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Syria: MSF denounces unsafe environment in wake in staff killing in Al-Hol camp
In the wake of the killing of one of its staff members and the injury of three others in Al-Hol camp for displaced people in northeast Syria, international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expresses its shock and sadness at the incidents and its profound concerns about the insecurity facing camp residents, two-thirds of whom […]
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For refugees in Hamdayet, Sudan, “everyone is hungry, and everyone is tired”
Three months have passed since Maryam and her family fled the conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia and crossed the border into Hamdayet, Sudan. Three months have passed since she and her family had their last decent meal. While the refugees in Hamdayet have many unmet needs, food concerns are overshadowing every other in this reception centre, Doctors […]
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MSF: Immediate equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines is critical for Southern Africa and the world to prevent more suffering and death
Urgent action is required of leaders of wealthy nations, pharmaceutical corporations and COVAX before it is too late
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Brazilian Amazon: COVID-19 disaster unfolding
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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MSF condemns attack on medical staff in El Salvador
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the attack on one of its ambulance teams in Reparto Las Cañas, Ilopango, El Salvador on January 31 by an armed group. As a medical humanitarian organization, MSF operates under the principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence. MSF calls on armed groups to respect medical services. The two ambulance […]
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Cameroon: Community-based healthcare is a lifeline for people displaced by violence
Around a dozen adults and children are waiting patiently for their check-ups. Sitting behind a small table, Etienne Esua listens to the patients, dresses wounds and pricks fingers to perform rapid malaria tests. “When a test shows that a person has malaria but the symptoms are not severe, I treat the patients with drugs,” he […]
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MSF: Urgent need for vaccines as new COVID-19 strain ravages Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi
As a highly infectious new strain of COVID-19 spreads through Southern Africa, health workers in Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi are struggling to treat escalating numbers of patients with little prospect of a vaccine to protect them from the virus.
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MSF to wealthy countries: Don’t block and ruin the potential of a landmark waiver on monopolies during the pandemic
Ahead of the next round of talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss a proposal by South Africa and India to waive monopolies on COVID-19 medical tools during the pandemic, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on the wealthy countries opposing the proposal not to block it and ruin its lifesaving potential for […]
COVID-19 in Malawi: Overwhelming second wave
Fabrice Weissman, who is member of the MSF COVID-19 response team in Malawi, describes the situation.
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