Médecins Sans Frontières

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB104329

Date taken / Date Recorded 16/09/2021 6:02 PM

Expiration date 16/09/2026

Country Iraq

Detailed location Mosul, Iraq

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Nanna Heitmann

Copyright Nanna Heitmann

Usage Rights (MSF) MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications

Formal Consent Copy available no

Project section OCG

Editor's rating ★★★★★★ (B)

Maximum Size 5312px × 3984px 12.20 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist In October 2016, the military offensive to retake the city from the hands of The Islamic State group began. After almost three years under the control of the IS, Mosul, once the country’s second largest city, had lost most of its population as people fled people fled the control of IS, and the awful living conditions in the city.
The offensive lasted nine months; every street and house was visited and
secured. As time went on, the front line shifted. With thousands of Iraqis wounded or killed and more than a million displaced, this urban battle remains one of the deadliest since the Second World War. At the height of the battle to retake the city, MSF teams were working in a health post close to the front lines. Since then, life has resumed, but the health system has been slow to rebuild and MSF continues to support several facilities, including the maternity and paediatrics hospital in Nablus, on the outskirts of the city. The number of births per month is reaching record figures. Giving birth through safe deliveries is one of the priorities of the teams, as the risk of maternal mortality in childbirth remains very high.

Special instructions ONLY FOR MSF USE:
The rights include:

· The right to establish, to fix, reproduce with all technical processes known or unknown to this day, including without limited to, graphics, magnetic, electronic, computer, analog, digital, on the following media : paper, cardboard, brochures, MSF magazines, MSF Posters, book (given as a gift), flyers, calendars, communication card, greeting card, MSF exhibition, MSF websites and MSF social networks. Production of any book and/or object will have to be authorized and supervised by Magnum Photos. (to be contacted at [email protected])

The pictures must be used in their original state, so that the images are not modified, altered, cropped, colorized or any other method to modify the appearance of “Photographs” initially submitted by Magnum photos.

Any use of the works must include one of these copyright with the photographer associated with Magnum Photos: © Nanna Heitman/ Magnum Photos for MSF

City of Mosul

City of Mosul