In a dire humanitarian crisis in Mosul, Iraq, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is stepping up to provide life-saving care to malnourished infants. In March 2017, MSF treated over 300 babies under the age of 6 months in Qayyara. These infants were brought to the MSF-supported ITFC by families who had fled the besieged parts of West Mosul.
Due to the trauma and living conditions in Mosul, many mothers are unable to breastfeed, and formula milk is scarce. In some cases, mothers have resorted to feeding their babies black tea or sugary water instead of milk. These infants have not only suffered from malnutrition but also from other illnesses, further exacerbating their vulnerability. With limited access to healthcare in Mosul, MSF is providing a lifeline to these malnourished babies and their families.
Malnutrition manager Megan Hock talking with one of the malnutrition baby’s mothers, to check on the baby’s medical state, in some cases mothers are given the responsibility to drop-feed their babies according to the nurses’ directions.
A mother giving her malnutrition child water to drink in the ITFC in MSF Qayyara Hospital.
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Eman and Maryam, 6-week-old twin girls from west Mosul are suffering from malnutrition, one of the girls is suffering from a hole in the heart and will need a surgery in the future.
Dr. Mohammad an ER doctor is supporting the medical staff in the ITFC tent in Qayyara Hospital in southern Mosul, “Part of our work here is to raise awareness regarding the proper breast-feeding” Dr. Mohammad said.
A mother asking the ITFC manager and nurses about the state of her malnutrition child.
A mother feeding her 18-month-old baby Anwar drops of therapeutic milk, in the ITFC in MSF Qayyara hospital southern Mosul.
Dr. Mohammad is an ER doctor working with MSF filling the gap in the ITFC tent in Qayyara Hospital. “The situation here is getting better despite the large number of admitted patients with their mothers, some mothers themselves suffer from malnutrit
MSF Nurses with the malnutrition manager having a quick meeting on the last updates from the ITFC in MSF Qayyarah Hospital in southern Mosul.
Jawad, 10-month-old malnutrition baby in the ITFC in MSF Qayyara Hospital 60Km South Mosul.
In the ITFC centre mothers have to share beds with their babies sometimes, 2 mothers with their children are sitting on one bed for at more than 6 days in some cases.
2-month-old child, Sumaya suffering from malnutrition for a week, where the mother stopped breast-feeding her because she was sick. The mother has 3 other children none of them had malnutrition. Doctors asked her to keep feed her child with drops of
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Dr. Megan Hock the Malnutrition manager is checking on the mothers and their babies in the IFTC.
Mothers in ITFC in MSF hospital in Qayyarah 60Km south Mosul.
Haroush, 8-month-old malnutrition child. Because of the IS siege of Kisk village in Mosul, the mother couldn’t find proper food to feed her child, which led to the current state of her child.
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