Innovations to save lives in north-east Nigeria ESP

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Innovations to save lives in north-east Nigeria

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF220534

Date taken / Date Recorded 08/01/2018 12:00 AM

Country Nigeria

Commissioning section MSF-SPAIN

Photographer / videographer / producer Nitin George

Copyright Nitin George/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m7s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 76.21 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Around the world, three wheelers offer a cheap means of urban transport. In Gwoza, a town in north-east Nigeria, these small three-wheeled vehicles, known locally as keke napeps, are more than just a means of public transport, they are a means of saving lives. Every month around 260 patients are transported to the hospital in keke napeps, which are used by MSF as makeshift ambulances to avoid movement restrictions in a town controlled by the Nigerian army following years of conflict. In Gwoza, MSF provides emergency consultations, nutritional and inpatient care, and sexual reproductive health services. MSF continues to provide healthcare services in 12 other locations across Borno and Yobe state.