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Photo: MSF medical staff examines patient in surgical ward in Hangu Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital. MSF supports the Hangu THQ Hospital by running emergency room and providing surgical care. Pakistan 2012 © Haroon Khan/MSF Pakistan: More than 110 Treated for Blast Wounds Ahead of Elections Pakistan is experiencing an increase in violence related to the general and provincial elections taking place on May 11, in the country’s first democratic transition of power. MSF staff treated patients for blast injuries at facilities in Hangu and Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. “The escalation in violence has caused massive devastation over a short period of time,” said Jean Guy Vataux, MSF country representative in Pakistan. “This is exacerbating an already very difficult situation for the Pakistani people who continue to bear the brunt of these violent acts on every level.” Noncombatants have been the primary victims of the recent violence, which follows several months of armed conflict in Pakistan that mainly injured members of the security forces and armed militants, according to Pakistani media reports.

Photo: MSF medical staff examines patient in surgical ward in Hangu Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital. MSF supports the Hangu THQ Hospital by running emergency room and providing surgical care. Pakistan 2012 © Haroon Khan/MSF

Pakistan: More than 110 Treated for Blast Wounds Ahead of Elections

Pakistan is experiencing an increase in violence related to the general and provincial elections taking place on May 11, in the country’s first democratic transition of power. MSF staff treated patients for blast injuries at facilities in Hangu and Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

“The escalation in violence has caused massive devastation over a short period of time,” said Jean Guy Vataux, MSF country representative in Pakistan. “This is exacerbating an already very difficult situation for the Pakistani people who continue to bear the brunt of these violent acts on every level.”

Noncombatants have been the primary victims of the recent violence, which follows several months of armed conflict in Pakistan that mainly injured members of the security forces and armed militants, according to Pakistani media reports.

Photo: Refugees displaced by fighting in North Darfur state wait for treatment. Sudan 2010 © Juan-Carlos Tomasi Treating the Wounded After Fighting in Sudan’s North Darfur State

Photo: Refugees displaced by fighting in North Darfur state wait for treatment. Sudan 2010 © Juan-Carlos Tomasi

Treating the Wounded After Fighting in Sudan’s North Darfur State

Doctors Without Borders in 40 Seconds

This short animation introduces Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) — from it’s creation by a group of doctors and journalists in 1971 to the worldwide emergency medical aid organization that today is operating in over 60 countries.

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CNN Video: Shelling Haunts Syrian Family See how our teams are providing crucial care to refugees from Syria through the story of one family struggling to survive after a shell slammed into their home.

CNN Video: Shelling Haunts Syrian Family

See how our teams are providing crucial care to refugees from Syria through the story of one family struggling to survive after a shell slammed into their home.