While being close to a post-Ebola epidemic period, DRC begins to see signs of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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US/Mexico: Migrations Policies’ Health Impacts
New migration policies imposed by the United States and Mexico are trapping many Central Americans in dangerous conditions, with severe consequences for their physical and mental health, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a report released today. The report, No Way Out, is based on 480 interviews and […]
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COVID-19: Abnormality in the West Bank
A full lockdown has been in place in the West Bank for more than three weeks, with over 300 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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COVID-19: providing care to vulnerable people in Brazil
Teams are working in São Paulo and Roraima, focusing on people experiencing homelessness and migrants.
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Northeast Syria: First confirmed COVID-19 case increases concerns for preparedness
As the first reported death from COVID-19 is confirmed in north-east Syria, MSF is concerned about the region’s preparedness and capacity to respond to an outbreak.
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COVID-19 in New York: Vulnerable communities need urgent protection
Greater focus on under-resourced communities in the United States is urgently needed to ensure that all people can protect themselves and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea
By Daniella Ritzau-Reid, MSF Communications Manager in Bangladesh
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Countering COVID-19 not a free pass to court tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea
European governments must stop using the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to enforce deadly migration control policies and must immediately lift the obstacles preventing NGOs from saving lives at sea.
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Iraq: MSF supports hospitals responding to the COVID-19 outbreak
Recent days have seen a significant rise in the number of patients with COVID-19 in Iraq, with over 1000 infections and 60 confirmed deaths, according to the MOH.
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Northwest Syria: Navigating COVID-19 in precarious context
The necessary supplies for his treatment were not available in one of the medical facilities and the other one was not yet ready to admit suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients.
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