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Maternity unit in Domeez Camp, Iraq
Ayla Hamdo, 3.200 kg and 62 Cm born on August 4 2014, is the first baby of the new maternity run by MSF in Domeez refugee camp.
© Gabrielle Klein/MSF

MSF's new maternity unit in Domeez camp, Iraq

Ayla Hamdo, 3.200 kg and 62 Cm born on August 4 2014, is the first baby of the new maternity run by MSF in Domeez refugee camp.
© Gabrielle Klein/MSF

Just a few weeks after opening its doors for the first time on August 4, the maternity unit in Domeez refugee camp, in northern Iraqi Kurdistan, is crowded with Syrian women, many of them bearing children. All have chosen to take advantage of a range of maternity services – from antenatal check-ups to postnatal vaccinations – provided by staff who are themselves refugees.