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====Democratic Republic of the Congo==== Although active in the Congo region of Africa since 1985, the [[First Congo War|First]] and [[Second Congo War]] brought increased violence and instability to the area. MSF has had to evacuate its teams from areas such as around [[Bunia]], in the [[Ituri district]] due to extreme violence,<ref>MSF Article (2005) [http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=7BC39654-E018-0C72-09E7DF9CC8A2E42A&component=toolkit.report&method=full_html Nothing new in Ituri: The violence continues] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216120244/http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=7BC39654-E018-0C72-09E7DF9CC8A2E42A&component=toolkit.report&method=full_html |date=16 February 2006 }} MSF. Retrieved 15 January 2006.</ref> but continues to work in other areas to provide food to tens of thousands of displaced civilians, as well as treat survivors of mass rapes and widespread fighting.<ref>MSF Article (2004) [http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?component=article&objectid=69A5156A-AD93-4426-9FE16133411EBD40&method=full_html The tragedy of the other Congo – A forgotten war's victims] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222625/http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?component=article&objectid=69A5156A-AD93-4426-9FE16133411EBD40&method=full_html |date=27 September 2007 }} MSF. Retrieved 12 January 2006.</ref> The treatment and possible vaccination against diseases such as [[cholera]], [[measles]], [[polio]], [[Marburg fever]], [[African trypanosomiasis|sleeping sickness]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Rapid Cure Approved for Sleeping Sickness, a Horrific Illness |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/health/sleeping-sickness-africa-cure.html |access-date=17 November 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 November 2018|last1=McNeil |first1=Donald G. Jr. }}</ref> [[HIV/AIDS]], and [[bubonic plague]] is also important to prevent or slow down epidemics.<ref>MSF Article (2000) [http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?component=article&objectid=6589C283-DC2C-11D4-B2010060084A6370&method=full_html Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Complex emergency, human catastrophe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222240/http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?component=article&objectid=6589C283-DC2C-11D4-B2010060084A6370&method=full_html |date=27 September 2007 }} '''WHO'''. Retrieved 21 November 2010.</ref>
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