This videos show the harrowing look at the challenges of delivering humanitarian aid in armed conflicts. Access to the Danger Zone is still a challenge and remains a major fustration for aid teams on the ground.
Nevertheless, Doctors Without Borders has and is exploring and using the many strategies it can to save lives in this world's worst war zones which includes Afghanistan, Somalia and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The majority of international humanitarian aid is being implemented from the capital city of Damascus and distributed to areas under government control. Aid remains minimal for some seven million Syrians living in opposition-held regions, where conditions continue to worsen. During a donor conference held in late January, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) spoke out about the imbalanced distribution of international aid provided to Syria. MSF teams are providing care for patients in neglected areas and training Syrians to give first aid near the front line.
Sleeping sickness has been a major health problem in South Sudan for the last century. Transmitted by the tse tse fly, it can be fatal if left untreated. Over a ten-week period, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mobile teams based in Kajo Keji traveled to remote villages where patients have little access to medical care, screening over 37,000 people for the disease and providing treatment to those in need.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have also remained in northern Mali throughout the recent crisis in order provide medical care to the local population. MSF has treated 35 wounded patients in Timbuktu over the past few weeks and is running programs in Mauritania, Niger, and Burkina Faso to assist those fleeing the conflict.
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