Mobile clinic by motorbike around Pinga in North Kivu province Democratic Republic of Congo 2012

In and around Pinga, an MSF team has been reaching out to populations trapped by the conflict by running mobile clinics via motorbike and providing medical services to people who have no other hope of getting medical care. Conditions are extremely difficult; the only way to access mobile clinics is with motorcycle convoys because cars can¿t pass through the narrow jungle paths. Teams travel in a convoy of 5 or 6 bikes, each bike with two people and loaded with drugs and medical material.

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Mobile clinic by motorbike around Pinga in North Kivu province Democratic Republic of Congo 2012

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF17089

Date taken / Date Recorded 07/07/2010 12:00 AM

Country Democratic Republic of Congo

Detailed location North Kivu

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Jean-Pierre Amigo

Copyright Jean-Pierre Amigo/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications

Formal Consent Copy available no

Project section OCA

Editor's rating ★★★★ (E)

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Additional Information / Shotlist In the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, violent conflict persists between government forces and an array of military groups. The frontlines between different armed actors constantly shift, and local people are trapped in the middle ¿ often cut off from medical care. The teams pass through empty village after empty village. Displaced by fighting, their populations of several thousand have fled into the forest. All that remains are abandoned mud houses with broken doors, caved in roofs and tipped over chairs ¿ remnants of people leaving in a hurry. Throughout the day there are usually long queues of people waiting patiently for a free consultation. In 2010, medical teams carried out nearly 40,000 consultations. MSF treats people who have suffered violence, including sexual violence, pregnant women and children with malnutrition, diarrhoea, cholera, malaria and respiratory tract infections.