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Merlin’s medical teams in Pakistan are working around the clock to deliver vital health care to people displaced by the conflict in SWAT valley. Our teams are
treating as many as 2,000 patients a day.Merlin has eight static health clinics set up in the camps, as well as eight mobile clinics travelling
throughout the region bringing health care to those sheltering displaced families.Six static and six mobile clinics are dedicated to treating malnutrition â€" one of
the most serious health issues facing vulnerable men, women and children in the region.Continued fighting in the SWAT and FATA regions of Pakistan has forced 2.3 million people from their
homes in the largest internal displacement since the Rwandan genocide.Merlin’s Country Director in Pakistan, Maria Luiza Galer commented:“The
situation is placing an enormous strain on families who are hosting the displaced people. There are simply too many people and too few facilities for this to be an effective solution. We have
to be vigilant against disease outbreaks and ensure everyone has access to the health care they need.†Donations are urgently needed to ensure we can continue to deliver health care to people caught up in conflict: Please
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An internally displaced girl, who fled a military offensive in the Swat Valley region a few months earlier, waves to soldiers at a checkpoint in Malakand district while returning back to ...
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