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Georgian woman holding her baby cries at her damaged home in Gori August 10, 2008.

MSF assists those displaced by Georgia conflict

In the 10 camps that MSF has visited so far, hundreds of people are living in public buildings, lacking water and basic sanitation. MSF is providing basic relief supplies and medical care through mobile teams in eight of these camps, serving over 3,200 displaced people and we will continue to visit the other camps in the region.

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A young child receives treatment for acute malnutrition in an MSF feeding centre. August 2008.

Ethiopia: MSF works to slow rising severe malnutrition rates

With over 16,700 severely malnourished patients, mostly children, having received treatment, MSF is now providing for patients suffering from moderate malnutrition.

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MSF Counselor Thandiwe Mlala tests a couple for HIV and Syphilis.

Giving babies an HIV free life in Zimbabwe

Many of them say as they come into the testing room that they are more afraid of the needle than the results. But Mlala holds their thumb securely, a quick prick, a drop of blood and it is all over apart from the result.

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