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      Northern Syria: Acute water crisis poses serious health risks
      Syria
      Northern Syria: Acute water crisis poses serious health risks
      People are facing a desperate situation in northern Syria, as limited access to clean water over the past few months has reached breaking point. A dec...
      War and conflict
      Four Years On: Dehumanisation of Rohingya people continues
      Bangladesh
      Four Years On: Dehumanisation of Rohingya people continues
      On August 25, 2017, a campaign of targeted violence was wagedagainst theRohingyainRakhinestate by the Myanmar military. This was not the first campaig...
      Rohingya refugee crisis
      Refugees
      Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders trains foreign domestic helpers for psychosocial support in this hour of need
      Hong Kong
      Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders trains foreign domestic helpers for psychosocial support in this hour of need
      The year-long COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the life of every individual with varying degrees of disruption. Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans ...
      Mass deportations and failed asylum policies leave tens of thousands of migrants stranded and in danger along Mexico’s border cities
      Mexico
      Mass deportations and failed asylum policies leave tens of thousands of migrants stranded and in danger along Mexico’s border cities
      Mexico City, September 8, 2021 – Tens of thousands of migrants are trapped in extremely vulnerable conditions in northern and southern Mexico due to f...
      Access to medicines
      Forced suspension of majority of Doctors Without Borders activities, amid enormous needs in Ethiopia
      Ethiopia
      Forced suspension of majority of Doctors Without Borders activities, amid enormous needs in Ethiopia
      The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all activities in the Amhara...
      War and conflict
      Haiti: Earthquake survivors need continued care in the south
      Haiti
      Haiti: Earthquake survivors need continued care in the south
      September 8, 2021—The greatest number of deaths and injuries from Haiti’s August 14 earthquake occurred in the country’s southernmost region, the Sud ...
      Natural disasters
      Medics, Health Authorities and Patients: Keys in mitigating deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases
      Kenya
      Medics, Health Authorities and Patients: Keys in mitigating deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases
      Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally. According to the World Health Organisation, NCDs kill 41 million people each...
      Non-communicable diseases
      Healthcare System in Lebanon Disintegrates
      Lebanon
      Healthcare System in Lebanon Disintegrates
      Dwindling supplies of fuel and medicine mean that Lebanon’s healthcare system is rapidly disintegrating as the country – which has been without a gove...
      Access to medicines
      Haiti: After the earthquake, a multitude of challenges for patients
      Haiti
      Haiti: After the earthquake, a multitude of challenges for patients
      More than a week after an earthquake destroyed his home and fractured the bones of his leg, Widnika, age 2 years and 7 months, sleeps in a bed at the ...
      Natural disasters
      Surgery and trauma care