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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Country and Region: Brazil
COVID-19 crisis in Manaus: Cascade effect in rural Amazon towns
With the health system collapsing, the state’s capital stops receiving serious cases from other towns.
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Brazil: MSF works to prevent spread of COVID-19 among indigenous people in Mato Grosso do Sul
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 […]
COVID-19: providing care to vulnerable people in Brazil
Teams are working in São Paulo and Roraima, focusing on people experiencing homelessness and migrants.
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