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World Tuberculosis Day 2020: COVID-19 and TB require global solidarity
TB is the world’s leading infectious disease killer with nearly 10 million people affected and 1.5 million deaths in 2018
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World Tuberculosis Day 2020: Tackling TB in Sudan and South Sudan
If left untreated, TB severely weakens people and can be fatal. TB is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide.
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COVID-19 in Iran: MSF provides support with response in second worst affected province
MSF has sent a 50-bed inflatable treatment unit and an emergency team of nine people to Isfahan, the second worst affected province in Iran, to increase hospital capacity for treating the critically ill.
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COVID-19: A letter from Dr. Christos Christou, MSF International President
Our International President discusses the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: MSF prepares for action in France as spread continues
Faced with the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, the French health system is strengthening its capacity to prevent and treat cases.
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COVID-19: Ocean Viking arbitrarily quarantined by Italian authorities over fears
« Il s’agit d’une action discriminatoire – les seuls navires mis en quarantaine sont ceux qui effectuent des opérations de sauvetage. »
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Jonglei & the Greater Pibor Adminstrative area: Massive influx of wounded and displaced people
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams have received a mass influx of 83 wounded patients in Pieri and Lankien over the space of just five days between March 9-13, and have treated 45 gunshot wounds in Pibor over the past months as waves of intercommunal clashes in Jonglei State and the Greater Pibor […]
COVID-19: Urgent help needed across European borders to protect medical staff
MSF urges greater solidarity amongst European Member States.
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COVID-19: What is MSF doing?
What questions does MSF face in this context? An interview with Clair Mills, MSF’s medical director.
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