Iraq, Aug. 15 -- Al-Ubor is a neglected and densely populated corner in Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, where years of inadequate access to public services have made people more vulnerable and susceptible to illnesses and other health conditions.

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) teams are providing much-needed health care at Al-Ubor Health Center, which opened in 2023 and has since been a lifeline for the area's estimated 30,000 residents.

"We've been coming here for two years for mental health, family planning, everything," says Basha'er Ahmed, a patient at the center. "My husband has a spinal cord injury and can't work. The services here are free. My neighbors told me about the center. We walk half an hour to ...