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Brazilian nurse Gilmara Nascimento walking towards the pharmacy at the Médecins Sans Frontières Health Centre in Huddur, Somalia.

© Karsten Bidstrup
A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) midwife provides antenatal care in a mobile clinic outside Madhu, Mannar district, Sri Lanka. MSF offers surgical, obstetric/gynaecological and paediatric care in both the government-controlled and The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam-held zones in the northern part of the country.

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A pregnant woman is examined by a Médecins Sans Frontières medical doctor in the maternity ward in Cazenga, Angola.

© Karsten Bidstrup
Ethiopian surgeon Mesfin Wondimu holds a baby after a Caesarean section in Magburaka, Sierra Leone. The baby was stillborn.

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A Médecins Sans Frontières doctor performs a medical consultation on a young woman in Ryiadh, West Darfur, Sudan.

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A young woman receives an antenatal check-up in the Tzite hospital in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) also provides medical care to survivors of sexual violence, especially in 'zone 18' of Guatemala City, which is one of the areas most affected by violence and organised drug crime. MSF activities include reproductive healthcare and psychological services in a Ministry of Health primary care clinic and maternity clinic.

© Francesco Zizola / Noor
An antenatal consultation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Médecins Sans Frontières provides additional care for the prevention of illnesses that affect mother and child, such as malaria, hepatitis and tetanus.

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A mobile clinic waiting area in the village of Teapleu, in western Ivory Coast. Médecins Sans Frontières teams in the western part of the country encountered high rates of sexually transmitted infections, which can lead to complications in reproductive health. In October 2008, MSF officially handed over all its programs in Ivory Coast to the health authorities.

© Raphaël Ommer / MSF
A woman receives a prenatal consultation at Pursat Hospital in Cambodia. Médecins Sans Frontières has worked in Cambodia since 1979.

© Camille Fontaine / MSF
A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field worker examines a patient in Pakistan. MSF has provided health services in the country, particularly around maternal health, since 2000.

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A pregnant teenager in labour receives medical care from a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member at La Saline Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The young girl lives in the Cité Soleil slum and had no money or transport to reach the hospital. An MSF field worker found her on the street with her sister and brought her to the hospital.

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The waiting room in New Kru Town clinic on Bushrod Island, Liberia. This is one of the poorest and most densely populated areas of the city. In this primary healthcare clinic, Médecins Sans Frontières staff carry out consultations, including family planning, pre and postnatal consultations, and assist during deliveries.

© Francesca Di Bonito
Médecins Sans Frontières field coordinator Daniela Abadi examines a pregnant patient in the internally displaced camp in Petchabun, Thailand.

© Francesco Zizola / MSF
Since November 2005 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has run projects in rural areas of Colombia, including the town of Quibdo in the Choco region. MSF mobile clinics provide primary healthcare, sexual and reproductive healthcare and train staff and local institutions on the use of post-exposure prophylaxis kits, which can be used to reduce the risk of infection after an incidental HIV exposure.

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In one of the Haiti’s most violent areas, Cité Soleil, Médecins Sans Frontières operates the 75-bed Choscal Hospital and primary healthcare centre in Chapi. More than 3,000 consultations are carried out monthly, including maternal and child healthcare and surgical consultations.

© Julie Rémy
Pregnant women waiting to be examined at the La Saline mobile clinic in Haiti. Out of the average 5500 deliveries per month in all of Port-au-Prince, 4000 patients visit either the Jude Anne hospital Out-Patient department (OPD) or one of the mobile clinics offered by Médecins Sans Frontières.

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A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical team, including Australian midwife Sonia Girle (right) carries out home visits twice a week to the homes of Afghan women in Zahedan, Iran. Since May 2008, the MSF medical team has followed up more than 400 mothers in their homes. Between 60 and 80 pregnant women have also been referred to maternity facilities.