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World Service,1 min

I saved my patients by negotiating with a warlord

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Deqo Mohamed is a Somali doctor and runs a 400-bed hospital in a refugee camp mainly made up of women and children. She describes how one day she had to negotiate carefully with a warlord to save her patients from being caught in the crossfire. Image: Dr Deqo Mohamed Credit: Vital Voices Global Partnership

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