MSF has launched the feature website Critical Condition, a year-long focus on the lives of the people living in the North and South Kivu provinces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where conflict has been ongoing for years.
The site launches with a short documentary film that includes a range of images recently taken by World Press Photos laureate, Cédric Gerbehaye.
Available in English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian, the website will be continually updated throughout the year.
Until recent years, cholera was relatively rare in urban areas of the country where treated, piped water and flush toilets exist in most homes. With the ongoing economic crisis and the constantly deteriorating living conditions, these urban areas are more and more affected.
We are looking for areas where the needs of the people are unmet and where MSF can be most effective and help those who need it most. Perhaps the hardest part of life for the refugees in the camps now is not knowing when and if they will be able to go home and knowing that they have few prospects for the future.
