The last few days have produced one of the most lethal episodes in the central Mediterranean Sea so far this year, with more than 100 people dying at sea in three separate shipwrecks within less than 72 hours. Six NGO rescue ships remain blocked in port by Italian and European authorities, as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans […]
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A new app that encourages people to behave safely if someone in their family or community catches COVID-19 has been launched by MSF in association with software developer Pixel Impact.
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MSF accelerates mobile clinic activities & clean water provision as more displaced people arrive in Pemba.
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Two months into a measles outbreak in Pibor town in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, the spread of the highly contagious and life-threatening illness is a severe growing crisis. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all health organizations to urgently launch a reactive vaccination campaign to curb the outbreak. On August 18, 2020, […]
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Severe flooding is affecting an estimated 800,000 people across a wide swath of South Sudan, inundating homes and leaving people without adequate food, water or shelter. Many areas have been flooded since July, while river levels are continuing to rise, worsening the crisis. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding by providing medical care […]
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The tenth Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which struck the eastern part of the country between 2018 and early 2020, went on to become the largest in the country’s history. The eleventh outbreak, currently underway in Équateur province, in the country’s west, looks quite different from its predecessor: it proceeds at […]
One month after the first person tested positive for COVID-19 in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp, MSF has so far received seven patients at its COVID-19 treatment centre in the camp.
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Following a temporary respite during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, people in the Norte de Santander and Nariño regions of Colombia are experiencing high levels of violence as a result of disputes between various armed groups, including mass killings, assassinations, threats and displacement from their homes. This is having a serious impact on […]
Despite the official end of the war in 2015, Timbuktu region in northern Mali remains tense, and security incidents and criminality have had a significant impact on people’s ability to access healthcare. This in turn has led to low rates of vaccination coverage, especially among children.
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MSF has delivered a petition with more than 91,000 signatures to Canada’s Minister of Health, the Hon. Patty Hajdu.
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