Cepheid charging four times more than it should per test, according to MSF research.
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COVID-19 & Medical Deterioration in Northwest Syria
Four months after COVID-19 was officially declared an international pandemic, the disease has made its way into Northwest Syria, with a first case confirmed on July 9, 2020. Since then, eighteen more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the area. More than half the positive cases so far are healthcare workers who were working […]
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MSF condemns the killing of five aid workers in northeast Nigera
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified to hear the news of the killings of five humanitarian aid workers in northeast Nigeria. The aid workers who came from Action Against Hunger, the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), International Rescue Committee, Reach International and a security guard protecting humanitarian facilities, were abducted last month. […]
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In remote Kyrgyzstan, COVID-19 puts strain on health system
As COVID-19 cases surge in Kyrgyzstan, especially in the capital Bishkek, rural and remote regions are bracing themselves for the virus by scaling up preventive measures.
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COVID-19 in El Salvador: MSF warns of increase of deaths and collapse of health system
MSF has warned of an increase in people dying of COVID-19 in the metropolitan area of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.
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Burkina Faso: Living conditions worsen for displaced as violence escalates
The number of displaced people seeking safety in Burkina Faso’s Centre-North region has almost doubled in six months to 386,000 as a result of growing insecurity and violence. Many have no option but to stay in improvised shelters in remote areas, without basic services and exposed to the elements. In Pissila, a town some 130 […]
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Greece: Vulnerable refugees evicted and left to sleep on streets
An increasing number of refugees in Greece with severe health and mental health conditions are being threatened with eviction from their accommodation, cut off from cash assistance and left in the streets without access to shelter, protection or proper healthcare, says international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Looking for a quick […]
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Johnson & Johnson TB drug price reduction is important step, and governments need to urgently scale up better treatment
120,707 people signed petitions urging the corporation to drop the price.
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‘Like the end of the world’: Thousands caught in crossfire of invisible conflict in Northern Mozambique
The number of displaced people is growing in Cabo Delgado. In February, at least 200,000 people were displaced due to the conflict. Since, numerous attacks on villages across the region have uprooted thousands more from their homes. Armed groups are waging attacks in this complex, resource rich region. Today, the north of Mozambique is the epicenter […]
Intense fighting in eastern South Sudan, forces thousands of people to flee
Thousands of people have fled into the bush in the Greater Pibor Administrative area in eastern South Sudan as intense fighting over several days yet again threatens the lives of entire communities, warns the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The new and brutal rise in intercommunal clashes has led MSF […]
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