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  1. Cholera

    Cholera often breaks out when there is overcrowding and inadequate access to clean water, rubbish ... infection is often mild or without symptoms but can sometimes be severe, resulting in profuse watery ... or rectal swabs, although due to the fast-acting nature of the disease there is often little time to ...

  2. Cholera

    Cholera often breaks out when there is overcrowding and inadequate access to clean water, rubbish ... infection is often mild or without symptoms but can sometimes be severe, resulting in profuse watery ... or rectal swabs, although due to the fast-acting nature of the disease there is often little time to ...

  3. Fistula

    survives a complicated birth, and suffers a fistula as a result, her family and community will often shun ... fatal. However, if the woman survives the labour, permanent injuries to the birth canal often result. ... vagina and rectum, or both. This hole will never heal naturally and, more often than not, the baby will ...

  4. Fistula

    survives a complicated birth, and suffers a fistula as a result, her family and community will often shun ... fatal. However, if the woman survives the labour, permanent injuries to the birth canal often result. ... vagina and rectum, or both. This hole will never heal naturally and, more often than not, the baby will ...

  5. Sexual and gender based violence

    and men, ranging from rape to genital mutilation.  In conflict, rape is often used as a weapon or as ... performed in resource poor settings often cause further consequences for reproductive health. Psychological ... Consequences Survivors of sexual violence often suffer from severe and varied  psychological   effects. It is ...

  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 ... performed in resource poor settings often cause further consequences for reproductive health. Psychological ... Consequences Survivors of sexual violence often suffer from severe and varied  psychological   effects. It is ...

  7. Maternal health

    there’s no proper foetal monitoring and presentations are often complicated and late. “The aim of care ... bleeding, or postpartum haemorrhage, can happen following a complicated delivery. Often it is caused by ...

  8. Tuberculosis

    first-line TB treatment and 1,780 for second-line treatment. TB is often thought of as a disease of the past ... tuberculosis) that is spread through the air when infected people cough or sneeze. The disease most often ... all. Children, who often cannot produce sputum, urgently need a new diagnostic tool, especially since ...

  9. Tuberculosis

    first-line TB treatment and 1,780 for second-line treatment. TB is often thought of as a disease of the past ... tuberculosis) that is spread through the air when infected people cough or sneeze. The disease most often ... all. Children, who often cannot produce sputum, urgently need a new diagnostic tool, especially since ...

  10. Mental health

    natural disasters, famines and epidemics. MSF doctors and nurses are often seen treating physical ... healthcare aims primarily to reduce people’s symptoms and improve their ability to function. Often this work ...

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