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Adapting our way of working and keeping essential medical services running during the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on 22 May 2020 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

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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COVID-19: in Aden’s only treatment centre we are seeing a catastrophe unfold

Posted on 21 May 2020 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

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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Sudan: MSF urges to respect medical action after violent incursion

Posted on 19 May 2020 (2 May 2023) by jeremy

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 […]

COVID-19 and lack of protective equipment threaten life-saving medical care for vulnerable people in Mathare, Kenya

Posted on 15 May 2020 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

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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Afghanistan: Revolting attacks on women and children

Posted on 13 May 2020 (2 May 2023) by jeremy

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 […]

Responding to COVID-19 in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine

Posted on 12 May 2020 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

The spread of COVID-19 threatens to further overwhelm the country’s healthcare capacity.

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Eswatini: Responding to COVID-19 as country fights HIV/TB epidemic

Posted on 12 May 2020 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

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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COVID-19: MSF provides critically-needed medical care in Tijuana

Posted on 8 May 2020 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

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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