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      <image:caption>During a Humanitarian Mission in Kabul last year, Swisscross Founder, Dr Enrique Steiger triages a young boy with extensive burn trauma,</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Local surgeons, doctors, nurses and medical staff in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq have constantly stepped-up to care for their communities. January 2026</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Concludes Its Final Humanitarian Mission of 2025 in Erbil&amp;nbsp; - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Andy Platz in theatre at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care, November 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Swisscross CEO, Dr Ian Furst, leads maxillofacial surgery. November 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Burn Care: How Swisscross Is Transforming Care In Iraq - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Local and global medical professionals working together at the OR at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care at Zheen International Hospital, Erbil. July 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Burn Care: How Swisscross Is Transforming Care In Iraq - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swisscross Chief Surgeon Dr Walter Kunzi on screening day in July 2025 with maxillofacial surgeon, Dr Johannes Kuttenberger and local Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Dr Mustafa Subhe.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-29</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Half a Year of Healing: Swisscross' Impact Across Afghanistan and Iraq in 2025 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swisscross microsurgery specialist, Dr Natasha Forster working closely with colleagues in Kabul, Afghanistan. April 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Half a Year of Healing: Swisscross' Impact Across Afghanistan and Iraq in 2025 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ahmad returned to Swisscross for another surgery to remove the skin expander in his scalp, which will allow the creation of extra skin for further reconstructive surgery on his scalp, which suffered extensible burn trauma after the missile attack. June 2025, Erbil.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Half a Year of Healing: Swisscross' Impact Across Afghanistan and Iraq in 2025 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A team effort at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. May 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Launching 2025 with a Life-Changing Surgical Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swisscross Founder and Chairman, Dr Enrique Steiger in the OR at Maiwand Teaching Hospital, Kabul, Afghanistan. April, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Launching 2025 with a Life-Changing Surgical Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Burn trauma among children is one of the most common injuries our teams come across in conflict settings. Maiwand Teaching Hospital, April, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Launching 2025 with a Life-Changing Surgical Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Local medical experts at Maiwand Hospital working closely with the Swisscross team in Kabul, Afghanistan. April, 2025.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - The Power of Your Donation: Why It Matters for Independent NGOs Like Us - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mohamed, a 2 year-old with burn trauma to his leg, under the care of Swisscross Founder and Chair, Dr Enrique Steiger and Dr Sarezh Saber, Kurdistan, Iraq.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - International Women’s Day 2025: Accelerate Action for Women’s Healthcare - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Plastic surgeon, Dr Alla Shukur, Dr Natasha Forster, Microsurgery Speclialist and Dr Yvonne Ying, Pediatric Surgeon operating on a women needing breats reconstruction after fighting cancer. Erbil, Sept 2023.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-03</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/breast-cancer-awareness-month-a-new-hope-for-erbil</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-10-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A New Hope for Erbil - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Dr Alla Shukur (L) with Zurich-based Plastic and Microsurgery expert, Dr Natasha Forster during a breast reconstruction surgery this year.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A New Hope for Erbil - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Natasha Forster training 35 specialists and residents including the head of plastic department at Rizgary Teaching Hospital. November 2023.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/september-mission-recap</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-10-01</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>First day of patient screening at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care, Erbil, September 2024.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - SEPTEMBER MISSION RECAP - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Maxillofacial Surgeon, Dr Johannes Kuttenberger with Reconstructive and Plastic Surgeon, Dr Mustafa Subhe at Zheen International Hospital. September 2024.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A 5-year-old boy had reconstructive surgery on his hand which left his fingers severely burnt and fused together after a gas stove fire in 2023.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr Sarmad Nashat, Plastic Surgeon (L) in theatre operating on a child. September 2024.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - The Complexities of Managing Surgical Disease in Refugee &amp;amp; Vulnerable Populations. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A little girl with her father at the patient screening at Zheen International Hospital, Erbil. June 2024.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - The Complexities of Managing Surgical Disease in Refugee &amp;amp; Vulnerable Populations. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swisscross on a visit to Kawergosk Refugee Camp in Falahat, Iraq, where the majority of refugees are from Syria. September 2023.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - The Complexities of Managing Surgical Disease in Refugee &amp;amp; Vulnerable Populations. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swisscross training session with residents at Rizgary Teaching Hospital. November 2023.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/efficient-effective-and-empathetic-model-of-care</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-26</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dr Enrique Steiger speaking at the PrOTeCT Stakeholder Convention in London. May 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr Steiger, Dr Halimah ? in a Q&amp;A session moderated by Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND EMPATHETIC MODEL OF CARE - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Steiger at a patient screening during the June 2024 Humanitarian Mission at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care, Zheen International Hospital. Erbil, Iraq.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Children’s Burn Unit in Kabul, Afghanistan. March 2022</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND EMPATHETIC MODEL OF CARE - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Steiger during a solo mission in Kabul at the Children’s Burn Unit with local surgeons at Indira Ghandi Hospital. March 2022.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Spring Humanitarian Mission: Erbil, Kurdistan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>[R-L] Dr Natasha Forster with Dr Sarmad Nashat and surgical nurse Sayran Mohamed operating on a 38 -year-old man who was injured in a bomb blast. April 2024.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Spring Humanitarian Mission: Erbil, Kurdistan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Plastic surgeon, Dr Mustafa Subhe in the operating room at Zheen International Hospital, Erbil. April 2024.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Spring Humanitarian Mission: Erbil, Kurdistan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young child at the screening clinic for a hand injury with Dr Mustafa Subhe, Dr Natasha Forster and Barzani Charity Foundation. April 2024.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - The Importance of Repeated Reconstructive Surgery for Children with Injuries. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ahmad in April 2024 after his expander extraction and rotation flap to help reconstruct the burn tissue on his head.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - The Importance of Repeated Reconstructive Surgery for Children with Injuries. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ahmad with Swisscross head nurse, Kathrin Shultz in our screening clinic in 2023.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-02-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Foundation, KRG Ministry of Health, Barzani Charity Foundation and The Office of His Excellency Mulla Mustafa Barzani Kickstart Agreement to Deliver Complex Surgical Care in Kurdistan. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>L-R: Dr Johannes Kuttenberger, Dr. Sabir Othman Mamandi, Dr. Aryana Barzinji, Dr Mustafa Subhe, Dr Talin and Dr Lass Azad. February 2024.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Foundation, KRG Ministry of Health, Barzani Charity Foundation and The Office of His Excellency Mulla Mustafa Barzani Kickstart Agreement to Deliver Complex Surgical Care in Kurdistan. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swisscross chief surgeon, Dr Walter Kunzi and Dr Sarmad Nashat with a patient at the Swisscross and BCF clinic days in Erbil. February 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Foundation, KRG Ministry of Health, Barzani Charity Foundation and The Office of His Excellency Mulla Mustafa Barzani Kickstart Agreement to Deliver Complex Surgical Care in Kurdistan. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Johannes Kuttenberger and Dr. Sabir Othman Mamandi with BCF staff at the patient clinic in Erbil.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/addressing-disparities-in-accessing-surgical-interventions-for-persons-with-disabilities</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-03</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/6b025b7d-36cc-45db-b9fd-aebb1a73e128/stats+disability+surgery.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Addressing Disparities in Accessing Surgical Interventions for Persons with Disabilities. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/the-international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-2023</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-11-30</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/050c7149-2ee1-4fcb-b9b3-e5dc8af0a88d/title+pic+website.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - The International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2023 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/8c0e28d9-dcf2-428e-8250-930ceb08f60f/Kathrin+and+Ahmad.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - The International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2023 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ahmad was referred to Swisscross when he was only one-years-old. He had suffered severe burns and amputation of the foot and hand after a missile attack on his home in Syria. Our surgeons and healthcare providers have been providing surgical care to Ahmad for the last two years so that he is able to walk with a prosthesis and can move his body without limitation due to burn contractures.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/swisscross-november-2023-humanitarian-mission</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-12-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross November 2023 Humanitarian Mission - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Andreas Platz, the Chief physician at the Triemli Hospital, Zurich for orthopedics, hand and trauma surgery (L) and Dr Walter Kunzi, Swisscross chief surgeon performing hand surgery at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care in Erbil. November 2023.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross November 2023 Humanitarian Mission - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>(L-R) Sayran Mohemmed, theatre surgical assistance, Dr Sarmad Nashat, Plastic surgeon and Dr Mustafa Subhe, Plastic surgeon are a part of the distinguished local team, who performed a breast reconstruction on a vulnerable patient unable to afford surgery.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross November 2023 Humanitarian Mission - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>(L-R) Dr Walter Kunzi, Professor Andreas Platz, Dr Veith Moser (sitting) and Dr Mustafa Subhe peforming hand surgery in November 2023 at the Swisscross Centre in Erbil.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross November 2023 Humanitarian Mission - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Natasha Forster presents a seminar at Rizgary Teaching Hospital on breast reconstruction. November 2023.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/global-surgery-and-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-10-30</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/6c095849-066d-4ee0-b11f-89f199d4b7a6/SDGS+17.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Global Surgery and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/swisscross-visit-to-kurdistans-refugee-camps</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-10-13</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/37985364-2d34-4a6b-90ff-75451b85deed/Kawergosk+sign.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Visit to Kurdistan's Refugee Camps - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kawergosk Refugee Camp. September 2023.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Visit to Kurdistan's Refugee Camps - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swisscross team visited Kawergosk camp. (L-R) Kathrin Shultz, Swisscross head nurse, Iman Jabali Jasm, Camp coordinator, Sarezh Saber, Swisscross Field Officer and Swisscross CEO, Dr. Ian Furst .</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Visit to Kurdistan's Refugee Camps - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>During a visit to FYF our surgeons completed an impromptu screening of patients including a young boy unable to walk properly . September, 2023.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/swisscross-humanitarian-mission-lives-transformed</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-10-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Humanitarian Mission: Lives Transformed - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Yvonne Ying, a veteran humanitarian who has worked across the globe providing surgery to vulnerable communities in theatre with Swisscross Chief Surgeon, Dr Walter Kunzi and scrub nurse Renas Yunis. Erbil. September 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Humanitarian Mission: Lives Transformed - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Liyan, 13 at patient screening with Dr Kunzi and Dr Ying before her surgery in September 2023.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Swisscross Humanitarian Mission: Lives Transformed - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nine-year-old Sina took a shine to our head nurse, Kathrin Shultz. Sina was operated on for congenital circumscribed hypertrichosis - thick vellus hair on her arm.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/the-importance-of-humanitarian-work-in-orthopaedics</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-09-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - The importance of humanitarian work in orthopaedics - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mr Sarkhell Radha leads the Swisscross screening mission for patients at the MSF facility at Al Salam Hospital in Mosul in February 2023.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/reconstructive-surgery-restoring-lives-in-the-wake-of-earthquakes</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-09-11</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/79f07ffc-f2c9-4d4a-b2a1-02d84da856c8/Dr-Walter-Kunzi-%26-Dr-Alla-Shukur-performing-hand-surgery-at-CECC-Erbil-Nov-2021.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Reconstructive Surgery: Restoring Lives in the Wake of Earthquakes - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/restoring-hope-disability-reversing-surgery-for-refugees-in-kurdistan</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-09-06</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/blog-post-title-one-xlwe7</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-08-08</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/a4f181a6-567f-4390-b7c6-9619df70c877/Blog_1_a.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - The Critical Link between Strong Health Systems,  and Sustainable Peace - Mach es besonders</image:title>
      <image:caption>Training the next generation of healthcare leaders: Swisscross Chief Surgeon Dr Walter Kunzi and Microsurgery Specialist, Dr Natasha Forster with local Surgical Nurse Sayran Mohamed and two plastics residents observing a radial forearm flap surgery on a severely burnt 12-year-old girl. May 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/a69cfdd5-4874-49b0-b83d-de01b22a7ea3/Blog_1_b.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - The Critical Link between Strong Health Systems,  and Sustainable Peace - Mach es besonders</image:title>
      <image:caption>UK based Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr Sarkhell Radha (L) and local Plastic Surgeon, Dr Sarmad Nashat (R) screen a young girl at the MSF facility at Al Salam Hospital in Mosul in need of reconstructive surgery, which we provide at the Swisscross complex care centre in Erbil. March 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/cc2a665a-b0d4-4be4-846c-dd22d4e0d311/Swisscross%2Bat%2BZheen.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - The Critical Link between Strong Health Systems,  and Sustainable Peace - Mach es besonders</image:title>
      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/5179161b-18b4-45ba-ac2e-b51e1d26f927/Training%2Bin%2Blive%2Bop.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - The Critical Link between Strong Health Systems,  and Sustainable Peace - Mach es besonders</image:title>
      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/what-life-changing-surgery-looks-like-shamos-story</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - What Life-Changing Surgery Looks Like: Shamo’s Story - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shamo’s x-rays before (L) and after (R) the pelvic bones reconstruction and the total hip replacement.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/what-life-changing-surgery-looks-like-bahiyas-story</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-06</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/international-womens-day-celebrating-women-in-healthcare-everyday</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>STORIES - International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women In Healthcare Everyday - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Some of the many phenomenal women healthcare practitioners at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care, Erbil.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/e7920681-c37b-4d2c-abef-2250332e2c1b/Alla-Nov-2021.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women In Healthcare Everyday - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon Dr Alla Shukur has been with Swisscross humanitarian missions from the start of our journey in Erbil. November 2021.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/acf4daa2-9793-43f5-89a5-fefd4d1a579b/nf-.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women In Healthcare Everyday - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Nastaha Forster performs the first free tissue transfer surgery at the Centre in her first humanitarian mission with Swisscross in March 2022.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women In Healthcare Everyday - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swisscross head nurse, Kathrin Schultz with one of the first patients to come to Swisscross, 3 year-old Ahmad Burki who was injured in a missile attack in Syria. May 2022.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women In Healthcare Everyday - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nurse practitioners at the Centre in Erbil. March 2022.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/humanitarian-mission-march-2023</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-06</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/547e04c4-4a68-4db0-acea-20f09d6eefd5/Team-at-MSF.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Humanitarian Mission: MARCH 2023 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swisscross team join Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) at their health facility in Al Salaam Hospital, Mosul, Iraq.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/250d5e78-65e6-4bce-9998-b814becebc7e/SR-SN-female-child-patient-.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Humanitarian Mission: MARCH 2023 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Trauma Orthopedic surgeon, Dr Sarkhell Radha and Plastic surgeon Dr Sarmad Nashat with a young girl patient at the MSF health facility this week.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Humanitarian Mission: MARCH 2023 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Sarmad Nashat and Swisscross Field Officer, Dr Sarezh Saber. Al Salaam Hospital, Mosul.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/our-first-free-tissue-transfer-surgery-gives-10-year-old-salih-a-new-lease-of-life</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-06</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/54488a2a-2a8b-4815-b631-c53087a40006/NF+free+flap.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Our First Free-Tissue Transfer Surgery Gives 10-Year-old Salih a New Lease Of Life - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Natasha Forster, performs the first free-tissue transfer surgery at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care in Erbil.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/668529d8-3182-411e-9ada-be970d8339ec/free-flap-training.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Our First Free-Tissue Transfer Surgery Gives 10-Year-old Salih a New Lease Of Life - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Natasha Forster providing free-flap surgical training with local plastic surgeon, Dr Sarmad Nashat, using a chicken leg.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.swisscross.org/stories/why-is-complex-care-important</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-09-06</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/0fefae4e-37ac-426f-a7f6-b3f1e874983d/Mohamed-GAS-EXPLOSION.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Why is Complex Care Important? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mohamed Sarbaz Shakr, 2 playing with his Spiderman figure following surgery ay the Centre for complex care in September 2022.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/649168b72c30ae623f690923/ba54667a-0053-462a-8252-2540e17a19fd/Sarkhell-Radha.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>STORIES - Why is Complex Care Important? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Sarkhell Radha, award-winning trauma and orthopaedic surgeon completed the first hip replacement at the Centre for complex care with Dr Ahmed Berzenji and Dr Lass Azad.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Seven year-old, Ahmed Saffar gets a visit post-surgery from Dr Enrique Steiger.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Swisscross Founder, Dr Enrique Steiger at the opening of the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care in September 2021.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>STORIES - Celebrating One Year At The Centre Of Excellence For Complex Care In Erbil, Iraq - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Local plastic surgeon, Dr Alla Shukur with Ahmad, 3 at the Centre, just before surgery. November 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Swisscross Global Medical Corp with local medical professionals at the Centre in Erbil. November 2021.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr Enrique Steiger, a veteran war surgeon imparting invaluable training to Swisscross field officers and junior doctors, Dr Sarezh Saber and Dr Lass Azad in Erbil 2021.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr Mustafa Subhe (centre) with Swisscross CEO and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgeon, Dr Ian Furst in May 2022 in the operating room at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr Alla Shukur during the first surgical mission at the Centre in Erbil in November 2021, with Swisscross Chief Surgeon, Dr Walter Kunzi.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Teaching and training the next generation of doctors is a key pillar for Swisscross. Our Founder and veteran war surgeon, Dr Enrique Steiger (centre) with Dr Sarezh Saber and Dr Lass Azad providing hands-on instruction to the future of medicine in Iraq.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Swisscross Chief Surgeon Dr Walter Kunzi and local plastic surgeon Dr Alla Shukur operating on Sonya, 11, who lost all function in her arm due to burn injuries.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sonya, 11, a refugee living in Kurdistan following her operation in November 2021.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Swisscross team visiting Domiz 1 Camp with The Swedish Development Aid Organization - SWEDO and Barzani Charity Foundation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Zainab, who is recovering well, has her post-surgery check-up with Dr Walter Kunzi.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gulstan giving the thumbs-up after a successful surgery on her hand. She now faces months of physiotherapy before a final procedure in November this year.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Swisscross Founder, Dr Enrique Steiger visited the public hospital in Sulaymaniyah with our colleagues Dr Alla Shukur and Professor Deiary Kader (pictured).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Swisscross field officers and Hawler Medical University alumi, Dr Sarezh Saber and Dr Lass Azad at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care, based at Zheen International Hospital, Erbil, KRI.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hands-on training: Dr Lass Azad and Dr Sarezh Saber assisting Swisscross Chief Surgeon, Dr Walter Kunzi on one of the first procedures at our complex care Centre in Erbil in November 2021.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Swisscross Founder Dr Enrique Steiger with Drs Saber and Azad assessing and treating a facial burns victim in Erbil, 2021.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The two-week missions at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care in Erbil are an intense period, with our two young doctors working and planning into the night.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>First free-flap surgery: Dr Natasha Forster, a microvascular specialist from Zurich, Switzerland works with Swisscross Chief Surgeon Dr. Walter Kunzi, and local plastic surgeons from Erbil - Dr. Alla Shukur, and Dr. Mustafa Subhe to re-attach vessels in the lower leg during a free-flap transfer of muscle from the back to lower leg for a 10 year old who was hit by a missile.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our teams of women healthcare professionals came together in Erbil for International Women’s Day on March 8th 2022.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Team Effort: Swisscross chief surgeon, Dr Walter Kunzi works with local plastic surgeon Dr Alla Shukur to reconstruct the hand of a Peshmerga veteran, who had seven previous surgeries for severe burns following a car crash.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Treat, Teach &amp; Train: Swisscross Founder, Dr Enrique Steiger training our two local doctors and field officers, Dr Sarezh Saber and Dr Lass Azad in Erbil, Iraq.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The core team at the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care with local healthcare professionals in Erbil. Iraq.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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