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  1. Maternal health

    Many women across the world give birth without medical assistance. This massively increasing the ... world I have trained and worked in,” says Benjamin Black, a UK obstetrician working in Sierra Leone, in ... there’s no proper foetal monitoring and presentations are often complicated and late. “The aim of care ...

  2. Cholera

    Cholera often breaks out when there is overcrowding and inadequate access to clean water, rubbish ... dehydration, sometimes within a matter of hours. According to the World Health Organization, cholera affects ... infection is often mild or without symptoms but can sometimes be severe, resulting in profuse watery ...

  3. Cholera

    Cholera often breaks out when there is overcrowding and inadequate access to clean water, rubbish ... dehydration, sometimes within a matter of hours. According to the World Health Organization, cholera affects ... infection is often mild or without symptoms but can sometimes be severe, resulting in profuse watery ...

  4. Mental health

    MSF teams have offered mental healthcare in more than 40 areas around the world, including the ... counselling sessions MSF provides emergency medical aid in catastrophes all over the world — armed conflicts, ... natural disasters, famines and epidemics. MSF doctors and nurses are often seen treating physical ...

  5. Mental health

    MSF teams have offered mental healthcare in more than 40 areas around the world, including the ... counselling sessions MSF provides emergency medical aid in catastrophes all over the world — armed conflicts, ... natural disasters, famines and epidemics. MSF doctors and nurses are often seen treating physical ...

  6. Sexual and gender based violence

    and men, ranging from rape to genital mutilation.  In conflict, rape is often used as a weapon or as ... virus.  Another medical consequence can be unintended pregnancies. According to the World Health ... performed in resource poor settings often cause further consequences for reproductive health. Psychological ...

  7. Sexual and gender based violence

    and men, ranging from rape to genital mutilation.  In conflict, rape is often used as a weapon or as ... virus.  Another medical consequence can be unintended pregnancies. According to the World Health ... performed in resource poor settings often cause further consequences for reproductive health. Psychological ...

  8. Sleeping sickness

    treatment the disease is fatal. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 95 per cent of ... but are often overcome by sleep during the day. Diagnosing sleeping sickness Diagnosing sleeping ... drug previously used to treat the disease. Developed in 1949, melarsoprol is often described by ...

  9. Malnutrition

    of death is greatly increased. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), malnutrition is the ... single greatest threat to the world’s public health. WHO estimates that 178 million children under five ... Africa and parts of South Asia, people are often unable to access highly nutritious foods such as milk, ...

  10. Malnutrition

    of death is greatly increased. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), malnutrition is the ... single greatest threat to the world’s public health. WHO estimates that 178 million children under five ... Africa and parts of South Asia, people are often unable to access highly nutritious foods such as milk, ...

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