LIBYA, JUNE 2019

When Doctors Without Borders first visited this detention center in Zintan, 900 refugees and asylum seekers were detained within, in terrible conditions. A tuberculosis outbreak had been raging for months in the facility, and the people inside were living without showers or access to safe drinking water.

Doctors Without Borders provided food, medical consultations, and repairs to the water system. But the situation for migrants and refugees in Libya remains dire. With people seeking safety facing arbitrary detention, violence, and torture, much more help is needed.

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CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA, SEPTEMBER 2019

Thousands of people fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries attempt the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.

On September 17, the search and rescue ship Ocean Viking, operated by Doctors Without Borders and SOS MEDITERRANEE, completed two operations. First, the ship's team responded to a wooden boat in distress with 48 people on board, including women, young children, and a baby. Next, 61 people were rescued from a rubber boat, many of whom were treated for the effects of fuel inhalation. The next day, the team rescued 73 more people from an inflatable boat, including 18 children. Since 2015, Doctors Without Borders search-and-rescue teams have rescued and assisted more than 80,000 vulnerable people along the deadly stretch of water between Libya and Italy.

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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, AUGUST 2019

The measles epidemic declared on June 10th is the deadliest that Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has experienced in decades, and the World Health Organization says that it is the largest measles epidemic in the world today. More than 280,000 people have contracted measles, and over 5,600 have died, with cases reported in all 26 provinces of the country.

Doctors Without Borders is fighting the epidemic on multiple fronts and has vaccinated over 1.4 million children against the disease and treated more than 46,000 patients with measles between January 2018 and October 2019. But without a further massive mobilization of funding and resources to combat the spread of the disease, the outbreak could worsen.

The team is working around the country responding to the outbreak, and must use boats and motorbikes to reach people who may otherwise be unable to receive treatment. Set up to be mobile and agile, the team is constantly on the move combating the disease.

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MOZAMBIQUE, APRIL 2019

In March, Cyclone Idai struck the southeastern coast of Africa, causing catastrophic flooding and leaving hundreds of thousands of people cut off from health care and other essential services. Across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, rivers broke their banks, homes collapsed, and high winds and waters resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people and the displacement of thousands more.

Mozambique was the country hardest hit. Doctors Without Borders immediately launched an emergency response to address the massive needs, working with the Ministry of Health to rehabilitate damaged facilities, running mobile clinics to reach people cut off from aid, shipping more than 100 tons of medical and logistical supplies, and responding to outbreaks of cholera.

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NIGERIA, JULY 2019

At Anka General Hospital in Nigeria's Zamfara state, Doctors Without Borders runs a 135-bed pediatric ward, mainly treating children suffering from malaria and malnutrition. During the rainy season, when malaria cases peak, the hospital is often at capacity.

Malaria and malnutrition are not the only threats in the region. Escalating violence in Zamfara state has caused tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. In Anka, where many displaced people have gathered, Doctors Without Borders runs mobile clinics and constructs much-needed shelters and latrines.

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YEMEN, DECEMBER 2018

On December 7, Nasser was tending his sheep with his uncle and his cousin when he stepped on a landmine located in a field near the Saudi border. Nasser and his father had to travel hours to get to the nearest hospital in Mocha.

The Doctors Without Borders field hospital in Mocha remains the only health facility offering emergency surgery in the area. Our teams also treat pregnant women with complicated deliveries that require urgent surgery. Since the beginning of 2019, Doctors Without Borders staff have provided more than 2,400 surgical procedures, including over 200 Caesarean sections.

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BOSNIA, NOVEMBER 2019

Thousands of migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe are stranded in Bosnia and Herzegovina, trapped in dangerously cold and harsh conditions as winter begins.

Doctors Without Borders teams provide medical and mental health services near refugee camps and along migration routes in collaboration with the Bosnian Ministry of Health.

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MEXICO, FEBRUARY 2019

Guerrero, one of Mexico’s most violent states, is fought over by criminal groups, self- defense groups, police and military authorities. This conflict results in rural communities being isolated from the outside world for days, weeks, or even months on end – unable to take roads or leave their communities in fear of being kidnapped or killed.

Doctors Without Borders runs mobile clinics in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to provide aid to 26 communities caught in the crossfire. Our teams offer medical, psychological, and humanitarian assistance to victims of violence, as well as treatment for chronic diseases and sexual and reproductive health care.

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BANGLADESH, JUNE 2019

Here, a Rohingya mother and her children take shelter and await medical care in Bangladesh. When the influx of refugees from Myanmar in 2017 began, psychosocial support was essential to helping survivors cope with the trauma of suffering extreme violence. Today, psychiatric care, combined with psychosocial support, is necessary to alleviate the mental health conditions exacerbated by life in a camp.

Doctors Without Borders continues to respond to the medical and humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees and vulnerable Bangladeshi communities, and to address gaps in health care in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar slum. Along with medical treatment, Doctors Without Borders has treated the unseen wounds of Rohingya throughout Bangladesh.

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IRAQ, DECEMBER 2019

After US troops withdrew from northern Syria in 2019, more than 17,000 people have crossed into Iraq. The child above was making her way toward the Bardarash refugee camp.

Since October, Doctors Without Borders has conducted 3,207 health care consultations, including 1,031 for children under five years old. The number of daily consultations has now stabilized between 120 and 180. In addition to medical care, Doctors Without Borders has provided mental health care to more than 800 families at the Sahela border reception site and in Bardarash camp by going tent to tent.

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