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Approximately 4.7 million Iraqis have sought refuge outside their country and, according to the latest figures from the UN refugee agency UNHCR, the number of registered Iraqi refugees in Syria is around 215,000. However many thousands more remain unregistered. Most of these people live in precarious conditions and cannot afford to pay for medical care.   In August 2009, MSF started a healthcare project in Damascus, Syria, in partnership with a local organisation which is known as the Migrant’s Office. The aim of the project is to provide free healthcare and mental-health support to the unregistered refugees and migrants and the underprivileged residents of the city.  With the support of MSF, the clinic provides...
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Mission to Syria: MSF Surgeon Speaks

15 May 2012
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Syria. Makeshift hospital in Idlib governorate destroyed by armed forces end of March.
In late March, an MSF team crossed the Turkish border into Syria in an effort to provide medical aid in the Idlib region. The two-person team was composed of a surgeon and an anesthesiologist. To evaluate needs, they also sought to observe the treatment that wounded patients were receiving.  May 2012, Syria. Makeshift hospital in Idlib governorate destroyed by armed forces end of March. Photo: MSF   Their first observation was that medical workers were so terrorized that they would offer only first aid in cases of extreme emergency. To treat broken bones, for example, they would simply use makeshift splints. In dealing with hemorrhage, they applied compression bandages even when they had...
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Syria: Safety of wounded and medical workers must be prioritised

15 May 2012
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Wounded people, medical workers and health care facilities remain targeted and threatened in parts of Syria, preventing people from receiving life-saving emergency medical care
Wounded people and medical workers remain targeted and threatened, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said today, following visits to parts of Syria. MSF insists that all parties to the conflict must fully respect the physical integrity of wounded people, doctors and healthcare facilities. MSF calls for increased political and diplomatic efforts to ensure the safety of patients and medical workers, without the use of force.   MSF has been seeking official authorisation for several months to work with medical personnel in the Syrian governorates most affected by violence. To date, none of our efforts, either directly with Syrian...
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Syria: Witnesses speak out against violence and abuses

08 February 2012
Patient testimonies from Syrian refugees describe torture and persecution
Patient testimonies from Syrian refugees describe torture and persecution
The Syrian regime is conducting a campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them. While MSF cannot work directly in Syria, it has collected testimonies from wounded     Download the report Syria: Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution   patients treated outside the country and from doctors inside Syria. These 15 testimonies, from injured people and doctors from across Syria were collected by MSF staff between January 30 and February 6, 2012, point to a crackdown on the provision of urgent medical care for people wounded in the ongoing violence. MSF is not authorised to operate inside Syria at...
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A Month in Focus - February 2012

06 February 2012
Month in Focus: February 2012
Syria, Libya, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Swaziland
Syria – Medicine as a weapon of persecution Libya – Detainees tortured Papua New Guinea – Back to Bougainville Pakistan – MSF within reach of the tribal zone Swaziland - Community takes part in treatment
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Lebanon: Healing those deeply affected

07 February 2012
Palestinian refugee camp in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon
Mahmoud Abou Hamdi, social worker at MSF going to visit a patient in Burj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon
Lebanon: Healing those deeply affected   Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been providing mental healthcare in two refugee camps in Lebanon for the past three years, both to Palestinian refugees and to vulnerable Lebanese in the area. Now MSF has opened a new project in northern Lebanon, following the arrival of 4,500 Syrians who have fled the unrest in their country. Bruno Jochum, General Director of MSF, is just back from the region.   Mahmoud Abou Hamdi, social worker at MSF going to visit a patient in Burj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: Dina Debbas   Why is MSF working in Lebanon?  ...
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Press Dossier: Syria- Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution

10 February 2012
Syria: Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution
Syria: Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution
  These 15 testimonies from injured people and doctors from across Syria were collected by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff between January 30 and February 6, 2012.
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Syria: Medicine Used as Weapon of Persecution

08 February 2012
Patients treated by doctors in Syria
Patients treated by doctors in Syria
The Syrian regime is conducting a campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them, the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said today. While MSF cannot work directly in Syria, it has collected testimonies from wounded patients treated outside the country and from doctors inside Syria.  The testimonies, collected from several people from various parts of the country, point to a crackdown on the provision of urgent medical care for people wounded in the ongoing violence in Syria.   "In Syria today, wounded patients and doctors are pursued and risk torture and arrest at the...
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