Regulation is needed for all countries to protect healthcare staff and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: MSF responds in Amazonas, Brazil
Despite its relative small population, the state of Amazonas is among the regions with the highest absolute number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in Brazil.
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COVID-19 in West Africa: ‘Let’s prepare for a long-distance run’
It has been close to three months now since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Africa. The contamination curves are today much flatter than those seen in France, Italy or the United States.
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The COVID Dilemma: Population vulnerability and political stability
By Kevin Coppock, Head of Mission in Kyrgyzstan.
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Five things we can do to protect people on the move during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting the world’s most vulnerable. Among them are more than 70 million forcibly displaced people worldwide.
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Responding to Cholera as COVID-19 threatens Kenya’s health system
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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South Sudan: Renewed violence in Pieri kills and wounds dozens, including MSF staff
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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Adapting our way of working and keeping essential medical services running during the COVID-19 pandemic
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
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
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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