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Nigeria 2008 © Line Geyer/MSF

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We take you to northern Nigeria, where MSF is providing surgery to repair fistulas - life-altering internal injuries that can happen to women who endure prolonged, complicated labor. In Burkina Faso, malnutrition is at its annual peak and MSF is responding.We'll hear from an MSF doctor who was there at the same time last year. You'll also hear emergency updates from MSF projects around the world.

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