More than 12 months into Brazil’s COVID-19 emergency, there is still no effective, centralized and coordinated public health response to the outbreak.
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CAR: Healing the visible and invisible wounds of sexual violence
Sexual violence has become a public health issue in Central African Republic (CAR) over the past decade, with women and minors being the most affected groups. In a country marked by years of civil war and facing a long-term crisis, assaults are perpetrated not just by members of armed groups; often the assault is committed […]
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In DRC, measles is spreading and killing again
Measles is once again on the rise in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The recent upsurge in cases – more than 13,000 since Jan. 1 – is a major source of concern for Doctors Withut Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Between 2018 and 2020, the worst measles epidemic ever recorded in DRC tore through the […]
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Palestine: ‘For one year no one came here. It was a very difficult situation’
Some communities in Hebron ‘Area C’ face challenges accessing basic healthcare due to administrative restrictions and lack of transportation. Women are particularly affected.
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Libya: One dead and two injured in shooting in Tripoli detention centre
One person was killed and two were injured in the early hours of April 8 after a shooting took place in a Tripoli detention centre where refugees and migrants are held. Two teenagers aged 17 and 18 with gunshot wounds were transferred for urgent medical care by a team from international medical organization Doctors Without […]
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Sudan: MSF condemns attack on ambulance taking pregnant woman to hospital
In the early hours of Saturday, April 3, a clearly marked Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ambulance, travelling from Rokero to Al-Fasher Hospital in Sudan was carjacked. The passengers, which included a pregnant woman being referred to hospital for emergency treatment, had all their belongings stolen and were left by the roadside in a […]
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CAR: Women, children wounded and medical centre hit by violent clashes in Bambari
The MSF surgical team in Bambari hospital and colleagues in the Ministry of Health treated a total of 36 war-wounded patients at Bambari Regional Hospital.
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The COVID-19 vaccine is the People’s Vaccine
It’s time for Big Pharma to do the right thing
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Lebanon: MSF participating in COVID-19 vaccination efforts for the most vulnerable populations across the country
MSF started vaccinating elderly people and medical personnel in nursing homes against COVID-19 in March 2021.
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“Only vaccination will end the savage progress of COVID-19 in Iraq”
By Omar Ebeid, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Project Coordinator working in Baghdad, Iraq.
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