By Ilina Angelova, Humanitarian Affairs Officer for MSF on board the search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 in August and September 2020.
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Mental Health in Burkina Faso: The invisible scars of violence
It was a Monday evening in July when armed men came to Fondioaga village in eastern Burkina Faso and killed a community member. The next morning they came back, murdering a second man, before continuing their killing spree in a neighbouring village. “That was when we realized that if we stayed, they would kill everyone. […]
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‘They asked me to tell their story’: 52 war-wounded patients arrive within 4 days
This is the first-hand account from Marianna Cortesi, hospital coordinator at the MSF-supported Boost provincial hospital in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.
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India and South Africa propose no patents on COVID-19 medicines and tools during pandemic
Governments make request to World Trade Organization (WTO) for intellectual property waiver for all countries until herd immunity reached.
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Greek Islands: Call to end containment policies causing cycle of abuse
One month after the fires that destroyed Moria refugee camp, and despite public promises from EU Commissioners that there would be “no more Morias”, more than 7,500 people are still trapped in inhumane conditions in a newly built camp in Lesvos. Thousands more, including 7,000 children, continue to live in other undignified and unsafe camps […]
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Lebanon: Mental health needs support post-Beirut explosion
Two in three people seeking mental health support from MSF have symptoms of anxiety and depression.
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COVID-19: ‘If they don’t have food to eat, why would they have soap?’
By David Walubila Mwinyi, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Medical Data Supervisor in South Kivu, Demcratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Northwest Syria: Surge in COVID-19 cases adds new challenges to humanitarian response
Northwest Syria is currently witnessing a sharp increase in the number of patients with COVID-19, which is now ten times higher than what it was just a month ago.
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South Sudan: Heavy floods threaten the lives of thousands of people in Greater Pibor Administrative Area
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about the impact of ongoing severe flooding in Greater Pibor, South Sudan, which has displaced thousands of people and worsened an already devastating humanitarian emergency. MSF is urging organizations in the area to scale up their response to prevent further disaster. “When the fighting renewed in […]
Sea-Watch 4: Detaining of fifth search and rescue ship in five months condemns people to die at sea
The Sea-Watch 4 becomes the fifth NGO ship to be immobilized by Italian port authorities in less than five months.
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