Complexo do Alemao clinic in Rio de Janiero

Photo: Roberto (Bear) Guerra

Complexo do Alemao clinic in Rio de Janiero

Children play soccer in the street in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious favelas, Complexo do Alemao.

Recognizing an urgent need for health care in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most violent favelas, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a clinic in Complexo do Alemao in October 2007. This was the first time MSF started a project specifically in response to urban violence.

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