The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a severe toll on Rohingya refugees’ mental health.
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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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Palestine: Tackling COVID-19 in Hebron, the epicentre of the outbreak
Palestine is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases, both in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Of the more than 43,000 cases confirmed in the West Bank since the start of the pandemic, more than a third have been in Hebron governorate.
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Riang, South Sudan: MSF emergency team responds to worrying health needs and high rates of malaria
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned about the situation in Riang, in Jonglei state, eastern South Sudan, where the health of communities is increasingly at risk. In January, an MSF emergency team flew into Riang and found remote communities struggling to access clean water, safe water storage, latrines and basic healthcare. Years […]
COVID-19 further fuels mental health crisis as durable solutions falter in Dadaab
A mental health crisis is growing in the Dadaab refugee complex, where hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been stuck for decades now. A fatal mix of pent-up despair, anxiety and fear, combined with new uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, is forcing refugees to take extreme measures. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) […]
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Malawi: The prevalence of cervical cancer
Cervical cancer kills over 2,300 women in Malawi every year, or two thirds of those who become infected with it, despite it being an easily preventable disease. This grim reality is the result of issues with vaccination and screening, as well as limitations in the offer of treatment. Since 2018, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans […]
Yemen: “These sanctions have to make clear that they do not apply to humanitarian aid”
Marc Schakal, MSF Program Manager for Yemen, here explains what the risks are for aid to Yemen – and the Yemeni people – if there is not a broad exemption for humanitarian work to these sanctions.
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MSF: Fractioning doses of yellow fever vaccine can help save more lives during outbreaks
WHO will change its guidelines to recommend using partial doses of the yellow fever vaccine during emergencies as a result of new clinical trial data.
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Tigray, Ethiopia: MSF provides medical assistance to vulnerable
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia after fighting broke out in early November 2020.
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CAR: MSF teams ramp up support as violence escalates
After numerous offensives in recent weeks across the country, fighting took place on the outskirts of the capital, Bangui, on January 13. MSF teams in Bangui treated 12 people for violence-related injuries.
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