“The situation is catastrophic. When we arrived and traveled through the region by helicopter, we were able to view the towns from above and noticed that in some cases we couldn´t even see the roofs of houses. There are kilometers and kilometers, and all there is, is water”. The account from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans […]
Cases surging, health system collapsing, and a daily struggle for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams to keep up.
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With the health system collapsing, the state’s capital stops receiving serious cases from other towns.
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Indigenous communities in Brazil have been especially vulnerable to COVID-19. In the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, which is home to many indigenous communities, teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are helping prevent, diagnose and treat COVID-19. With few doctors in Mato Grosso do Sul, there is often no […]
Teams are working in São Paulo and Roraima, focusing on people experiencing homelessness and migrants.
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