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A mother and baby at MSF’s birthing centre in Rafik Hariri University Hospital. Beirut, Lebanon, April 2019. © MSF/Severine Sajous

    In a year marked by mass anti-government protests across Lebanon, MSF continued to provide general and specialist healthcare to host, migrant and refugee communities.

    The demonstrations that took place in 2019 were the largest in terms of numbers, geographical spread, and diversity for decades…

    Read full article in International Activity Report 2019


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