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Yemen
Although HIV is not a major epidemic in the country (prevalence is estimated at about 0.2 per cent of the population), people living with HIV face stigma and discrimination almost everywhere; and because of the lack of knowledge by the medical personnel, even in some health facilities. Since the beginning of the year, MSF is working in Sana’a to help reduce the stigma and improve the access to quality healthcare.
Central African Republic
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Central African Republic
MSF teams have been targeted and suffered many robberies and threats while MSF facilities were looted. Teams in Batangafo and Kabo were evacuated due to insecurity, leaving the population without medical care. MSF calls on the new government of the country to restore order to cease threats and attacks against humanitarian workers and structures.
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Jordan
MSF has opened a 24-hour paediatric hospital with an operational capacity of 30 beds and 3 emergency beds. in Zaatari Camp where more than 100,000 Syrian refugees are settled here. The hospital shall receive cases of children patients of one month up to 10 years old.Libya
3-28 | Tribal clashes over the ownership of a gold mine have already forced nearly 100,000 people from their homes in the Jebel Amir region of Sudan’s North Darfur this year. A decade has passed since the Darfur conflict began, and there are still dire medical needs in the region. Despite efforts to provide medical humanitarian aid to people of Darfur, there is still more work to do, says Fernando Medina, MSF’s coordinator in Sudan.What is the situation in Jebel Amir now?