Pepe said it has two mobile clinics monitoring the health situation at the estimated 15 sites where displaced people have congregated, where DWB is distributing hygiene kits and evaluating water points, toilets and showers.

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In the early 1990s, Dr Sen and his wife, Ilina, set up Rupantar, a non-governmental organisation training rural health workers, running mobile clinics and campaigns against alcohol abuse and violence against women.

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AmeriCares also has a mobile clinic traveling the streets of New York City, providing portable exam rooms for health clinics unable to treat patients due to damaged facilities.

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