How MSF prints in 3D masks for Palestinians suffering from burns.

Zaina is 10, her mask must be re-done every three months because she’s still growing.

To do this, she goes to an MSF clinic in Gaza and the procedure is as follows:

Her face is scanned, and then printed in 3D. A mould is created, the future mask’s thermoplastic is heated, then adapted to the mould, the mask is finally polished, to be re-fitted on the patient, which allows her scars to improve.

The 3D programme has been developed since 2020 by the MSF Foundation in collaboration with MSF teams in Gaza.