Médecins Sans Frontières step up efforts to address facial injuries in Gaza

At the only facility of its kind in the Gaza Strip, the technical team at Médecins Sans Frontières are intensifying efforts to create transparent plastic masks designed to reduce the visible impact of war injuries suffered by residents. The injuries sustained often leave scars, facial protrusions, and deformities — especially on the faces of children, who endure significant embarrassment and psychological distress within their communities because of these disfigurements. According to the technical supervisor, Mohammed Al-Qatrawi, “We are working with resources that are barely available, and the raw materials we use are locally sourced because of the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. Nevertheless, we are doing our utmost to improve the conditions of war-related injuries and the various deformities […]