Heavy rains across Kenya and the wider region have led to floods and forced many people from their homes. Now, the town of Telesgaye, a community in Kenya’s north-east Marsabit County, is fighting a cholera outbreak.
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It is with great sadness that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that a South Sudanese member of staff was killed and two more were injured during intense fighting that erupted over the weekend in and around Pieri, a town in Jonglei State in north-eastern South Sudan where MSF runs a primary healthcare […]
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While the world’s attention is understandably focused on the direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to see the health crisis from a broader perspective.
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Aden was already struggling with a healthcare system that had collapsed after five years of war in Yemen before COVID-19 arrived, and the authorities lack the means to properly respond to the outbreak.
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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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