MSF President: Impact Of Conflict In S. Sudan Striking
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MSF President: Impact Of Conflict In S. Sudan Striking
The International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr
Joann Liu, said the scale of the impact of the conflict on civilians
in the country is striking as civilians are losing hope.
23 August 2017
MSF President: Impact Of Conflict In S. Sudan Striking
Dr. Joann Liu, the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF) [Photo by Jale Richard]
By Jale Richard
JUBA, 23 August 2017 [Gurtong]-“It is striking how much the civilians
are paying the price in the conflict,” said Dr. Liu. “What is
striking when you come to South Sudan is the scale of the impact on
civilians. 2 million people are displaced, 2 other million have fled
the country, and one in three people is displaced.”
Dr. Liu had visited MSF project sites in Malakal and Aburoch in the
last week where MSF is providing lifesaving assistance to those
affected by the conflict. She said the civilians are the constant
losers to the conflict. “They have lost their family members,
children, homes, lands, and they are living in a mud somewhere,” said
Liu.
She said in Malakal and Aburoch, “people have lost hope because they
have moved four times over the last few months and then started life
again from scratch.”
Over the last 15 months, 24 MSF medical facilities including mobile
clinics and ambulances were attacked in Pibor, Leer, Kodok, and other
places, she said.
Dr. Liu appeals for protection of civilians and their property during
conflicts. “All parties to the conflict must respect and protect the
civilians and their communities,” she said. “People must have and must
be allowed to access health care and saving services and assistance.
Medical facilities must be protected, in the conflict all parties must
restrain from looting and damaging medical facilities because that is
the life line in conflict times.”
She said despite the difficulty facing the medical charity group, MSF
will continue supporting the people of South Sudan, but need access in
order to save the lives of people caught in conflicts.
The MSF President said the number of people asking for mental support
from MSF clinics is increasing because of loss of hope and loss of
future. “This is a reflection of the violence that is happening, and
it is depriving people of access to health care when they needed the
most,” she said.
“It is not because brutal violence is happening; people are right now
trying to escape the cycle of violence. What is going on right now is
that it is not sparing the civilians and the civilian structures,” she
said.
Dr. Liu said the people she visited told her they have been moving
around from one spot to another over the last few months.
“Staring all over again from scratch has been the story of people, and
they start all over again with nothing. They go and live in conditions
in either camps in the mud with very little to live on, that is their
life. Live in the, mud,” She said.
She said MSF is committed to work in the country to offer health care
access to the civilians even with the difficult situation.
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The International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr
Joann Liu, said the scale of the impact of the conflict on civilians
in the country is striking as civilians are losing hope.
23 August 2017
MSF President: Impact Of Conflict In S. Sudan Striking
Dr. Joann Liu, the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF) [Photo by Jale Richard]
By Jale Richard
JUBA, 23 August 2017 [Gurtong]-“It is striking how much the civilians
are paying the price in the conflict,” said Dr. Liu. “What is
striking when you come to South Sudan is the scale of the impact on
civilians. 2 million people are displaced, 2 other million have fled
the country, and one in three people is displaced.”
Dr. Liu had visited MSF project sites in Malakal and Aburoch in the
last week where MSF is providing lifesaving assistance to those
affected by the conflict. She said the civilians are the constant
losers to the conflict. “They have lost their family members,
children, homes, lands, and they are living in a mud somewhere,” said
Liu.
She said in Malakal and Aburoch, “people have lost hope because they
have moved four times over the last few months and then started life
again from scratch.”
Over the last 15 months, 24 MSF medical facilities including mobile
clinics and ambulances were attacked in Pibor, Leer, Kodok, and other
places, she said.
Dr. Liu appeals for protection of civilians and their property during
conflicts. “All parties to the conflict must respect and protect the
civilians and their communities,” she said. “People must have and must
be allowed to access health care and saving services and assistance.
Medical facilities must be protected, in the conflict all parties must
restrain from looting and damaging medical facilities because that is
the life line in conflict times.”
She said despite the difficulty facing the medical charity group, MSF
will continue supporting the people of South Sudan, but need access in
order to save the lives of people caught in conflicts.
The MSF President said the number of people asking for mental support
from MSF clinics is increasing because of loss of hope and loss of
future. “This is a reflection of the violence that is happening, and
it is depriving people of access to health care when they needed the
most,” she said.
“It is not because brutal violence is happening; people are right now
trying to escape the cycle of violence. What is going on right now is
that it is not sparing the civilians and the civilian structures,” she
said.
Dr. Liu said the people she visited told her they have been moving
around from one spot to another over the last few months.
“Staring all over again from scratch has been the story of people, and
they start all over again with nothing. They go and live in conditions
in either camps in the mud with very little to live on, that is their
life. Live in the, mud,” She said.
She said MSF is committed to work in the country to offer health care
access to the civilians even with the difficult situation.
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