain deep a year after the earthquakes
    Syria
    Syria: Mental wounds remain deep a year after the earthquakes
    People in northwest Syria continue to struggle with the mental health impacts of more than a decade of war, compounded by the devastating earthquakes ...
    Natural disasters
    Mental health
    West Bank: Palestinians in Hebron live in constant fear as violence surges - Cloned
    Palestine
    West Bank: Palestinians in Hebron live in constant fear as violence surges - Cloned
    “The situation has been bad for years here. Israeli soldiers search our houses day and night, vandalise and arrest people without any warning,” says A...
    War and conflict
    Mental health
    Access to medicines
    Sudan: Escalating humanitarian needs after half a million people flee violence in Wad Madani
    Sudan
    Sudan: Escalating humanitarian needs after half a million people flee violence in Wad Madani
    The war in Sudan has taken a new turn. Heavy fighting and the change of military dynamic has caused immeasurable suffering, displaced millions, killed...
    War and conflict
    Refugees
    West Bank: Palestinians in Hebron live in constant fear as violence surges
    Palestine
    West Bank: Palestinians in Hebron live in constant fear as violence surges
    “The situation has been bad for years here. Israeli soldiers search our houses day and night, vandalise and arrest people without any warning,” says A...
    War and conflict
    Mental health
    Access to medicines
    Syria: 11 years of war through a Syrian Doctors Without Borders Hospital
    Syria
    Syria: 11 years of war through a Syrian Doctors Without Borders Hospital
    In 2012, a year after war broke out in Syria, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a burn care unit in Atmeh, in northweste...
    Surgery and trauma care
    War and conflict
    Refugees
    Myanmar: Mental health counsellors are more important than ever following Cyclone Mocha
    Myanmar
    Myanmar: Mental health counsellors are more important than ever following Cyclone Mocha
    Community based mental health sessions give hope to people in Myanmar who have faced years of conflict and displacement and are still rebuilding from ...
    Mental health