Medical and humanitarian action needs to be respected by all armed groups in Sudan in order to preserve the safety of patients, staff and health facilities across the country, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. The call comes after a violent incursion occurred in an MSF-supported health facility in Central Darfur state that left […]
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For the over half a million people living in Mathare, one of Kenya’s largest slums, the arrival of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country may present an even bigger risk than being infected with the virus.
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is devastated after yesterday’s sickening attack on pregnant women, mothers and their babies at our maternity in Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul. While pregnant women and babies were seeking healthcare, in one of the most vulnerable states in life, an unknown number of attackers stormed the maternity through a […]
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The spread of COVID-19 threatens to further overwhelm the country’s healthcare capacity.
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Dr Bernhard Kerschberger, MSF Head of Mission in Eswatini, describes the challenges his team face responding to COVID-19 in a setting with high rates of HIV and TB.
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MSF’s response to the pandemic in this space will be coordinated with the Baja California state Secretary of Health and a civil society organization Apoyemos Tijuana (Let’s Support Tijuana).
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As COVID-19 spreads through Bangladesh, these are the five key challenges to overcome.
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The United States government must suspend all deportations to Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Lili-Marie Wangari, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for MSF in Kenya. Wangari is working on the organization’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Overshadowed by outbreaks of Ebola last year and by COVID-19 today, the measles epidemic in DRC continues to kill children every day.
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