[Slideshow] Iran: Helping Women Survive in One of Tehran�s Toughest Neighborhoods

For more than a year, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing medical assistance to neglected populations, particularly drug addicts, prostitutes, and street children, in Tehran’s Darvazeh Ghar neighborhood. Though they share the streets with merchants and vendors during the day, they can rarely access medical care as easily as most others in Iran's capital, despite significant health care needs. next Iran 2012 © Mohsen Sheikholesl Tehran is a megalopolis of more than 12 million residents. In the Darvazeh Ghar neighborhood in the shadow of the famed Grand Bazaar, residents struggle mightily to look after themselves and their children. # prev | next Iran 2013 © Samantha Maurin In an area where people often lack the identity papers they need to access Iran's public health system, MSF offers specialized care for women, including prenatal, maternal and newborn care, family planning, and contraception. # prev | next Iran 2013 © Samantha Maurin “We treat refugees, ‘gypsies,’ and pregnant drug-addicted women here every day,” says Mona, an MSF midwife who sees around 30 patients a day. “It’s hard for them to pay for their treatment and they can’t travel further to the Ministry of Health clinics. We treat them here and it’s all free.” # prev | next Ira...
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