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“Sylvie needed help immediately, so the MSF ambulance was called” Read an OBGYN’s stories of trying to provide emergency obstetrics care: http://bit.ly/17E8BQS 

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“If you cried here, you’d cry every day.” Read an MSF OBGYN’s account of working to save women and their babies in Sierra Leone, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Part of our new multimedia project Because Tomorrow Needs Her: The Fight for Women’s Health: http://bit.ly/17E8BQS 

Why do 800 women die from pregnancy-related causes every day? Watch the webcast Wednesday at 7:30 pm EST #TomorrowNeedsHer http://bit.ly/1FTKgFh

How does MSF work to close the gap in health services for women? Watch the webcast Wednesday at 7:30pm EST. #TomorrowNeedsHer http://bit.ly/1LzLjIW

Photo: People queue for food distribution in Mugunga III camp. DRC 2012 © Aurelie Baumel/MSF

DRC: High Levels of Sexual Violence in Goma Camps

People displaced by armed conflict around Goma are now suffering high levels of sexual violence in and around the camps where they have taken shelter.

Between December 3, 2012, and January 5, 2013, the MSF team working in Mugunga III camp, a few kilometers west of Goma, registered and treated 95 patients who were victims of sexual violence, with a notable increase in late December. MSF denounces the lack of action on the part of those responsible for protecting civilians and the poor security conditions in the Goma camps. 

“The camps and surrounding villages face a glaring lack of security,” said Thierry Goffeau, MSF head of mission in Goma. “The responsible authorities and the leaders of the various armed groups all claim—without exception—that they are defending the civilian populations. They must thus assume their responsibility and ensure that the most vulnerable are not subject to violence or reprisals.”