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Life can be frightening and stressful for pregnant women, new mothers, and families with young children in a large refugee camp such as Nyarugusu, in Tanzania. But vulnerable women, children and families in this camp can rely on the dedicated volunteers and staff of the Tanzania Red Cross Society, which runs a hospital, health clinics, ante- and post-natal support and paediatric services for the camp’s residents and people living in neighbouring host communities.
Tanzania Red Cross workers also provide emergency medical treatment, health care, shelter, water and sanitation support, and distribute relief items such as blankets and buckets to people in need.
The camp was initially set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, but has expanded significantly in recent years following the arrival of large numbers of people from Burundi. It is now the third-largest refugee camp in the world, with some 150,000 residents.
Access to health care is improving, thanks to the Tanzania Red Cross with IFRC and other partners, but refugees and host communities alike are still struggling with inadequate support services and infrastructure for the growing population.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 An elderly woman waiting for treatment in the corridor of the main Red Cross clinic in the camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. Godfrida Jola, Tanzania Red Cross, communications officer on a field visit Nyaragusu camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 A woman waiting for treatment in the corridor of the main Red Cross clinic in the camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Congolese community members celebrating the birth of a newborn, outside of the camp’s main clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Family members outside of the home of Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2017 Godfrida Jola, Tanzania Red Cross, communications officer on a field visit to Nyaragusu camp, in the maternity ward of the camps main dispensary.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 A woman and her baby waiting for treatment in the corridor of the main Red Cross clinic in the camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 A Tanzania Red Cross midwife having a break outside the maternity ward of the main dispensary of the camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Lawrence M. Mhinta, assistant medical officer in the camps main dispensary speaking with Godfrida Jola, Tanzania Red Cross, communications officer.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. 14 August, 2018 Ali Machozi, 46, from DRC, community member. Children Ungwa Kashidi and Eto Kashindi have received assistance in the Red Cross clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2017 Godfrida Jola, Tanzania Red Cross, communications officer on a field visit with health workers in Nyaragusu camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Family members outside of the home of Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2017 Godfrida Jola, Tanzania Red Cross, communications officer on a field visit with health workers in Nyaragusu camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Family members outside of the home of Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August15, 2018 Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby outside their home.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2017 Godfrida Jola, Tanzania Red Cross, communications officer on a field visit with health workers in Nyaragusu camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Family members outside of the home of Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. Tanzania Red Cross driver.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Family members outside of the home of Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August15, 2018 Winifrida Rwehumbiza (Mama Wini), midwife and nurse, working with Tanzania Red Cross for the past seven years. Title in the organisation: reproductive and child health manager. Mama Wini visiting Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Family members outside of the home of Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Family members outside of the home of Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Family members outside of the home of Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 A woman and her baby waiting for treatment outside of the paediatric ward of the main Red Cross clinic in the camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Congolese community members celebrating the birth of a newborn, outside of the camp’s main clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 A Tanzania Red Cross midwife having a break outside the maternity ward of the main dispensary of the camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2017 The hallway of the maternity ward in the camps main dispensary.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 A woman sitting outside of the maternity ward in the camps main dispensary.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15 2018, Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby, visiting the antenatal care together.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 A mother and her newborn in the maternity ward of the main hospital.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Rahma Jaffar, 28, host community member (Tanzanian), patient in the Red Cross antenatal clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2017 Godfrida Jola, Tanzania Red Cross, communications officer on a field visit Nyaragusu camp. Holding newborn baby in the maternity ward in the camps main dispensary.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Mama Florence and orphan baby unofficially called Florence in the paediatric ward. Baby Florence was abandoned in the forest at 3 months old and was unofficially adopted by Mama Florence.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Lawrence M. Mhinta, assistant medical officer in the camps main dispensary.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2017 The hallway of the maternity ward in the camps main dispensary.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15 2018, Rashidi Mlondani Lopembe, 26 and Riziki Ndtila Frorida, 21, from DRC, a couple expecting their first baby, visiting the antenatal care together.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Godfrida Jola, Tanzania Red Cross, communications officer and Aija Kuparinen, Finnish Red Cross comms delegate, on a field visit Nyaragusu camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Bihogo Furaha, 60, from DRC, community member and traditional birth attender (has received RC training).
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 15, 2018 Rahma Jaffar, 28, host community member (Tanzanian), patient in the Red Cross antenatal clinic with Winifrida Rwehumbiza, midwife and nurse, working with Tanzania Red Cross for the past seven years. reproductive and child health manager.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. 14 August, 2018 Ali Machozi, 46, from DRC, community member. Children Ungwa Kashidi and Eto Kashindi have received assistance in the Red Cross clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Bihogo Furaha, 60, from DRC, community member and traditional birth attender (has received RC training).
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. 14 August, 2018 Ali Machozi, 46, from DRC, community member. Children Ungwa Kashidi and Eto Kashindi have received assistance in the Red Cross clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Bihogo Furaha, 60, from DRC, community member and traditional birth attender (has received RC training).
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. 14 August, 2018 Ali Machozi, 46, from DRC, community member. Children Ungwa Kashidi and Eto Kashindi have received assistance in the Red Cross clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Tanzania Red Cross Community health workers heading into the camp after their daily briefing at the Red Cross clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 A burundian mother with her 2 children receiving treatment in the Paediatric ward in the camps main clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Congolese community members celebrating the birth of a newborn, outside of the camp’s main clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 A woman and her baby waiting for treatment in the main Red Cross clinic in the camp.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Congolese community members celebrating the birth of a newborn, outside of the camp’s main clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Melania Niyonzima, 32, from Burundi, served by the Red Cross antenatal clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Congolese community members celebrating the birth of a newborn, outside of the camp’s main clinic.
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Nyaragusu refugee camp is the third largest refugee settlement in the world. Set up to host Congolese refugees in 1997, in the recent years the camp has witnessed a massive growth in numbers of people fleeing from Burundi. Today, Nyarugusu hosts nearly 150,000 people. IFRC has been working alongside with Tanzania Red Cross National Society in the camp by providing emergency health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and non-food items including basics such as blankets and buckets. Despite the improved access to health services, overall support services remain inadequate for the current and growing population in Nyarugusu camp. August 14, 2018 Jackline Ndelagije, 32, from Burundi, served by the Red Cross maternity clinic. Name of the child: Biuakumana Nahumed.