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    <title>NPR: Doctors Without Borders</title>
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      <title>Why Sudan is being called a &apos;humanitarian desert&apos;</title>
      <description>An emergency coordinator from Doctors Without Borders has seen crises around the world but says she&apos;s never seen anything like this. A new report from the aid group underscores her assessment.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:54:39 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/07/24/nx-s1-5049752/sudan-civil-war-darfur-doctors-without-borders</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x2668+0+0/resize/4000x2668!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe6%2F6f%2F7fc6ec2d441a9f5ab0af6df4f5ff%2Fsudan-conflict.jpg' alt='A Sudanese girl who has fled from the war with her family arrives at a refugee transit center. The conflict that began in April 2023 has displaced millions and created a humanitarian crisis.'/><p>An emergency coordinator from Doctors Without Borders has seen crises around the world but says she's never seen anything like this. A new report from the aid group underscores her assessment.</p><p>(Image credit: Luis Tato)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5049752' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Fatma Tanis</dc:creator>
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      <title>A rescue ship saved them from the sea. Now these migrants find a tough road in Europe</title>
      <description>Thousands of migrants have drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Europe. The dangerous journey does not deter many more from the risky crossing.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:00:41 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1223911518/migrants-mediterranean-sea-europe-rescue</link>
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      <dc:creator>Ruth Sherlock</dc:creator>
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      <title>A deadly disease so neglected it&apos;s not even on the list of neglected tropical diseases</title>
      <description>It&apos;s called noma and is a disease of poverty, striking mainly children. Most patients die. Survivors are badly disfigured. Now there&apos;s a campaign to add it to the list of neglected tropical diseases</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 05:01:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/04/01/1165485844/a-deadly-disease-so-neglected-its-not-even-on-the-list-of-neglected-tropical-dis</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/03/29/pictures_noma-20_inediz-c88160de45cd064118e1308d553c31c6117f4611.jpg' alt='Mulikat Okanlawon of Nigeria contracted noma when she was a child. The gangrenous infection ate away at the flesh and bone in her face. She survived and has had surgery to repair scars left by the disease. Today she works at the Sokoto Noma Hospital, guiding noma patients on the road to recovery.'/><p>It's called noma and is a disease of poverty, striking mainly children. Most patients die. Survivors are badly disfigured. Now there's a campaign to add it to the list of neglected tropical diseases</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1165485844' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Max Barnhart</dc:creator>
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      <title>Doctors Without Borders addresses charges of racism within its ranks</title>
      <description>Journalists have compiled instances of favoring international staff over local staff and treating people of color inequitably. A grassroots group of staffers agrees. Here&apos;s how MSF is responding.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 09:00:59 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/05/09/1091122969/msf-doctors-without-borders-racism</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/04/05/gettyimages-1236885780_custom-35580c96d9e8ef99de59934ac19144fcfe476626.jpg' alt='This Doctors Without Borders clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is called Pran Men'm (Take My Hand) in the local language. The humanitarian medical aid group operates in more than 70 countries.'/><p>Journalists have compiled instances of favoring international staff over local staff and treating people of color inequitably. A grassroots group of staffers agrees. Here's how MSF is responding.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1091122969' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Joanne Lu</dc:creator>
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      <title>In Over 2 Weeks Since The Haiti Earthquake, This ER Doctor Hasn&apos;t Slept At Home</title>
      <description>What should have been an ordinary Saturday at the emergency room instead became a day Dr. Antoine Titus cannot forget.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2021/08/30/1032178718/haiti-eathquake-aid-groups-antoine-titus-les-cayes</link>
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      <dc:creator>Becky Sullivan</dc:creator>
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      <title>Aid Groups Wonder Whether To Stay Or Go As The Taliban Take Over Afghanistan</title>
      <description>Now that the Taliban are back in power, aid agencies in Afghanistan are bracing for an uncertain future — and hope to maintain the progress they&apos;ve made over the past two decades.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 14:46:45 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/08/26/1030691740/aid-groups-wonder-whether-to-stay-or-go-as-taliban-takes-over-afghanistan</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/08/24/gettyimages-1212875926_slide-7798eb81a74d5737dd1a6c99c84f31048c330a0b.jpg' alt='An Afghan woman feeds a newborn rescued and brought to Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul in May 2020 after gunmen attacked a maternity ward operated by Doctors Without Borders. The nonprofit runs clinics and hospitals in parts of the country — and is continuing its work following the Taliban takeover.'/><p>Now that the Taliban are back in power, aid agencies in Afghanistan are bracing for an uncertain future — and hope to maintain the progress they've made over the past two decades.</p><p>(Image credit: Haroon Sabawoon)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1030691740' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Joanne Lu</dc:creator>
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      <title>Doctors Without Borders Responds To Charges Of &apos;Racism&apos; From Its Staff</title>
      <description>The concerns range from condescending attitudes toward people of color to inequities of pay between international and local workers. The aid group&apos;s leaders have pledged to address the issues.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:24:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/07/15/864544382/doctors-without-borders-responds-to-charges-of-racism-from-its-staff</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/07/14/south-sudan-0-3_custom-2bd417701a137fb9f909803d041c0a73ab594d64.jpg' alt='A dirt road cuts through a sprawling refugee camp in South Sudan where Doctors Without Borders has a hospital. In a letter, 1,000 current and former employees are accusing the aid group of racism and white supremacy.'/><p>The concerns range from condescending attitudes toward people of color to inequities of pay between international and local workers. The aid group's leaders have pledged to address the issues.</p><p>(Image credit: David Gilkey)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=864544382' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Nurith Aizenman</dc:creator>
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      <title>Coronavirus Stalks The Country With The World&apos;s Worst Humanitarian Crisis</title>
      <description>With its health care system already in dire condition, conflict-ridden Yemen faces what Doctors Without Borders is calling a potential &quot;catastrophe&quot; as COVID-19 spreads.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 11:37:06 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/05/28/860915290/coronavirus-stalks-the-country-with-the-worlds-worst-humanitarian-crisis</link>
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      <dc:creator>Ruth Sherlock</dc:creator>
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      <title>Doctors Without Borders Calls For More Transparency In Distribution Of Ebola Vaccine</title>
      <description>The international humanitarian group says the World Health Organization is restricting access to the vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the current outbreak has killed more than 2,100.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2019/09/23/763410795/doctors-without-borders-calls-for-more-transparency-in-distribution-of-ebola-vac</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The international humanitarian group says the World Health Organization is restricting access to the vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the current outbreak has killed more than 2,100.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=763410795' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Paolo Zialcita</dc:creator>
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      <title>From Trailers To Tents: What Happens To Leftover Aid Supplies?</title>
      <description>FEMA is now auctioning off trailers sent to Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. But that&apos;s just one way to deal with a surplus.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/26/691598686/from-trailers-to-tents-what-happens-to-leftover-aid-supplies</link>
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      <dc:creator>Joanne Lu</dc:creator>
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