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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke

A third of outpatients treated for wounds at MSF’s Gaza hospitals in 2024 were children, figures show

Medics looking after children injured during bombardment at Rafa in Gaza
Medics care for patients at a clinic set up by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) treating severe injuries and burns sustained in Israeli bombardment, at the Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Children under 15 years old made up almost a third of outpatients treated for wounds in field hospitals run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza last year, statistics published in The Lancet reveal.

The figures were released by MSF in correspondence with the respected medical journal and come from six health facilities in Gaza supported by the international medical NGO. The facilities are predominantly in the south and centre of the devastated territory.

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