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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2012: Videos

07 March 2012
International Women's Day 2012: Maternal Death - The Avoidable Crisis
International Women's Day 2012: Maternal Death - The Avoidable Crisis
DRC: "I got on the motorbike with the midwife "   Pakistan: Delivering in the Dark   South Sudan: Dodging a Double Risk   Haiti: "Madame, here is your baby"  
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Papua New Guinea: Return to neglected Bougainville

15 July 2011
After a 10-year absence, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has returned to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, a collection of islands off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea, to assist in delivering much-needed health care in the remote southern region of Buin. Since April 2011, a small MSF team has been working in Buin Health Center. View Larger Map Access to health care in Bougainville is extremely limited. A 10-year civil war between secessionists and the Papua New Guinea government caused the deaths and displacement of tens of thousands of people, and left the region’s infrastructure in tatters. Today, a decade after a peace agreement was signed, there...
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In post-earthquake Haiti, medical needs are still great

20 June 2011
The needs are for surgery, post-operative care, and obstetric care.
The needs are for surgery, post-operative care, and obstetric care.
The earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010 reportedly left 300,000 wounded, and 1.5 million homeless. Soon afterwards, a cholera epidemic swept the country, killing more than 5,000. Photo: Yann Libessart/MSF Although the situation is no longer covered as extensively as it was in 2010, huge health needs remain in Haiti. Photo: Yann Libessart/MSF The needs are for surgery, post-operative care, and obstetric care. Photo: Yann Libessart/MSF Cholera is still a concern. In Port-au-Prince, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treatment centers have seen an increase in cases since mid-May. Photo:...
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